The surname Savoia was first found in Savoy (French: Savoie) in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps, where bearers of Savoia have been a prominent family for centuries, and the house of Savoy was a noble family seated with lands and manor. The founder of the family was Humbert I, who held the county of Savoy and some surrounding regions in the eleventh century.
François Savoie, born in 1621, married Catherine Lejeune in France in 1652. Together they travelled to the New World and settled in Acadia in the 17th century. According to a census taken in Acadia in 1671, they had nine children and their oldest son, Germain, was 17 years old at the time of the census. 1
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Early History of the Savoia family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Savoia research. Another 81 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1383, 1416, 1418, 1451 and 1528 are included under the topic Early Savoia History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Savoia Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Savoie, Savoy, Savoye, Savoyier, Savois, Savoyard, Savoyart and many more.
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Early Notables of the Savoia family
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Migration of the Savoia family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Aman Savoy and his wife, who were Acadians who arrived in South Carolina in 1763; Jean Savoy, who was a Huguenot immigrant to Delaware in 1700; Martha Savoy, who arrived in Maryland in 1673.
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