The surname Treby was first found in Devon where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when the family name acquired lands in Treeby in Yealmpton in that shire.
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Early History of the Treby family
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Treby Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Treby, Trebie, Treeby, Treebie, Trebet and others.
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Early Notables of the Treby family
Distinguished members of the family include
Peter Treby, English barrister at the Court of Common Pleas; and his son, Sir George Treby JP (1643-1700), a British justice and politician, son of Peter Treby of Plympton St. Maurice, Devonshire, Mem...
George Treby (born c.1685) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1727. Lieutenant-Colonel George Hele Treby (c.1727-1763) was a British soldier and pol...
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Migration of the Treby family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
