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![Show Contents]() Bay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The prestigious surname Bay comes from the majestic region of Dauphiné, in France. Bay is a topographic surname, a form of hereditary surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. Early Origins of the Bay familyThe surname Bay was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family was established in early times. Early History of the Bay familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bay research. Another 198 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1644, 1647, 1685, 1686, 1707, 1779, 1792, 1802, 1804, 1817, 1825, 1827, 1832, 1836 and 1851 are included under the topic Early Bay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bay Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Bai, Baie, Bay, Baye, Debai, De Bai, Debaie, De Baie, Debay, De Bay, Debaye, De Baye, Bayard, Bayart, Bayet, Bayol, Bayou, Bayoud and many more. Early Notables of the Bay familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - Ann Stuyvesant Bayard, widowed wife of the French Huguenot Samuel Bayard, came to New Netherland with her brother, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant in 1647 and began the Bayard family in America, a p...
- Colonel Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707), early American official in the colony of New York, the sixteenth Mayor of New York City (1685 to 1686)
Bay RankingIn the United States, the name Bay is the 5,170th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Bay is ranked the 3,864th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2
 Bay migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Bay Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Joe Bay, aged 16, who settled in Virginia in 1635
- Mr. John Bay, (b. 1619), aged 16, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Safety" arriving in Virginia in 1635 3
- John Bay, who arrived in Virginia in 1642 4
- Andrew and Sarah Bay, who arrived in Virginia in 1663
Bay Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Steph Bay, who arrived in Virginia in 1714 4
- Margreth Bay, who arrived in America in 1770 4
- Christian, George, and Jacob Bay all, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1771
- Jacob Bay, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1771 4
- Charles and John Bay, who settled in Maryland in 1774
Bay Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- R L Bay, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 4
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Bay Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Benjamin Bay, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "John" in 1840 5
- Maria Bay, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "John" in 1840 5
- Martin Bay, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Glen Huntley" in 1849 6
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bay (post 1700) | + |
- Willow Bay (b. 1963), born Kristine Carlin Bay, an American television correspondent and former model
- Susan Linda Bay Nimoy (b. 1943), American actress and model who portrayed Admiral Rollman in two episodes of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Past Prologue"
- Norman Bay, Chinese-American politician, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2015-2017)
- Michael Bay, American film director and producer, known for Armageddon (1998), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and The Rock (1996)
- Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955), American businessman and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Norway from 1946 to 1953
- James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Jean Baptiste Joseph de Bay the Elder (1779-1863), Belgian art historian and sculptor from Mechelen
- Jason Raymond Bay (b. 1978), Canadian Major League Baseball left fielder, National League Rookie of the Year in 2004, recipient of the Silver Slugger Award in 2009
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's. Retrieved October 5th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) JOHN from London 1840. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1840John.htm
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The GLEN HUNTLEY 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849GlenHuntly.htm
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