Moths History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Moths family

The surname Moths was first found in Lorraine where this distinguished family held a family seat, and were members of the aristocracy of that region from the year 1534.

Early History of the Moths family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Moths research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1624, 1648, 1665, 1669, 1670, 1672, 1679, 1685, 1695, 1703, 1717 and 1731 are included under the topic Early Moths History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Moths Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: De Lamoth, Lamoth, LaMoth, LaMothe, Lamoth, Lamothe, Mothe and many more.

Early Notables of the Moths family

Baron Lamoth of Languedoc; Pierre Lambert de la Motte, MEP (1624-1679), a French bishop, a founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and became a missionary in Asia; Antoine Houdar de la Motte (1672-1731), a French author of comedies, operas and ballets; Pierre de St. Paul, Sieur de La Motte (Pierre La Motte or Pierre Lamotte) (d. 1685), French captain of a company of the Carignan-Salieres Regiment that was dispatched to New France (Canada)...
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Moths migration to the United States +

Moths Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anna Maria Moths, aged 22, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1731 1
A Matheis Moths, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 1

Moths Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Heinrich Moths, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Moths (post 1700) +

Gustav Moths (1877-1900), German bronze medalist rower at the 1900 Olympics

Sources +

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)