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

Though shrouded by the mists of time, the chronicles of Scotland reveal the early records of the Norman surname Durant 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 Durant research. Another 349 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1140 and 1296 are included under the topic Early Durant History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Durant Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • William Durant, who arrived in Maryland in 1648
  • Jo Durant, who arrived in Virginia in 1650
  • Tho Durant, who landed in Virginia in 1654
  • George Durant, who arrived in North Carolina in 1661
  • George Durant, who came to North Carolina in 1661


Durant Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Geo Peter Durant, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741

Durant Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Mr. Durant, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1822
  • Thomas Durant, who arrived in New York, NY in 1827
  • Domingo Durant, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
  • Emanuel Durant, aged 45, arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1851
  • Gabriel Durant, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1854


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  • Ariel Durant (1898-1981), American author who shared the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction with her husband Will and later was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ford in 1977
  • William James Durant (1885-1981), American author who shared the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction with his wife Ariel and later was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ford in 1977
  • William Crapo "Billy" Durant (1861-1947), leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, the founder of General Motors and Chevrolet
  • Brigadier Herbert Frederick Henry Durant (b. 1899), Australian Army Liaison Officer, General Staff from 1944 to 1945


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  • A Durant Family History, 1825-1972: A History of the English and American Descendants of Samuel and Amelia Durant of Bishop's Caundle, Dorset, England and of Their Descendants by Alexander G. Rose.
  • The Durant Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of George and Elizabeth Durant of Malden, Mass. and Middletown, Conn. by William Durant.
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  1. Paul, Sir James Balfour. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland Second Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1903. Print.
  2. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  3. Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
  4. Scots Kith and Kin And Illustrated Map Revised 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: Clan House/Albyn. Print.
  5. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
  6. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  7. Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
  8. Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
  9. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America. Montana: Kessinger Publishing. Print.
  10. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Durant Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Durant 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 30 August 2011 at 14:07.

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