Heberd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France
England

The surname Heberd comes ultimately from a Germanic personal (first) name, composed of the elements "hari", meaning "army", and "behrt", meaning "illustrious". Saint Haribert was the archbishop of Cologne circa. 1000, and versions of Heberd became a popular given name amongst the French nobility.

Early Origins of the Heberd family

The surname Heberd was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where Heberd families were the Lords (seigneurs) of Plaigniere and of Beauvoir. This branch of the family came from England in the 15th century and were given these lands by King Richard of England. It it thought that other branches no doubt pre-dated the Heberd family that came from England. 1

Louis Hébert (c. 1575-1627), was a French pioneer who first came to Quebec in 1604 and is generally considered to have been the first permanent settler in Canada and considered to be the first Canadian apothecary. Louis had come to Canada twice before but he eventually settled in Quebec with his wife Marie (neé Rollet) and children in 1617 after arriving in Canada for the first time in May 1604. Louis later died from a bad fall and was buried on 25th January 1627 in Quebec. 2

Early History of the Heberd family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heberd research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1548, 1666 and 1725 are included under the topic Early Heberd History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Heberd Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hebert, Harbert, Herbert, Herbot, Harbelot and others.

Early Notables of the Heberd family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Francis Hébert (d. 1725), was a priest at Versailles, who earned the admiration of Louis XIV; and Jacques Rene Hébert played an important part...
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Heberd migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Heberd Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Robert Heberd, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1636 3

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.
Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
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)