First found in Marne adjacent to Lorraine, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and were seated with lands and manor at Reims. The family were well established in the region of Nancy and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. The name descends to us from St Beuve, in the 12th century. Provencal St Beuvon was so honored for his great resistance against the Saracens.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.

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