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Where did the English Gant family come from? What is the English Gant family crest and coat of arms? When did the Gant family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Gant family history?
The Gant family name dates back to 1066 when the Norman Conquest of England introduced a plethora of new names and words into Britain. It comes from an early member of the family who was a in a Flemish town called Gaunt or Ghent. It was adopted in England only after the Norman invasion of 1066.
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Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Gaunt, Gant and others.First found in Kent where they had been granted lands after the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D. The Gaunt or Gant surname is derived from the town of Gaunt or Ghent in Flanders. The first recording of the surname is in 1086 when Gilbert Gaunt, son of Baldwin, the Earl of Flanders, and nephew of Matilda, King William's Queen, was listed in the Domesday Book in 1086.
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Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Gant name or one of its variants:
Gant Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Joseph Gant, who landed in Virginia in 1705
- Francois Gant, aged 13, arrived in Louisiana in 1719
- Jacob Gant settled in Philadelphia in 1764
Gant Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- F Gant, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- Patrick Gant, who landed in Iowa in 1883
- Jacob Gant, who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1890
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- Harry Phil Gant (b. 1940), retired American racecar driver
- Cecil Gant (1913-1951), American blues singer and pianist
- Reuben Charles Gant (b. 1952), former professional American football tight end
- Ronald Edwin "Ron" Gant (b. 1965), former American Major League outfielder and second base man
- Richard E. Gant (b. 1944), American film and television actor
- Robert Gant (b. 1968), American actor
- Donald W. Gant (1942-1987), American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Kenneth Dwayne Gant (b. 1967), former American football safety in the National Football League
- Willie "The Tiger" Gant (b. 1900), American jazz bandleader and pianist
- Lamar Gant (b. 1957), American world record-holding powerlifter
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- Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- 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.
- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Elster, Robert J. International Who's Who. London: Europa/Routledge. Print.
- Bullock, L.G. Historical Map of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1971. Print.
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
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