Sprent History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Sprent family

The surname Sprent was first found in Angus (Gaelic: Aonghas), part of the Tayside region of northeastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, where they held a family seat in their territories.

Early History of the Sprent family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sprent research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1440, 1470, 1590, 1623 and 1745 are included under the topic Early Sprent History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sprent Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sprent, Sprint, Sprunt, Sprwnt, Sprund, Sprount and others.

Early Notables of the Sprent family

Another 36 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Sprent Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sprent migration to the United States +

Sprent Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Sprent, who arrived in New Jersey in 1685 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Sprent (post 1700) +

Janet Sprent, Emeritus Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Dundee
Jonathan Sprent PhD, Professor at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia
James Sprent Virtue (1829-1892), British art publisher, born at 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, son of George Virtue 2

Sources +

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)
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 Jan. 2019