Show ContentsPlessing History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Plessing family

The surname Plessing was first found in West Prussia and Pomerelia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Plessing family

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Plessing Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Plehszinger, Plesinger, Plehsinger, Plezinger, Plehzinger, Pleszinger, Pleshinger, Pleschinger, Plessing, Plessinger, Plehszingers, Pleszingerrs, Plehszingger, Plensinger and many more.

Early Notables of the Plessing family

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United States Plessing migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Plessing Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Plessing, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1752
  • Jacob Plessing, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1
Plessing Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • George Plessing, his wife Anna Margretha, and their four children, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805
  • George Michael Plessing, aged 47, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1805 1
  • George Michael Plessing, who settled in Philadelphia in 1805
  • Michael Plessing, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1810
  • John Plessing, who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1810

Contemporary Notables of the name Plessing (post 1700) +

  • Dr. Albert K Plessing, Austrian research scientist


  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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