| ![Show Contents]() Machi History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy From the historical and enchanting Italian region of Tuscany emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Machi family. During the Middle Ages, as populations grew and travel between regions became more frequent, the people of Tuscany found it necessary to adopt a second name to identify themselves and their families. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in Tuscany is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, the nickname type of surname is also frequently found. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname Machi is a name for a person who was one noted for his good looks. The surname Macchiavelli is derived from the Italian word malo, and from the Latin malus, which means dangerous and chiavella meaning nail or spike. Early Origins of the Machi familyThe surname Machi was first found in 850, when Ugo Macchiavelli was Marquis of Tuscany. The famous Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince (Il Principe), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. Early History of the Machi familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Machi research. The years 1418, 1469, 1479, 1532 and 1641 are included under the topic Early Machi History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Machi Spelling VariationsItalian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Machi include Macchiavelli, Macchiavello, Machiavello, Machiavelli, Machiaverna and many more. Early Notables of the Machi familyProminent among members of the family was - Niccol Macchiavelli, born in 1469 in Florence, who was a statesman, writer, politician, and philosopher. His most famous work, completed in 1532, is entitled The Prince, and in it, Macchiavelli descri...
 Machi migration to the United States | + |
In the immigration and passenger lists a number of early immigrants bearing the name Machi were found:
Machi Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Manl Machi, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1835 1
- Anna Machi, aged 38, who immigrated to the United States from S. Flaira, in 1898
Machi Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Andrea Machi, aged 46, who landed in America from S. Flavia, Italy, in 1904
- Anna Machi, aged 2, who landed in America from S. Fratella, Italy, in 1906
- Anna Machi, aged 40, who settled in America from St. Flavia, Sicily, in 1909
- Antonino Machi, aged 18, who immigrated to the United States from Caprileone, Sicily, in 1910
- Antonino Machi, aged 2, who settled in America from Cermini, Palermo, in 1910
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- 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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Machi migration to the United States 
