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![Show Contents]() Chauntree History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England
The ancient name of Chauntree finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a person who worked at the church and was in charge of providing songs or chants for mass having derived from the Old French word chanterie. Early Origins of the Chauntree familyThe surname Chauntree was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the Chauntree familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chauntree research. Another 107 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1445, 1465, 1662, 1781, 1789, 1803 and 1841 are included under the topic Early Chauntree History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Chauntree Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Chauntree family name include Chantrey, Chauntre, Chauntrey, Chauntree, Chantree, Chantrie, Chantre and many more. Early Notables of the Chauntree familyMore information is included under the topic Early Chauntree Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Chauntree migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Chauntree surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Chauntree Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Robert Chauntree, who landed in Jamestown, Va in 1624 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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Chauntree migration to the United States 
