Meily History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Meily family

The surname Meily was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where this noted family has held a family seat since ancient times. One of the earliest records of the family was Blessed Jeanne-Marie de Maille (1331-1414), a French Roman Catholic and a member from the Third Order of Saint Francis. Pope Pius IX confirmed her beatification on 27 April 1871.

Early History of the Meily family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Meily research. Another 292 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1003, 1050, 1277, 1295, 1331, 1414, 1418, 1474, 1479, 1491, 1532, 1541, 1545, 1656, 1658, 1697, 1710, 1721, 1738 and 1751 are included under the topic Early Meily History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Meily Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mailly, Maillie, Mailley, Maillies, Maily, Mailie, Mailey, Mailies, Maillet, Mayie, de Mailly, de Maillie, de Mailley, de Maily, de Mailie, de Mayie, la Mailly, la Maillie, la Mailley, la Maily, de Mayie and many more.

Early Notables of the Meily family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Jeanne-Marie de Maille (1331-1414), a French saint; and François de Mailly (1658-1721), a French archbishop and Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles from 1697, then Archbishop of Reims from 1710. Benoît de Maillet (1656-1738) was a French diplomat and natural historian from Lorraine. He was French consul general at...
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Meily migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Meily Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Meily, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1746 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Meily (post 1700) +

John J. Meily, American politician, U.S. Consul in Port Limon, 1922-24; Stavanger, 1926-29; Leipzig, 1931; Hamburg, 1932; Zagreb, 1938 2
George F. Meily, American Republican politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 17th District, 1877-80 2

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html