Pieter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Pieter family

The surname Pieter was first found in Holland, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region. The name was first recorded in Amsterdam, an ancient 13th century town held by the Lords of Amstel. Giesebrecht II built a castle there. Geisbrecht III built the dam to keep out the sea. It is first mentioned in charters of 1275 when Floris IV, the count of Holland granted its charter. It became a city of great mercantile wealth. It hold great treasures of art. In their later history the surname became a power unto themselves and were elevated to the ranks of nobility as they grew into a most influential family.

Early History of the Pieter family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pieter research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1540, 1550, 1558, 1560, 1573, 1577, 1578, 1585, 1592, 1603, 1612, 1621, 1631 and 1649 are included under the topic Early Pieter History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pieter Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pieters, Pieter, Pietters, Pietter, Pieterrs, Pieterr, Peiters, Peitters, van Pieters and many more.

Early Notables of the Pieter family

Pieter Pietersz the Elder, also Pieter Pietersz, (1540-1603), a Dutch Renaissance painter from Antwerp; and Dirk Pietersz (1558-c. 1621) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, born in Amsterdam. Magdalena Pi...
Pieter Pietersz II (1578-1631), was a Dutch Golden Age painter, the son of Pieter Pietersz the Elder and the grandson of Pieter Aertsen, who painted in the style of his father with the same name. Fran...

Pieter migration to the United States +

Pieter Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Abraham Pieter, who landed in New York in 1664 1

Pieter Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Letterick Pieter, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1727

Pieter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Georg Pieter, who arrived in America in 1843 1

Pieter migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2

Pieter Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

M. Josepha Pieter, who arrived in Jamaica in 1834

Contemporary Notables of the name Pieter (post 1700) +

Kristof Pieter Willerton (b. 1993), British gold medalist tumbling gymnast at the 2013 Trampoline World Championships
Dr Pieter Mulder (b. 1951), South African politician
Pieter Willem van der Horst (b. 1946), Dutch professor and scholar of early Christianity
Pieter Ballon, Belgian historian and communications scholar
Pieter Van den Abeele, American computer programmer, and the founder of the PowerPC-version of Gentoo Linux
Pieter van Abeele (1608-1684), Dutch medallist and coiner
Pieter Abbeel, Belgium-born American professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, Director of the Berkeley Robot Learning Lab, and co-director of the Berkeley AI Research
Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550), or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder, Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries
Pieter van Aelst (1495-1560), Pieter van Aelst, III, Flemish tapestry weaver

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies