Jauncey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Jauncey family

The surname Jauncey was first found in Lincolnshire, where they held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Jauncey family

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Jauncey Spelling Variations

A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Jauncey, Jauncy, Jancey and others.

Early Notables of the Jauncey family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

John Jauncey, prominent 15th century landholder

Jauncey migration to the United States +

Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Jauncey or a variant listed above:

Jauncey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Jauncey, who landed in Virginia in 1697 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Jauncey (post 1700) +

Lord Charles Elliot Jauncey (b. 1925), Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland
David Lynn Jauncey, Australian astronomer

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)