Flott History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Flott family

The surname Flott was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1155 when Ralph Flot held estates at Holme in that country.

Early History of the Flott family

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Flott Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Flott has undergone many spelling variations, including Float, Flote, Flott, Floate, Flotte, Floater and many more.

Early Notables of the Flott family

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Flott migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Flott were among those contributors:

Flott Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Johannes, II Flott, who arrived in North America in 1838 1
John Flott, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 1

Sources +

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)