Pettijohn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Pettijohn family

The surname Pettijohn was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France where they held a family seat in the seigneurie of Rotalier. The main stem of the family would also be elected to the nobility of Bourgogne, and Pierre Petitjean was a counselor in 1751 in the Chambre des Comptes de Bourgogne.

Early History of the Pettijohn family

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Pettijohn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Petitjean, Pettitjean, Pettittjean, PetitJean, PettitJean, PettittJean, Petijean, Pettijean, Pettijean, PetiJean, PettiJean, Pettitjohn, Petijohn, Pettijohn, Pettitjohn, PetitJohn, PettitJohn, PettittJohn, PettyJohn, Petyjohn and many more.

Early Notables of the Pettijohn family

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Migration of the Pettijohn family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Pierre Petitjean arrived in Quebec from Aunis on the west coast of France in 1710. This is most likely his point of embarkation, not his home province. Jean PetitJean arrived in Lousiana in 1715. Mr. Petitjean arrived in Louisiana in 1719..

Contemporary Notables of the name Pettijohn (post 1700) +

David Pettijohn, American Primetime Emmy Award winning sound editor, known for his work on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Romancing the Stone (1984) and Day of the Dead (1985)
Sonny Pettijohn, American assistant editor, known for The Green Mile (1999), Back to the Future (1985) and Mystic River (2003)
LaDonna Pettijohn (b. 1973), American actress, known for Scalene (2011), Wings for Maggie Ray (2012) and Witches of East End (2013)
Maynard C. "Duke" Pettijohn (b. 1977), American Arena football defensive lineman
Francis John Pettijohn (1904-1999), American geologist on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University, awarded the Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America in 1975