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Plant History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
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France

The French name Plant first arose during the Medieval period in Normandy (French: Normandie). It is derived from when the family having lived in Normandy at the Seigneury De Planques, from which their name is derived.

Early Origins of the Plant family

The surname Plant was first found in Normandy, the former Duchy of Normandy, where they were formerly seated in the honour of the seigneurie of De Planques in the region of Pas de Calais in the arrondissement of Montreuil sur Mer.

The family emerged at Wildenberg as a family of great distinction being descended from Conrad, Count de Rauzen, a Marshall of all France in 1712. Gaston Planté was a celebrated French physician who was born at Orthez in 1834 and died at Bellevue, Seine-et-Oise, 1889.

Jean Plante, born in 1621, son of Nicolas and Elisabeth (née Jouinne), settled in New France in the 17th century. After arriving in Quebec he married Françoise Boucher, born in 1636, daughter of Marin and Perinne (née Malet), on 1st September 1650. They settled together at Château-Richer, Quebec until Jean's death on 29th March 1706. Françoise passed away on 18th April 1711. 1

Early History of the Plant family

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Plant Spelling Variations

There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Plant, Plante, Le Plant, Le Plante, Planque, Planquette, LaPlante, Laplante, Leplante, Planté, Duplante, Duplantie, Duplantis and many more.

Early Notables of the Plant family

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Plant Ranking

In the United States, the name Plant is the 5,729^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 2 However, in the United Kingdom, the name Plant is ranked the 665^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,885 people with that name. 3

Plant migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Plant. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Plant were

Plant Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Mathew Plant, aged 23, who landed in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Assurance" 4
Rich Plant, who landed in Virginia in 1638 4
Thomas Plant who settled in Virginia in 1670
William Plant, who landed in Virginia in 1698 4

Plant Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Plant, who landed in Virginia in 1715 4
Elizabeth Plant, who landed in Virginia in 1715 4
Mathias Plant, who arrived in New England in 1721 4
Elizabeth Plant, who settled in Maryland in 1723

Plant Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Plant, aged 17, who arrived in Alexandria, Va in 1818 4
H. Plant, who settled in New York State in 1823
James Plant, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1841
Minna Plant, aged 21, who arrived in New York, NY in 1860 4
Mr. William Plant, aged 59, British settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Cynosure" in 1863
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Plant migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Plant Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Benjamin Plant who was convicted in Derby, Derbyshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Bengal Merchant" on 4th August 1836, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 5
Mr. Walter Plant, (b. 1815), aged 21, Enlgish ribbon weaver who was convicted in Warwick, Warwickshire, England for life for house robbery, transported aboard the "Bengal Merchant" on 4th August 1836, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1895 5
Elizabeth Plant, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Baboo" in 1840 6
Mr. George Plant, English convict who was convicted in Staffordshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 27th August 1841, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 7
Mr. William Plant, (b. 1826), aged 17, British labourer who was convicted in Knutsford, Cheshire, England for 7 years for larceny, transported aboard the "Asiatic" on 26th May 1843, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8
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Plant migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Plant Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. William Plant, (b. 1850), aged 28, Irish farm labourer from Westmeath departing on 10th August 1878 aboard the ship "Hydaspes" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 9th November 1878
Mrs. Ann Plant, (b. 1848), aged 30, Irish settler from Westmeath departing on 10th August 1878 aboard the ship "Hydaspes" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 9th November 1878
Mr. Thomas Plant, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "May Queen" arriving in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand on 16th December 1881 9
Florence Plant, aged 22, a dressmaker, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Ionic" in 1884

Contemporary Notables of the name Plant (post 1700) +

Richard Plant (1910-1998), German-born American writer
Henry Bradley Plant (1819-1899), American railroad manager
Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant (b. 1964), former American competitive swimmer
Claude W. Plant, American fighter pilot and flying ace in the U.S. Navy, during World War II, credited with 8½ aerial victories
Theodore H. Plant, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for California, 2000 10
Morgan Plant, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996 10
Mary Plant, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964 10
Edward Plant, American politician, Prohibition Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960 10
David Plant (1783-1851), American politician, Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1827-29 10
Amzi P. Plant, American politician, Member of Connecticut State Senate 1st District, 1864 10
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Plant family +

HMS Hood

Mr. Edwin Plant (b. 1915), English Marine serving for the Royal Marine from Cheadle, Staffordshire, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 11

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 7th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bengal-merchant
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BABOO 1840. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1840Baboo.htm
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asiatic
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm