The surname Saussaye was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this distinguished family held a family seat at Le Saussaye in Eure in the arrondissement of Louviers, in the canton of Amfreville-La-Campagne. Anschetil was the ancestor of this great aristocratic family of Saussaye. La Saussaye was a fief of the Norman branch of the Harcourts. In the registers of Philip Augustus in 1212 they were listed as sub-infeudated fees (vassal of a feudal lord) of Breteuil.
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Early History of the Saussaye family
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Saussaye Spelling Variations
History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Saussaye, some of which include Saucey, Saucy, Saussay, Saussaye, Saucier and others.
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Early Notables of the Saussaye family
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Saussaye Ranking
In France, the name Saussaye is the 8,888th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1
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Migration of the Saussaye family
By 1643 there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Since immigration was slow, early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. 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. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Saussaye has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Saussaye were Louis Saucier who arrived in Quebec in 1671 from Ile-de-France; Jean Soucy arrived in Quebec from Orléannais in 1670.
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