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Where did the English Prevost family come from? What is the English Prevost family crest and coat of arms? When did the Prevost family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Prevost family history?
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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
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Prevost, Provost, le Prevost, le Provost, Provest, Prevest and many more.First found in Rutland where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. 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 who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. This notable family, Prevost de la Croix, held a family seat in Poinou. They held the fiefs of Sonnotte, Prejailly, Villette, Bodes, le Pesse, and Bouteliere.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Prevost. 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:
Prevost Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Mr. Prevost, who settled in Carolina in 1679
- A. Prevost, a Huguenot who arrived in Carolina from England in 1679
- John Prevost settled in Barbados in 1685
Prevost Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Adam Prevost settled in Virginia in 1700
- Adam Prevost, who arrived in Jamestown, Va in 1700
- Marie Prevost, who arrived in Virginia in 1700
- Adrien Prevost, aged 24, landed in Louisiana in 1719
- Antoine Prevost, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719
Prevost Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Francis Lewis Mallet Prevost, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1802
- François Lewis Mallet Prevost also settled in Philadelphia, in 1802
- Nicolas Prevost, who landed in Louisiana in 1805-1809
- Charles Prevost, aged 40, settled in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1823
- Louis Prevost, who arrived in New York, NY in 1845
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- Edwin Prévost (b. 1942), English drummer and percussionist
- Pierre Prévost (1751-1839), Swiss, philosopher and physicist
- Marie Prevost (1898-1937), French actress
- Marcel Prevost (1862-1941), French novelist known for his graceful and allusive style
- Constant Prévost (1787-1856), French geologist
- Victor Prevost (1820-1881), photographer
- Sir George Prevost (1767-1816), British soldier, governor in chief of Canada (1811-15)
- Florent Prévost (d. 1870), French naturalist
- Candice Prévost (b. 1983), French football player
- Major General Augustine Prévost (1723-1786), Swiss-born British soldier
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The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Servatum cineri
Motto Translation: Faith kept with the dead
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- ^ Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Other References- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. 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.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
- Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
- Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
- 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).
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
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