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Bonnet History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Bonnet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bonnet family

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

Early History of the Bonnet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bonnet research. Another 389 words (28 lines of text) covering the years 1642, 1668, 1688, 1703, 1718, 1720, 1765 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Bonnet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bonnet 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.

Early Notables of the Bonnet family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

Antoine Bonnet, Baron of Maureilhan...
Stede Bonnet (c. 1688-1718) was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate" because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime...

Bonnet Ranking

In the United States, the name Bonnet is the 18,796^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Bonnet is ranked the 28^th most popular surname with an estimated 50,999 people with that name. 2

Bonnet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bonnet Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Daniel Bonnet with his wife Jeane settled in New York State in 1700
Daniel Bonnet, who landed in New York in 1700 3
Claude Bonnet who settled in Louisiana, and Daniel Bonnet and his wife Jeanne Couturier who arrived in New York State in 1700-1701
Daniel Bonnet, who settled in New York in 1715
Estienne Bonnet, who landed in Louisiana in 1718 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bonnet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

David Bonnet, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
John Bonnet, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
Joseph Bonnet, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
Katharine Bonnet, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1806 3
Thomas Bonnet, aged 23, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1826 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bonnet migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bonnet Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Mr. Pierre Bonnet, French settler travelling to Canada for work arriving on 6th April 1643 4
Mr. Louis Bonnet, French settler travelling to Canada for work arriving on 1st April 1665 4
Mélanie Bonnet, daughter of Jean and Jeanne Antigny, married Marie Buisson in Québec in 1671

Bonnet Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Robert Bonnet, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1817

Contemporary Notables of the name Bonnet (post 1700) +

Guy Bonnet (1945-2024), French author, composer and singer
Catherine Bonnet (1965-2023), French professional tennis player at the 1988 Aix-en-Provence Open
Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet (1938-2022), French and Uruguayan composer, pianist, organist, harpsichordist and conductor, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
Georges Bonnet (1919-2021), French writer and poet
Camille Bonnet (1918-2020), French rugby union player who won the 1944–45 French Rugby Union Championship
Christian Bonnet (1921-2020), French politician, Member of the French National Assembly for Morbihan (1956-1958)
Gaspard Adrien Bonnet du Louvat de Champollon, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
Joseph Alphonse Hyacinthe Alexandre de Bonnet d'Honnières, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
François Antoine Bonnet, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 7
Alexandre François Séraphin Bonnet, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 8
... (Another 10 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Gaspard Bonnet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Joseph Bonnet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) François Bonnet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Alexandre Bonnet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html