Grosshart Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Grosshart is derived from the Middle English word "gros," meaning "large," and was originally a nickname for a large man.

Grosshart Early Origins

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The surname Grosshart was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat but we may conclude that it is from some source in Normandy where the name was popular in pre-conquest times. The Grossarts were an ancient French family of Rotterdam.

Grosshart Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grossart, Grossert, Grosart, Grosset, Grossett, Grosshart, Grosset, Groset and many more.

Grosshart Early History

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Grosshart Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grosshart Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Adam Grosshart, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1771
Adam Grosshart, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1771 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)

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Citations

^ 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)

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The Grosshart Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Grosshart 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.

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