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Origins Available: English, Scottish Where did the English Levites family come from? What is the English Levites family crest and coat of arms? When did the Levites family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Levites family history? Spelling variations of this family name include: Levet, Levett, Levitt, Leavett, Leavitt, Livett and many more. First found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. William Levett (ca.1200–ca.1270) was lord of the manor of the South Yorkshire village of Hooton Levitt. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, [1] indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Leuiet, held by a Norman noble who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Levites research. Another 215 words(15 lines of text) covering the year 1700 is included under the topic Early Levites History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 179 words(13 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Levites Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alice Louisa Levett, aged 28, who arrived at Ellis Island from London, England, in 1904; Benjamin Levett, aged 43, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1916.
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The Levites Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Levites 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 12 December 2011 at 16:32. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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