Jamin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The Jamin family can find its origins within the landscape of Medieval France, particularly in that coastal region once known as Normandy. Their name is derived from the given name Binyamin, which means the son of the south, comes from The Bible, which tells that Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob and the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Early Origins of the Jamin family

The surname Jamin was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

Early History of the Jamin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jamin research. Another 31 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1696, 1701, 1711, 1723, 1735, 1773, 1850 and 1885 are included under the topic Early Jamin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jamin Spelling Variations

Most surnames have experienced slight spelling changes. A son may not chose to spell his name the same way that his father did. Many were errors, many deliberate. During the early development of the French language, a person usually gave his version, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Prefixes or suffixes varied. They were optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, there a many spelling variations of the name Jamin, including Benjamin, Jamin, Jamine, Jaminet, Jamet, Jammet, Jammes, Jamme, Jameton, Jamot and many more.

Early Notables of the Jamin family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Dom Nicolas Jamin, born in Dinan in 1711, was a theologian...
Jean-Baptiste Jamin was a viscount and general during the eighteenth century...
Jean-Baptiste-Auguste-Marie Jamin, marquis of Berumy, was a general born in Brittany in 1773...
Henri-Marie Benjamin, born in Nogent-sur-Seine in 1850, was a veterinarian...
René Benjamin, born in Paris in 1885, an intellectual, was grandson of an engraver and son of a prominent businessman...

Jamin Ranking

In France, the name Jamin is the 1,746^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,480 people with that name. 1

Jamin migration to the United States +

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Jamin were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Jamin were

Jamin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Peter Jamin, who arrived in New York, NY in 1710-1714 2
Pierre Jamin, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2

Jamin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Heinr Jamin, who arrived in America in 1854 2
Jak Jamin, who landed in America in 1867 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Jamin (post 1700) +

Jean-Baptiste Jamin, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Marie Jamin, Marquis de Bermuy, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Jamin "Jay" Pugh (1984-2023), American professional wrestler, known by his ring name, Jay Briscoe, best known for his time with Ring of Honor, where at the time of his death he was one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions with his brother Mark Briscoe
Jamin "Jamie" Raskin (b. 1962), American law professor and politician, Member of the Maryland Senate (2007-)

Citations +

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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 13) Jean-Baptiste Jamin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html