Huey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Ireland

Etymology of Huey

What does the name Huey mean?

The French name Huey first arose during the Medieval period in Normandy. The family was first found in the village of Luot, located in the Manche department of Normandy. 1

Early Origins of the Huey family

The surname Huey was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family was anciently seated in Huest, a village in the department of Eure in the district of Evreux, and in Luot, a village of the department of Manche in the district of Avranches. 1

Some members of this family distinguished themselves. Alain Huon, the lord of Kéramédan, who stemmed from the house of Huon de Lanover, was part of the reformations from 1418 to 1481. Maurice Huon took an oath to the duke in Tréguier in 1437. Their son, René, was a squire and the lord of Kéramédan. The branch Huon de Kermadec, known since the 13th century, was part of the reformations of 1426 and 1534. Pierre Daniel Huet, a prelate and scholar, was born in Caen in 1630 and died in Paris i 1721. Antoine Huet d'Ambrun was a squire and the lord of Ambrun. He married Catherine Le Roux in 1672. 2

Mathurin Huot, born in 1646, son of René and Renée (née Fortier), settled in Canada in the 17th century. After settling in Quebec he married Marie Dutertre, daughter of René and Louise (née Goulet), at Ange-Gardien, Quebec on 25th November 1671. 3

Early History of the Huey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Huey research. Another 63 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1351, 1490, 1630, 1662, 1672, 1685, 1689, 1721, 1790, 1803, 1838, 1845 and 1869 are included under the topic Early Huey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Huey Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Huey, including Huot, Huon, Huin, Huet, Huey, Hué, Hue and others.

Early Notables of the Huey family

Sir Huon de Saint-Hugeon, French knight who fought at the Combat of the Thirty, March 26th 1351; Macé Huet, a squire, who was recorded in 1490; his son, Jean, the lord of la Garenne, who married Geneviève de Faye; Pierre Daniel Huet (1630-1721), a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physique in Caen (1662-1672) and Bishop of...
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Huey Ranking

the United States, the name Huey is the 2,568^th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 4

Huey migration to the United States +

French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Huey surname were

Huey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Mich Huey, who arrived in Virginia in 1650 5

Huey Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Paulus Huey, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1740 5
Johan Wilhelm Huey, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741 5
Adam Huey, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1761 5
John Huey, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1772 5
Johan Friederich Huey, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1775 5

Huey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Huey, who landed in Maryland in 1802 5
Betty Huey, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 5
David Huey, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1856 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Huey (post 1700) +

Jefry Huey, American slalom canoer
Pennock Huey (1828-1903), American officer and cavalry brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War
Eugene Aaron Huey (b. 1947), former American football defensive back
Baby Huey (1944-1970), American rock and soul singer
Craig Alan Huey (b. 1950), American Republican Party politician and a businessman
Aaron Huey (b. 1975), award winning American photographer
Lee Roy Huey, American Republican politician, Candidate for Missouri State House of Representatives from Caldwell County, 1964 6
John F. Huey, American politician, Mayor of Moline, Illinois, 1931-33 7
Jacqueline Huey, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for New York, 1992; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996 7
... (Another 5 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Sources +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
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
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html