| ![Show Contents]() Plants History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of PlantsWhat does the name Plants mean? The ancestors of the Plants family brought their name to England in the wave of migration after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Plants is for a gardener as the name was originally derived from the Old English word plant meaning plant, or young tree. 1 2 Early Origins of the Plants familyThe surname Plants was first found in London where they held a family seat being descended from Fulk, the Count of Anjou, whose descendants were exemplified by the Emperor, Henry V of Germany, and Henry who ascended the English throne and planted the Plantagenet dynasty. He bore the three royal lines which continued until the time of Edward III who added a crest of another lion. The eventual heiress of this house was the Princess Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, and Queen of Henry VII. Many junior lines abounded. 3 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included: Robert Plante, Cambridgeshire; and Roger Plante, Cambridgeshire. 4 "A family in humble circumstances at Kettering [Northamptonshire], bear the ancient royal name of Plantagenet, though now it is commonly changed to Plant." 5 "The Plants are very numerous in the Eccleshall district [of Staffordshire]. The name of Plente occurred in the 13th century in Huntinghamshire and Oxfordshire. There are also now a few representatives of the name of Plant in Suffolk and Shropshire." 6 Early History of the Plants familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Plants research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1533 and 1605 are included under the topic Early Plants History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Plants Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Plantaggenett, Plantagenet, Plant, Plante and others. Early Notables of the Plants familyMore information is included under the topic Early Plants Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Plants family to IrelandSome of the Plants family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Plants familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Plant who settled in Virginia in 1670; Elizabeth Plant settled in Maryland in 1723; Matthew Plant settled in Virginia in 1635; James Plant settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1841.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Plants (post 1700) | + |
- Tobias Avery Plants (1811-1887), American Republican politician, Member of Ohio State Legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1865-69 7
- Lawrence Plants, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for West Virginia State House of Delegates from Mason County, 1966 7
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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