Vay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Vay family

The surname Vay was first found in Languedoc, where this eminent family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Vay family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vay research. Another 240 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1096, 1100, 1500, 1619, 1686 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Vay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vay Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Veye, Vais, Vaisse, Vey, Vaye, Vay, De Veye, De Vais, De Vay, Le Veye, Le Vais, Le Vait, Le Vey, Le Vaye, Du Vais, Du Vait and many more.

Early Notables of the Vay family

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Vay migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vay Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Vay, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 1

Vay migration to Australia +

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

Vay Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Abraham Vay, English convict who was convicted in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Baring" in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vay (post 1700) +

G. L. Vay, American politician, Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1884-88, 1890-94 3

Citations +

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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/baring
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 25) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html