Phinizy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Early Origins of the Phinizy family

The surname Phinizy was first found in Liddane, where they held a family seat as Chiefs in Tipperary. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable.

Early History of the Phinizy family

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Phinizy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Liddane, Leyden, Lidane, Lydon, Fenessey, O'Fennessy, Litany, Littany, Lyden, Lydan, Leyden, Finnessy, Finnessy and many more.

Early Notables of the Phinizy family

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Migration of the Phinizy family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Phinizy (post 1700) +

John Phinizy, American politician, Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, 1837. Italian ancestry
Jacob Phinizy, American politician, Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, 1899, 1901-04