Matey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

Early Origins of the Matey family

The surname Matey was first found in Champagne, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Ardennes/Marne and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Matey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Matey research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1630 and 1696 are included under the topic Early Matey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Matey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Matey, Mateu, Mathy, Mathay, Mathenay, Mathe, Mathey, Maathe, Mathei, Mattei, Mathei, Mathes and many more.

Early Notables of the Matey family

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Matey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Matey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Domingo Matey, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 1

Citations +

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)