Plessing History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Plessing family

The surname Plessing was first found in Lancashire at Pleasington, a village and civil parish in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen that dates back to 1196 when it was listed as Plesigtuna and literally meant "estate associated with a man called Pleasa" from the Old English personal name + "ing" + "tun." 1 Another reference claims that it was listed in the Domesday Book, but we cannot collaborate this claim. As far as the surname is concerned, it was first referenced in the 13th century and are recorded in the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum 1139, folio 37b.

Sir Robert de Plesyngton (died 1393) was "Chief Baron of the Exchequer, was no doubt a member of the Lancashire family which derived its name from Pleasington, near Blackburn, and was perhaps a cousin of the first of that name, who owned Dimples in Garstang, Lancashire, where the family survived until the rebellion of 1715." 2

Early History of the Plessing family

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Plessing Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Plessington, Blessington, Pleasington and many more.

Early Notables of the Plessing family

Distinguished members of the family include

Saint John Plessington (c.1637-1679), a seminary priest and martyr in Lancashire, one of the Roman Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Plessing migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Plessing Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Plessing, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1752
Jacob Plessing, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 3

Plessing Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Plessing, his wife Anna Margretha, and their four children, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805
George Michael Plessing, aged 47, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1805 3
George Michael Plessing, who settled in Philadelphia in 1805
Michael Plessing, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1810
John Plessing, who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1810

Contemporary Notables of the name Plessing (post 1700) +

Dr. Albert K Plessing, Austrian research scientist

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
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)