Mont History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The enchanting region of Bourgoigne was the historical homeland of the prominent surname Mont. Mont is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. These were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Mont is derived from the Old French word mont, which means mountain or hill, and indicates that the original bearer lived at or near such a landmark.

Early Origins of the Mont family

The surname Mont was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family held a family seat from ancient times in the seigniory of St. Jean.

Early History of the Mont family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mont research. Another 217 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1527, 1529, 1557, 1610, 1666, 1684, 1707, 1726, 1759, 1790, 1819, 1829, 1842, 1849, 1853 and 1902 are included under the topic Early Mont History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mont Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dumont, Du Mont, du Mont, Dumonte, Du Monte, du Monte, de Mont, De Mont, De Monte, Dumond, Dumon, Dumons, Dement and many more.

Early Notables of the Mont family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Henry de Thier Du Mont (1610-1684), a notable French composer
Arsène-Jean-François Dumont (1849-1902), a French sociologist and demographer
Henri Dumont (1610-1684), a Belgian organist and composer, former organist at St. Paul's Church, Paris, France and composer of the "Messes royales"
Jean Dumont (1666-1726), a French publicist and historian, he opposed Louis XIV and absolute monarchy. He later moved to Vienna where he received appointment as historiographer to the emperor
Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (1759-1829), Swiss publicist and ordained minister, and Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), a French navigator who dug up the statue of Venus de Milo during...

Mont migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mont Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Alex Mont, who landed in Virginia in 1658 1

Mont Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Charle Mont, who arrived in New York, NY in 1763 1

Mont Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Abraham Mont, aged 43, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1875 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Mont (post 1700) +

Mrs. W. Mont Ferry, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1924 2
Mont Justeson, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1964 3

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 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html