Yvette Surname HistoryEarly Origins of the Yvette familyThe surname Yvette was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands and who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. The family is believed to descended from an unknown noble settler Yvette from Seine Inf of Yvtot who followed in the wake of the victors at the Battle of Hastings and was granted lands in that shire. Early History of the Yvette familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Yvette research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1160, 1173, 1270, 1300 and 1329 are included under the topic Early Yvette History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Yvette Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Yvett, Ivett, Ivatt, Ivet, Ivat and others. Early Notables of the Yvette familyMore information is included under the topic Early Yvette Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Yvette familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Ivatts, who was on record in Toronto in the census of Ontario in 1871.
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