Pont History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The distinguished Spanish surname Pont is of local origin, derived from the name of the place where a man once lived or held land. The surname Pont is the plural form of the word "Puente" which in Spanish means "bridge," thus, the original bearer of this surname must have been born or lived in a town where there were several bridges, a feature that he decided to adopt as his surname.

Early Origins of the Pont family

The surname Pont was first found in the valley of the Trucios in the province of Biscay in the Basque region. However, families with the Pont surname, have been present in Catalonia for many centuries. The Spanish Pont surname has appeared in documents that date as far back as the eleventh century.

Early History of the Pont family

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Pont Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ponte, Ponti, Pont, Ponts, Pontos, Puentes, De La Puente and many more.

Early Notables of the Pont family

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Pont Ranking

In France, the name Pont is the 1,443^rd most popular surname with an estimated 3,997 people with that name. 1

Pont migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pont Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Vieu Pont, who landed in New York, NY in 1663 2

Pont Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Fernando Pont, aged 20, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1853 2
Francis Pont, who landed in Mississippi in 1860 2
Jorge Pont, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1862 2
Joachim Pont, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1878 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Pont (post 1700) +

Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930), American Republican politician, Delaware Republican State Chair, 1904-12; Member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30 3
Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980), American Republican politician, Engineer; Chemical manufacturer; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964 3
Pierre Samuel IV du Pont (b. 1935), American Republican politician, Member of Delaware State Legislature; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1971-77; Governor of Delaware, 1977-85 3
Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954), American politician, Delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38 3
Henry Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936 3
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1896, 1908, 1912; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1906-17; Defeated, 1916 3
Francis Victor du Pont (b. 1894), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1944, 1948; Member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1952 3
Francis I. du Pont, American politician, Candidate for Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, 1913 3
Ethel Hallock du Pont, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1924, 1928; Member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1924 3
Eleuthere I. du Pont, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1956 3
... (Another 10 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html