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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin unidentified. It is found in southern England, where it may be of French (posibly Huguenot) origin.
  • A William Bageant went to America in 1755 with General Edward Braddock’s army; his descendants are found mainly in Virginia and Maryland.

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