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Durance Family Crest
Durance Family Crest
Durance

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

Though shrouded by the mists of time, the chronicles of Scotland reveal the early records of the Norman surname Durance which ranks as one of the oldest. The history of the name is interwoven within the colorful plaid of Scottish history and is an intrinsic part of the heritage of Scotland.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Durand, Durant, Durande, Durrane and others.

First found in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Salop, where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Durance research. Another 349 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1140 and 1296 are included under the topic Early Durance History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Durand who settled in Virginia in 1635; Thomas Durrant settled in Maryland in 1774; Thomas Durrant arrived with his wife and servants in Barbados in 1680..

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The Durance Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Durance 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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