Silvan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Silvan family

The surname Silvan 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.

Early History of the Silvan family

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Silvan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Savant, Sauvan, Sauvent, Sauvain, Sauvanelle, Sauvanet, Sauvannon, Silvain, Sylvain, Silvan and many more.

Early Notables of the Silvan family

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Silvan migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the First Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

First Fleet

Mr. William Silvan, British settler convicted at Norfolk, England in 1788, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "Neptune, Scarborough or Surprize" leaving in 1789 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1790 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Silvan (post 1700) +

Silvan Solomon Tomkins (1911-1991), American psychologist and personality theorist

Sources +

Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships