The surname Silvain was first found in Poitou, a part of Aquitane, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of the Vienne and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.
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Early History of the Silvain family
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Silvain Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Savant, Sauvan, Sauvent, Sauvain, Sauvanelle, Sauvanet, Sauvannon, Silvain, Sylvain, Silvan and many more.
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Early Notables of the Silvain family
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Silvain migration to the United States
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Silvain Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
Michel Silvain, aged 35, who arrived in Louisiana in 1797 1
Silvain Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Lebauda Silvain, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Silvain (post 1700)
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Ythier Silvain Pryvé, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
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)
Silvain migration to the United States 
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