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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Drée, Drées, Dray, Drait, Draits, Drey, Draye, Drayes, Draie, Draies, Drez, Drai, Drais, Dret, Drei, du Drée, de Drée, Drayer, Draite, Dré, Drer, Drest and many more.

First found in Bourgogne, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Drey research. Another 230 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1131, 1191, 1600, 1671, 1672, and 1746 are included under the topic Early Drey History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 34 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Drey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Drey Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johannes Drey, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1754
  • Johannes Drey, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754

Drey Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Antoine Drey, who arrived in America in 1817
  • Georges Drey, who came to America in 1846
  • Elkin Drey, who came to Mississippi in 1850
  • Elkin Drey, who arrived in Mississippi in 1850
  • Max Drey, who settled in Oregon in 1890

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  1. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  2. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  3. de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
  4. Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
  5. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  6. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  7. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  8. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  9. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  10. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Drey Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Drey 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.

This page was last modified on 23 September 2010 at 15:36.

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