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The surname Navia was first found in Angus (Gaelic: Aonghas), part of the Tayside region of northeastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, where they held a family seat in the parish of Nevay, now called Essie. The name became interchangeably Nevay and Nevoy. The first on record was Adam of Neveth who perambulated (staked) his territories between the lands of the Abbey of Arbroath and Kinblemonth in 1219. 1
Earlier forms of the name were also found in Wiltshire: Alwin Cnave in 1210 and later, Henry le Knave in the Feet of Fines for Warwickshire in 1271. Adam le Cnave was found in the the Subsidy Rolls for Somerset in 1327 and Richard Knave in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1357. 3
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Navia research. Another 98 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1453, 1558, 1579, 1647, 1649, 1653, 1661 and 1683 are included under the topic Early Navia History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Nevoy, Nevay, Nave, Navay, Navy, Neve and others.
Notable amongst the Clan at this time was Sir David Nevoy, Lord Reidie, afterwards Lord Nevoy (died 1683), a Scottish judge who was appointed lord of session and knighted in 1661. Nevoy was promoted to the bench, 25 June 1661, and retained his office for upwards of twenty-two years. Lord Hailes mentions he had been a Professor in St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews. He "was a regent at St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, but was deposed in...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Samuel Neve who settled in Barbados in 1682; William Neve and child arrived in New York in 1822; Allie Navy settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1849; Alexander Nave arrived in Maryland in 1716.