Bonnay Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Bonnay was first found in Languedoc, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Bonnay Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bonnet, Bonner, Bonné, Bonnée, Bonnais, Bonney, Bonnay, Bonnaie, Bonnai, Bonnaye, Bonet, Boner, Boné, Bonée, Boney, Bonay, Bonaye, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonnay, de Bonney, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonney, de Bonnay, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonet, du Bonnet, Dubonnet and many more.

Bonnay Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bonnay research. Another 777 words (56 lines of text) covering the years 1642, 1668, 1703, 1720, 1765, and 1793 are included under the topic Early Bonnay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bonnay Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Daniel Bonnet, who settled in New York in 1715; Jacques Bonnet, aged 32; settled with his wife, Mary, aged 32; with his 3 daughters and son in Philadelphia in 1733.

Contemporary Notables of the name Bonnay (post 1700)

Jacques Bonnay de Troisfontaines, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Jacques Bonnay. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html

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Citations

^ Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Jacques Bonnay. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html

Other References

Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
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The Bonnay Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bonnay Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 11 February 2015 at 15:50.