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Where did the English Peto family come from? What is the English Peto family crest and coat of arms? When did the Peto family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Peto family history?
The Peto surname is a habitational name for someone from Poitou. This French region was Peitow in Anglo-Norman French.
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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: Peto, Peyto, Petoe, Peytoe, Petow, Peytow, Petto, Pettoe, Pitto, Pitoe, Pito, Peytoe, Peytot and many more.First found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire at Chesterton.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Peto research. Another 334 words(24 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1510, 1599, 1600, and 1611 are included under the topic Early Peto 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 Peto. 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:
Peto Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Thomas Peto, a bonded passenger, who came to Virginia in 1774
Peto Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Mary Peto, who settled in New York, NY in 1821
- Bartolome Peto, who arrived in Guatemala in 1838
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- John Frederick Peto, American trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") painter
- Harold Ainsworth Peto (1854-1933), English architect and garden designer
- Sir Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto, British Conservative Party politician
- Sir Basil Edward Peto, British Unionist politician
- Sir Richard Peto (b. 1943), Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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The Peto Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Peto 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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