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Where did the French Roy family come from? What is the French Roy family crest and coat of arms? When did the Roy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Roy family history?
The name Roy has a history dating as far back as the Middle Ages. It was a Bretonname for a person who acted the role of the king in local festivals, or who habitually put on regal airs. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old Fench word rei, meaning king.
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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)
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- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
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Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Roy some of which are Roys, Roy, Roais, Roays, Roaiz, Roi, Rois, Le Roy, La Roy, Les Roys, Des Roys and many more.First found in Brittany, where this eminent family held a family seat since ancient times.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Roy research. Another 373 words(27 lines of text) covering the years 1181, 1253, 1261, 1357, 1457, 1503, 1684, 1785, and 1832 are included under the topic Early Roy 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 Roy. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Roy has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Roy were
Roy Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Henry and Margaret Roy who settled in Virginia in 1637
- Jacob Roy, aged 42, landed in New York in 1647
- Hugh Roy settled in Virginia in 1654
- Christian Roy, who arrived in Maryland in 1673
Roy Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Daniel Roy, who landed in Jamestown, Va in 1700
- Daniel Roy settled in Virginia in 1700
- Jacques Roy, who arrived in Jamestown, Va in 1700
- Bryan Roy, who landed in Virginia in 1705
- Francois Roy, aged 30, arrived in Louisiana in 1719
Roy Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- William Roy, aged 21, arrived in New York in 1812
- Juan Bautista Roy, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816
- Mrs. Roy, aged 45, settled with her three children in New Orleans in 1821
- George Roy, aged 26, arrived in Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1822
- James Roy, aged 24, landed in Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1822
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- J Stapleton Roy (b. 1935), American (Chinese-born) diplomat and Asian affairs expert, US ambassador to Singapore 1984-1986
- Vesta Roy (1925-2002), American politician and acting governor of New Hampshire 1982-1983
- J Edmond Roy, French who wrote the history of the domain of Lauzon
- Andrew Roy (b. 1954), English artist
- Andrew Donald Roy, Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Economics), Ministry of Defence
- Catherine Murray Roy CBE, RRC, MM, Matron-in- chief, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
- Maurice Roy, Grand Officer, Legion of Honour, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
- Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian Author
- Patrick Roy (b. 1965), Canadian hockey (NHL) goaltender from Quebec, Canada
- Rammohum Roy (1774-1833), Indian religious reformer
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