Boyce Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Boyce

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Suggested Readings for Boyce
Surname Notables

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: English, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Boyce family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Boyce family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

Boyce 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 Boyce is derived from the Old French word bois, which means tree, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a prominent tree.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boyce, Boyes, Boze, Bois, Boise, Boice, Boas, Bost, Bust, Boast, Boost and many more.

First found in Buckinghamshire, where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. They were originally from Bois in Normandy.

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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)

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Christopher Boyce who settled in Virginia in 1642; Frances Boyce settled in St. Christopher in 1634; Jane Boyce settled in Norfolk Virginia with her husband and eight children in 1823.

For more information on the last name Boyce, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.

Suggested Readings for the name Boyce

Boyce Family History by E. Daniel Boyce.
The Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Boyce Family in America by Earnest Boyce.

Some noteworthy people of the name Boyce

Kim Boyce (b. 1961), American, gospel singer
William Boyce (1711-1779), widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century
Michael Cecil Boyce (b. 1943), British, Royal Navy Admiral, Chief of Defense Staff, member of the British House of Lords
William Binnington Boyce (1804-1889), Australian (English born) Wesleyan minister, theologian, philologist and administrator
Sir Harold Leslie Boyce (1895-1955), British (Australian born) lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament for Gloucester (1929-1945), Lord Mayor of London (1951-1952)
Second Lieutenant George W g Boyce Jr., who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Boyce family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Boyce coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Boyce genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Boyce Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Boyce 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.