Prevot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The surname Prevot is a ancient French name. It was a name given to a person from Brittany who was a prefect or chief magistrate. 1 Looking back even further, we found the name was originally derived from the Old French word, "prevost", which signified someone of that title. 2

Early Origins of the Prevot family

The surname Prevot was first found in Brittany (French: Bretagne) where this noble family originated in ancient times.

Lords of Bonneseaux are cited in 1427 and maintained nobility of ancient extraction in 1669. The name was also found in Montreuil in the 18th century with a group of Lords from Bourgogne and a Commissioner General in the Navy. 1

François Prevost, born in 1638, son of Charles and Jeanne, was the Major of the Château Saint-Louis and Governor of Trois-Rivières. He married Geneviève Macard, daughter of Nicolas and Marguerite, in the province of Quebec on 1st August 1679. They remained together in Quebec until François passed away on 5th June 1702. 3

Early History of the Prevot family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Prevot research. Another 122 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1547, 1580, 1622, 1638, 1665, 1680, 1697, 1702, 1729, 1732, 1741, 1753, 1763, 1830, 1831, 1848 and 1865 are included under the topic Early Prevot History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Prevot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Prévost, Prévoste, Prévosts, Prévostes, Prévaust, Prévauste, Prévaustes, Prévausts, de Prévost, du Prévost and many more.

Early Notables of the Prevot family

Notable amongst this name at this time was Louis-Constant Prévost-Paradol, journalist, Man of Letters, member of the French Academy; Françoise Prévost (c. 1680-1741), a French ballerina; François Provost (1638-1702), French-born...
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Prevot Ranking

In France, the name Prevot is the 354^th most popular surname with an estimated 11,531 people with that name. 4

Prevot migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Prevot Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Pierre Prevot, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 5
Muller Prevot, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1794 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Prevot (post 1700) +

André Romain Prévot (1894-1982), French bacteriologist
Ferdinand Prévôt (1800-1857), French operatic baritone
First Lieutenant Prevot, Arengtine Commander of the mobile detachment in the operations of the Argentine Air Force unit for Antarctica, eponym of Prevot Island

Citations +

Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
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)