Bosque History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bosque family

The surname Bosque was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But many more family surnames would arrive from the continent after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in the reign of Louis XIV and this Huguenot family name was first referenced in the year 1685 when John and David Bosanquet came to England from their native Languedoc in the south of France and settled in Forest House in Essex.

Early History of the Bosque family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bosque research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1455, 1487, 1769 and 1850 are included under the topic Early Bosque History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bosque Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bosanquet, Bosanket, Bosanqet, Bosquet and others.

Early Notables of the Bosque family

Notable in the family at this time was Charles Bosanquet (1769-1850), English governor of the South Sea Company, "member of a Huguenot family of successful London merchants, and was the second son of Samuel Bosanquet, of...
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Bosque Ranking

In the United States, the name Bosque is the 13,577^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Bosque family to Ireland

Some of the Bosque family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 55 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bosque migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bosque Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J Bosque, aged 32, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1827 2
B Bosque, aged 25, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1835 2
Francisco Bosque, who arrived in Peru in 1892 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Bosque (post 1700) +

Chris Bosque, American sound engineer, known for His Good Will (2008)
Emerald Bosque, American actress, known for Eat Your Vegetables (2016)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)