| ![Show Contents]() Laplace History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Normandy is the region of ancient France from which the name Laplace was derived. It comes from when the family lived in the region of Plessis. Early Origins of the Laplace familyThe surname Laplace was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this distinguished family held a family seat at Plessis. However, we must look to ancient England to find the first record of the family. For is there that we found John de Plessis or Plessetis (died 1263), Earl of Warwick. He was of Norman origin, and was probably a son of the Hugh de Plessis who occurs as one of the royal knights from 1222 to 1227. He was possibly a grandson of the John de Plesseto who witnessed a charter of John in 1204. 1 Early History of the Laplace familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Laplace research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1203, 1585, 1621, 1634 and 1642 are included under the topic Early Laplace History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Laplace Spelling VariationsChanges 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 Laplace, including Plessis, Plessieies, Plessier, Plessix, Plessy, Plessys, Le Plessis, Le Plessieies, Le Plessier, Le Plessix, Le Plessy, Le Plessys, Du Plessier, Du Plessix, Du Plessy, Du Plessys, Du Plessix, Duplaix, Deplaix and many more. Early Notables of the Laplace familyMore information is included under the topic Early Laplace Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Laplace RankingIn France, the name Laplace is the 1,321st most popular surname with an estimated 4,290 people with that name. 2
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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 Laplace surname were
Laplace Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Philip Peter Laplace, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 3
- Philip Peter LaPlace, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1765 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Laplace (post 1700) | + |
- Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace (1793-1875), French navigator famous for his circumnavigation of the globe on board La Favorite
- Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer who developed Laplace's equation, and the Laplace transform; he became a count of the First French Empire in 1806 and was named a marquis in 1817
- Victor Laplace (b. 1943), Argentine actor
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- 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)
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