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Vaux Family Crest
Vaux Family Crest
Vaux

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Where did the French Vaux family come from? What is the French Vaux family crest and coat of arms? When did the Vaux family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Vaux family history?

The surname Vaux is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Vaux is a contraction of an Old French phrase meaning beautiful valley, and indicates that the original bearer lived in such a place at one time.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Beliveau, Béliveau, Belivaux, Bélivaux, Belliveau, Bélliveau, Bellivaux, Béllivaux, Belleveau, Bellevaux, de Bellevau and many more.

First found in Burgundy, where the family held a family seat from ancient times in the town of Volnay in the district of Beaune.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vaux research. Another 215 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1295, 1555, 1666, 1669, and 1813 are included under the topic Early Vaux History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 35 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Vaux Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vaux Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Leonard Vaux, who arrived in Maryland in 1658
  • John Vaux who landed in America in 1679

Vaux Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Jean Pierre De Vaux, who landed in Louisiana in 1719

Vaux Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Thomas Vaux, who landed in New York in 1826
  • James Vaux, who arrived in New York in 1834
  • J. Vaux settled in San Francisco Cal. in 1850

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  10. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
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The Vaux Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Vaux 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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