Pountenay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Pountenay family

The surname Pountenay was first found in Leicestershire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. Conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Poultney, held by Ralph from the Bishop of Lincoln, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.

One of the first records of the family was Sir John de Pulteney or Poultney (died 1349). He was Mayor of London, son of Adam Neale de Clipston of Weston, Sussex, and grandson of Hugh de Pulteney, of Pulteney, Poutenei, or Pultonheith, in Misterton, Leicestershire. "His father succeeded to the estate at Pulteney in 1308, and had married Maud de Napton. John de Pulteney was mainpernor for certain merchants on 9 Nov. 1316, and is mentioned as a citizen of London on 5 May 1322. He was Mayor of London in 1331 and 1332." 1

Early History of the Pountenay family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pountenay research. Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1334, 1336, 1487, 1527, 1603, 1624, 1668, 1679, 1681, 1684, 1691, 1726, 1731 and 1764 are included under the topic Early Pountenay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pountenay Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pulteney, Poulteney, Poultney, Poultnay, Poultenay, Pulteney, Pultnay, Pounteney, Pountney, Pounteney and many more.

Early Notables of the Pountenay family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Sir William Pulteney (1624-1691), an English Member of Parliament for Westminster (1679-1681); William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, PC (1684-1764), an English politician descended from an...
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Pountenay migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pountenay Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Henry Pountenay, who landed in New York in 1715 2

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
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)