Lemay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

In the 1700s, land incentives were finally given out by France to 2,000 migrants. Early marriage was encouraged in New France, and youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries, leaving French names scattered across the continent. The search for the Northwest passage continued. Migration from France to New France or Quebec, as it was now more popularly called, continued until 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, Acadia 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. 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 Lemay were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Lemay were

Lemay Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Thomas LeMay, aged 21, who immigrated to the United States, in 1896

Lemay Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Albert Lemay, aged 23, who landed in America from Paris, France, in 1910
• Jeannette Lemay, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States from Paris France, in 1911
• Josephine Lemay, aged 61, who landed in America from Paris France, in 1911
• Octave Lemay, aged 62, who settled in America from Paris France, in 1911
• Abondius Lemay, aged 35, who landed in America from St. Nazaire, France, in 1915
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lemay Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

• Michel Lemay, Anjou (Maine et Loire) who married Marie Duteau in Trois-Rivières in 1659
• Michel Lemay, son of François and Marie, who married Marie Dutost, daughter of Pierre and Jeanne, in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec on 15th June 1659 6
• Pierre Lemay, son of Léonard and Marguerite, who married Marie L'Homme, daughter of Michel and Marie-Barbe, in Montreal, Quebec on 7th August 1679 6
• Pierre Lemay de Larose, married Marie Man in Montreal in 1679.
• Michel Lemay, son of Michel and Marie, who married Catherine Jobin, daughter of Charles and Madeleine, in Champlain, Quebec on 22nd April 1686 6
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Lemay Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Joseph Lemay, son of Joseph and Marie-Agnès, who married Marie-Madeleine Lecompte, daughter of Samuel and Anne, in Montreal, Quebec on 8th October 1714 6
• Charles Lemay, son of Joseph and Marie-Angès, who married Marie-Élisabeth Paillart, daughter of Léonard and Louise, in Montreal, Quebec on 30th December 1714 6
• Simon Lemay, son of Charles and Louise, who married Marie-Anne Richer, daughter of Pierre and Dorothée, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec on 14th August 1719 6
• Jean-Baptiste Lemay, son of Ignace and Anne, who married Angélique Pérusse, daughter of Jean and Jeanne, in Quebec on 19th August 1725 6
• Barthelemi Lemay, son of Joseph and Marie-Agnès, who married Marie Aubert, daughter of Julien and Jeanne, in Saint-Laurent, Quebec on 5th February 1731 6
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Lemay Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

• Charles Lemay, aged 61, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1907
• Victor Lemay, aged 50, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1912
• Florence E. LeMay, aged 1, who immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1913
• Florence M. LeMay, aged 28, who immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1913
• Phyllis M. LeMay, aged 0, who immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1913
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Lemay Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Anne Lemay, aged 35, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1850 aboard the ship "Joseph Soames" 7

• Richard Paul "Dick" LeMay (1938-2018), American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the San Francisco Giants (1961-1962) and the Chicago Cubs in 1963
• Joseph Lemay, American politician, Member of Minnesota territorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1855
• John D. Lemay, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island, 1917-18
• Eugene H. Lemay, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire, 1939; Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940
• Curtis Lemay, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008
• Harding Lemay (b. 1922), American screenwriter and playwright, former head writer of the soap opera Another World (1971 to 1979)
• Alan LeMay (1899-1964), American Writer and movie Director
• General Curtis Emerson Lemay (1906-1990), General in the American Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of independent candidate George C. Wallace in 1968 8
• Henri Lemay (1939-2021), Canadian politician and professor, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec (1983-1984), Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing of Quebec (1984-1985)
• Annie Lemay (b. 1977), Canadian silver and bronze medalist curler from Trois-Rivières, Quebec
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