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Pitois Early Origins

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The surname Pitois was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this eminent family held a family seat since ancient times. One of the earliest records of the family was that of Jean Pitard (c.1228-1315), French royal surgeon to Louis IX, Philip the Bold and Philip the Fair of France.

Pitois Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pittard, Pitard, Pittart, Pitart, Pithart, Pithard, Pitteux, Piteux, Pitton, Piton, Pithon, Python, Pittet, Pitet, Pitou, Pitoux, Pitault, Piteau, Pitot, Pitaud and many more.

Pitois Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pitois research. Another 186 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1453, 1654, 1668, 1695, 1740, 1767, 1771, and 1846 are included under the topic Early Pitois History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pitois Early Notables (pre 1700)

Notable amongst the family in this period was Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants...

Another 32 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pitois Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Pierre Pitot, who settled in Canada in 1648; Pierre Piton, who married Jeanne Lantier in 1735 in Lachenaye, Quebec; Augte Pitaud, who, at the age of 22.

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Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
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The Pitois Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Pitois Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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