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Early Origins of the Acrea family

The surname Acrea was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in this region and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived. They were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Acrea family

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Acrea Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Acre, Acry, Accre, Hacre, Acres and others.

Early Notables of the Acrea family

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United States Acrea migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Acrea Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Georg Acrea, who landed in Virginia in 1653 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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