| ![Show Contents]() Chassay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France The noble surname Chassay originated in the region of Maine, in France. Chassay is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. Topographic names were 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 individuals and their homelands, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, people who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original villages, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. Early Origins of the Chassay familyThe surname Chassay was first found in Maine, where the family took its name in early times from Chassé, a village in the department of Sarthe, in the district of Mamers. Early History of the Chassay familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chassay research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1698, 1786, 1816, 1819, 1856 and 1880 are included under the topic Early Chassay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Chassay Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Chassé, Chassay, Chassaye, Chassey, Chasset, Chassériau, Chassériot, Chassérieau, Chasériaud, Chassériaut, Chassériaux, Chaisson and many more. Early Notables of the Chassay familyMore information is included under the topic Early Chassay Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Chassay familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Chassé, who married Marie-Joseph Migneau in Kamouraska in 1735; Jean-Baptiste Chassé, who married Anne Pinet in Kamouraska in 1785; and Joseph Chassé.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Chassay (post 1700) | + |
- Clancy Chassay (b. 1980), English freelance journalist and filmmaker
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