| ![Show Contents]() Presto History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Early Origins and Etymology of PrestoThe surname Presto was first found in Lancashire at Preesall, with Hackensall, a township, in the chapelry of Stalmine, parish of Lancaster, union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness. " 'Pressonede' in the Domesday Survey was estimated at six carucates of land: the tithes were granted by Roger de Poictou to the priory of Lancaster." 1 Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Preesall, held by a steward of the King who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Literally, the place name means "brushwood headland" from the Old Welsh word "pres" + the Old Viking word "hofuth" or the Old English word "heafod." 2 Preshaw is a locality near Upham on the slopes of the South Downs. Early History of the Presto familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Presto research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Presto History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Presto Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Preesall, Presall, Prestall, Presow, Presawe, Prisoe, Priseye, Presoo, Presal, Pristow, Pristowe, Prestoe and many more. Early Notables of the Presto familyMore information is included under the topic Early Presto Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Presto familySome 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 Presto (post 1700) | + |
- John A. Presto, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 2008 3
| Suggested Readings for the name Presto | + |
- Begats, a Chronicle of the McMillan, Preston, Wiggins, and Binford Families by Mabel E. Preston Wiggins.
- The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman.
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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