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Where did the English Dart family come from? What is the English Dart family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dart family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dart family history?

Dart is one of the thousands of new names that the Norman Conquest brought to England in 1066. The Dart family lived in Devon, near the river Dart, from which the surname derives.

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Multitudes of spelling variations are a hallmark of Anglo Norman names. Most of these names evolved in the 11th and 12th century, in the time after the Normans introduced their own Norman French language into a country where Old and Middle English had no spelling rules and the languages of the court were French and Latin. To make matters worse, medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, so names frequently appeared differently in the various documents in which they were recorded. The name was spelled Dart, Darte, Darth and others.

First found in Devon where they held a family seat from very early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dart research. Another 245 words(18 lines of text) covering the year 1086 is included under the topic Early Dart History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Dart Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Because of this political and religious unrest within English society, many people decided to immigrate to the colonies. Families left for Ireland, North America, and Australia in enormous numbers, traveling at high cost in extremely inhospitable conditions. The New World in particular was a desirable destination, but the long voyage caused many to arrive sick and starving. Those who made it, though, were welcomed by opportunities far greater than they had known at home in England. Many of these families went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Dart or a variant listed above:

Dart Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Jane Dart settled in Bermuda in 1635
  • Jane Dart, aged 17, arrived in Barbados in 1635
  • Ambrose Dart settled in Boston, Massachusetts about the year 1640
  • Ambrose Dart, who arrived in Boston, Mass in 1654
  • Robt Dart, who landed in Virginia in 1657


Dart Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Geo Dart, who arrived in Virginia in 1701
  • Elizabeth Dart settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1766

Dart Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Cyrus Dart settled in Savannah, Georgia in 1821
  • Robert Dart was a planter of Twillingate in 1823
  • A W Dart, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • Anson Dart, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • P C Dart, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850


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  • Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. (1930-2002), American activist who helped to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Rollin Bashford Dart (b. 1925), American banker, chairman of Dart National Bank (1962 to 2005)
  • Robert Thurston "Bob" Dart (1921-1971), eminent British musicologist, conductor and keyboard player
  • Gerald Francis John "Jack" Dart, Australian teacher, educational philosopher and playwright
  • Raymond Dart, Australian anatomist and anthropologist
  • Raymond Arthur Dart (1893-1988), South African anatomist
  • Justin Whitlock Dart Sr. (1907-1984), American entrepreneur, founder of Dart Industries, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom


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The Dart Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dart Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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