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

Noble surnames, such as Duplessis, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Duplessis, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Maine. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.The Duplessis family originally derived its surname from the place-name Plessis, which was in Maine.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Duplessis, Duplesis, Duplessi, Du Plessis, Duplessy, Du Plessy and many more.

First found in Maine.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Duplessis research. Another 150 words(11 lines of text) covering the years 1310, 1355, 1549, 1554, 1586, 1605, 1627, 1630, 1690, 1694, 1725, 1735, 1740, 1750, 1766, 1864, and 1884 are included under the topic Early Duplessis History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 175 words(12 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Duplessis Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Duplessis Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Charles-Denis Duplessis married in America in 1742
  • Marie Duplessis, aged 47, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1785

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  • Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642), French ecclesiastic
  • Duke Du Plessis, Vice-President of resource technology division, Alberta research council, since 1992
  • Raymond duPlessis, law clerk and member of the parliamentary counsel to the Senate of Canada
  • Suzanne Duplessis, Member of Parliament and is secretary to the minister for external relations and international development
  • Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959), Canadian politician (1936-1939), Premier of Quebec (1944-1959)


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  2. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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  6. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  7. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  8. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  9. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  10. Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
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The Duplessis Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Duplessis 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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