Bat History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
France

Early Origins of the Bat family

The surname Bat was first found in Languedoc, in the south of France, 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 the region of Nimes and Toulouse 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.

Early History of the Bat family

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Bat Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Labat, Labatt, Labate, Labatte, Labatx, Labats, Bat, Batt and many more.

Early Notables of the Bat family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

the Labat family of Languedoc

Bat migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bat Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Josef R Bat, aged 40, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1826 1

Citations +

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)