Dechamps History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The majestic region of Picardy in France was the place of origin of the prestigious surname Dechamps. Dechamps is a topographic surname, which is a form of hereditary surname, and was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. The surname Dechamps is derived from the Old French word "champ," which means field, and literally means "of the fields."

Early Origins of the Dechamps family

The surname Dechamps was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where the family was first established, and expanded to become one of the more notable names in the region.

The name was also seen in the town of Poitou, located in west-central France, by two aldermans in 1412 and 1422. 1

The French name originally came to Canada with Jean-Baptiste, born in 1646, son of Jean, Lord of Sandes. 1

Early History of the Dechamps family

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Dechamps Spelling Variations

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Early Notables of the Dechamps family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was Samuel de Champlain, born in Saintonge in 1567, who was sent to the New World by King Henry IV, discovered Canada, then known as "la Nouvelle-France", and founded Quebec City in 1608; Eustache Deschamps (1340-1406), medieval French poet, received lessons in versification from Guillaume de Machaut and later studied law at Orleans University, traveled through Europe as a diplomatic messenger for Charles V, His estate was pillaged by the English, in consequence of which he continuously abuses them in his many poems, wrote as many as 1,175 ballades, and he is sometimes...
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Dechamps Ranking

In France, the name Dechamps is the 5,321^st most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Dechamps migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dechamps Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Antoine Dechamps, who landed in America in 1794 3

Dechamps Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Louis Dechamps, aged 30, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1871 3
Louis Dechamps, 30, who arrived in Alabama in 1871

Contemporary Notables of the name Dechamps (post 1700) +

Bruno Josef Gerhard Dechamps, editor-in-chief of the German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung," Frankfurt, Germany

Citations +

Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
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)