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Where did the French Guy family come from? What is the French Guy family crest and coat of arms? When did the Guy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Guy family history?
Noble surnames, such as Guy, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Guy, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Picardy. 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 Guy family originally lived at De Guy, a village in the province of Picardy.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Guy, Guye, De Guy and others.First found in Picardy where this distinguished family held a family seat at De Guy a village in the department of l'Oise in l'Yonne. One of the first on record was the Duke de Spolèt whose name was Guy, in the year 894.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Guy research. Another 173 words(12 lines of text) covering the years 1147, 1717, and 1789 are included under the topic Early Guy History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Guy. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Guy Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Robert Guy settled in Virginia in 1619
- Robert Guy, who arrived in Virginia in 1619
- James Guy settled in Virginia in 1622
- James Guy, who landed in Virginia in 1622
Guy Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- William Guy, who landed in New York in 1705
Guy Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Michael Guy, who landed in New York in 1825
- Letitia Guy, aged 30, arrived in New York, NY in 1834
- Thomas Guy, who landed in Mississippi in 1847
- Samuel Guy, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1868
Guy Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Neil Guy, who arrived in Arkansas in 1904
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- Jasmine Guy (b. 1964), American actress, singer and dancer
- Geoffrey Guy, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Hon. James Guy, Senator, Australian Parliament
- Marielle Guy, Montreal lawyer, Quebec, Canada
- Sir Henry Lewis Guy CBE, FRS (1887-1956), leading British mechanical engineer
- Richard Kenneth Guy (b. 1916), British mathematician
- William Augustus Guy (1810-1885), British physician and medical statistician
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- Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
- Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
- Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
- Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- 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).
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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The Guy Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Guy 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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