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Musy/Mussey/Muzzy/Muzzey Origin: French Coat of Arms: Blue with a gold-hooded falcon standing on a red perch. A Falcon or Hawk in Heraldry is usually depicted with bells on its legs. If represented with hood then it is said to be hooded, jessed, and leashed, and the colours must be named. Hawk or Falcon. A very common bearing in Coat Armour. A Falcon, blazoned ppr. is represented with a bell tied to each leg. Crest: Description not available
```````Origin Displayed: French Spelling variations include: Musy, Musie, Musies, Mussy, Mussie, Mussies, Mussey, Mousy, Mousie, Musset, Musy, Musse, de la Musse, LaMusse, DeMusse, Mussi, Musi, Mousies, Moussy, Moussie, Moussies, Mucy, Mucey, Mucie, Mucies, Moucie, Moucies, Moucey, de Musy and many more. First found in Brittany, where they have been seated since ancient times. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Ludwig Mussi, who settled in Philadelphia in 1754; and Abraham Mussey, who settled in New England in 1633.	French Origins - 2nd description Arms: black shield with gold displayed eagle
Mussey family originated in France>to So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England>to America	[Note: The original Musseys from France may have been Basque, as many Muzzy's have Rh-negative blood.]
Origin: French Spelling variations include: Musy, Musie, Musies, Mussy, Mussie, Mussies, Mussey, Mousy, Mousie, Musset, Musy, Musse, de la Musse, LaMusse, DeMusse, Mussi, Musi, Mousies, Moussy, Moussie, Moussies, Mucy, Mucey, Mucie, Mucies, Moucie, Moucies, Moucey, de Musy and many more. First found in Brittany, where they have been seated since ancient times. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Ludwig Mussi, who settled in Philadelphia in 1754; and Abraham Mussey, who settled in New England in 1633. Italian Origins: The distinguished surname muzzy can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing feudal system. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname muzzy came from the name Muzzo, which is derived from the Latin name Mucius. The name may also be derived from the name Giacomuzzo, which is a variation of Giacomo, or James.	Muzzi Origin: Italian Coat of Arms: A blue shield with a gold shooting star. Crest: Description not available
FALCON: Is derived from the Latin "falx", meaning sickle, a reference to the Falcon's wing shape in flight. Egyptians associated the Falcon with the 'Eye of Horus'. The god Horus was believed to appear in the form of Pharaoh's Falcon or as a Falcon-headed god. The mythology states he could see everything at once because one eye was the sun and the other was the moon. It is written that Falcons were permitted to ride on Pharaoh's nape as his protector and divine spirit. Falcons were used in a royal sport known as falconry. Is the art of training Falcons (or hawks) to pursue and attack wild fowl or game; falconry started in ancient China and Persia and soon became prevalent with the royals of ancient Egypt; the Falcon was associated with the Egyptian sun god 'RA' and later the Christians adopted it as an emblem of the saviour. A venerable symbol of majesty and power, heraldic writers add that the Falcon denotes someone eager, or hot in the pursuit of an object much desired; if seated on its 'rest' or perch it may signify a bearer who is ready and serviceable for high affairs. December 4, 1996 Dear Ms Rhodes, You have been in contact with my son Eric Muzzy of Warminster, PA. I am sorry to say that we cannot help you with your project on MUZZY genealogy, except to clarify some situations. My grandfather and a brother arrived in the United States in the late 1800's from Lithuania. The name at the time was Mazurkiewicz. Over the years all of our family have adopted and changed the name to Muzzy. To confuse matters even more, for about eight years our immediate family lived in Woburn, MA. You may know that the Muzzy's go all the way back to the Battle of Lexington, where one was killed in 1775, and later had a high school in Lexington named in his honor. He was from Woburn. There are many Mazurkiewcz 'Muzzy's' in New York City area, i.e. Long Island and New Jersey. Some also in Daytona Beach, FL, and San Diego, CA, as well as Framingham, MA, Warminster, PA, and yours truly. If your correspondence brings news from others that have changed names and originated in Lithuania, our family is interested to contact them. Thank you and good luck, Joseph E. Muzzy of NY	The MUZZEY/MUSSEY family immigrated from a valley in France @1633-34 on the second voyage of the "Mary & John". Here are a couple letters sent to me regarding the MUZZY name Dear Betty, Abraham Muzzy and his sons, John & Robert came to America in 1633 on the ship 'Mary and John' from England. Abraham died shortly after arriving in America. The name was French, spelled MUSY, after the town of Musy. In the 1300's when people were first adopting last names, some of the men in our family went to war with Joan of Arc. They fought so bravely she, or whoever did such things, gave them some land in the Loire Valley (I think that's the right valley), and the right to adopt the name of their village for their sir name. They, or at least some of them, left France around the time of the Inquisitions in the 1400's, and went to England where the name became MUSSEY. They came to this country in 1633 with the Mussey spelling. Due to different pronunciations, and census takers who spelled phonically, it soon became MUSSEY, MUZZEY, MUZZY, (Muzzi is Swiss-Italian and no relation to us). All these spellings are in use today. There is one family in the 1700's that had 2 daughters and 3 sons, and each of the son's lines comes down with one of the three spellings. We are not connected to the name MUSSETT, as we once thought we were. As to the Boston Tea Party, no doubt, but don't know who. Lexington, MA was owned by the Muzzey family, and they built the original Buckman Tavern, and the first to fall in that battle was Isaac Muzzey. There is a monument to him on the green. Sincerely, Joanne Muzzy [Joanne is a Muzzy researcher and Genealogist - once lived in Alaska, now lives in Colorado]. LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL IDENTITY Edwin Muzzy Civil War Soldier Pennsylvania Bucktails Raftman
The full mantle consists of the shield displaying the arms that was given to the person bearing this surname; a banner with surname; a helmet; and family crest [if known]. See a sample of full mantle by - at right. Normally the crest is displayed atop the helmet. To order a full mantle with coat of arms and family crest click here	Sample Coat of Arms - Full
Betty's Muzzy Line: 1 Abraham I Muzzy b: Abt. 1570 Muzzy family originated in France>to So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England>to America d: of So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England * +Hester b: Abt. 1574 of So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England d: of So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England 2 Robert Muzzy b: Abt. 1602 England d: May 16, 1644 Ipswich, MA ** +Bridget Bradstreet b: Abt. 1605 * 3 Benjamin I Muzzy b: Abt. 1632 of Rumney Marsh, England d: March 28, 1691 Billerica, MA ***** +Jane b: 1630 ** 4 Benjamin II Muzzy b: April 16, 1657 Malden, Middlesex, MA d: May 12, 1739 Lexington, MA ***** +Sarah Longhorne b: April 16, 1660 Rowley, Essex, MA d: January 28, 1710/11 Lexington, MA ***** 5 John I Muzzy b: 1685 Lexington, MA d: March 29, 1768 Lexington, MA ******** +Elizabeth Bradshaw b: December 22, 1688 Lexington, MA d: February 22, 1721/22 ******** 6 John II Muzzy b: May 10, 1714 Lexington, MA d: June 25, 1789 Spencer, Worcester, MA *********** +Abigail Reed b: March 30, 1720 Lexington, MA d: February 16, 1766 Spencer, Worcester, MA *********** 7 John III Muzzy b: December 09, 1737 Lexington, Middlesex, MA d: April 19, 1819 Spencer, Worcester, MA **************** +Mary Ball b: 1743 MA d: April 23, 1785 MA	**************** 8 Thaddeus I Muzzy b: August 14, 1773 Spencer, Worcester, MA d: September 14, 1854 possibly Wisconsin?? ***************** +Lydia Richardson b: Bet. 1770 - 1780 of Sturbridge, Worcester, MA **************** 9 Willard William Muzzy b: 1804 New York State - family came to NY from MA d: July 27, 1893 Warren Co, PA ******************** +Polly Ann Durkee b: February 20, 1806 Augusta, Oneida, NY d: 1877 Father: Silas D. Durkee Mother: Hester Betsy Hinman ******************* 10 Edwin C. Muzzy b: November 11, 1838 Columbus, Warren Co, PA d: March 12, 1918 Eldred Twp, Warren Co. PA *********************** +Viola D. Damon b: September 28, 1847 Warren County, PA d: January 28, 1930 Erie, Erie Co, PA Father: Joseph Damon Mother: Mary Jane Soggs ********************** 11 Bertha Leonette Muzzy b: May 26, 1868 East Branch, Warren Co, PA d: January 02, 1949 Spring Creek, Warren Co, PA ************************* +John William Matteson b: October 10, 1872 Spring Creek Twp, Warren Co, PA d: April 18, 1916 Spring Creek, Warren Co, PA Father: Joel Bailey Matteson Mother: Josephine C. Reynolds ************************* 12 Rodney (Pete) Carl Matteson b: November 11, 1903 Spring Creek Twp, Warren Co, PA d: December 23, 1990 Erie, Erie Co, PA- buried at Wattsburg, PA Cemetery **************************** +Ethel Mae Hoag b: February 10, 1922 Wheelertown, Fort Le Boeuf, Erie Co, PA Father: William Warren Hoag Mother: Nellie Mae St. John ****************************** 13 Betty Jean Matteson b: Corry Memorial Hosp Corry, Erie Co Pa.
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MUZZY

Musy/Mussey/Muzzy/Muzzey
Origin: French

Coat of Arms:
Blue with a gold-hooded falcon standing on a red perch.

A Falcon or Hawk in Heraldry is usually depicted with bells on its legs. If represented with hood then it is said to be hooded, jessed, and leashed, and the colours must be named.
Hawk or Falcon. A very common bearing in Coat Armour. A Falcon, blazoned ppr. is represented with a bell tied to each leg.

Crest: Description not available

```````Origin Displayed: French

Spelling variations include: Musy, Musie, Musies, Mussy, Mussie, Mussies, Mussey, Mousy, Mousie, Musset, Musy, Musse, de la Musse, LaMusse, DeMusse, Mussi, Musi, Mousies, Moussy, Moussie, Moussies, Mucy, Mucey, Mucie, Mucies, Moucie, Moucies, Moucey, de Musy and many more.

First found in Brittany, where they have been seated since ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Ludwig Mussi, who settled in Philadelphia in 1754; and Abraham Mussey, who settled in New England in 1633.

French Origins - 2nd description
Arms: black shield with gold displayed eagle

Mussey family originated in France>to So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England>to America

[Note: The original Musseys from France may have been Basque, as many Muzzy's have Rh-negative blood.]

Origin: French
Spelling variations include: Musy, Musie, Musies, Mussy, Mussie, Mussies, Mussey, Mousy, Mousie, Musset, Musy, Musse, de la Musse, LaMusse, DeMusse, Mussi, Musi, Mousies, Moussy, Moussie, Moussies, Mucy, Mucey, Mucie, Mucies, Moucie, Moucies, Moucey, de Musy and many more.

First found in Brittany, where they have been seated since ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Ludwig Mussi, who settled in Philadelphia in 1754; and Abraham Mussey, who settled in New England in 1633.

Italian Origins:
The distinguished surname muzzy can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing feudal system. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname muzzy came from the name Muzzo, which is derived from the Latin name Mucius. The name may also be derived from the name Giacomuzzo, which is a variation of Giacomo, or James.

Muzzi Origin: Italian

Coat of Arms: A blue shield with a gold shooting star.

Crest: Description not available

FALCON: Is derived from the Latin "falx", meaning sickle, a reference to the Falcon's wing shape in flight. Egyptians associated the Falcon with the 'Eye of Horus'. The god Horus was believed to appear in the form of Pharaoh's Falcon or as a Falcon-headed god. The mythology states he could see everything at once because one eye was the sun and the other was the moon. It is written that Falcons were permitted to ride on Pharaoh's nape as his protector and divine spirit.
Falcons were used in a royal sport known as falconry. Is the art of training Falcons (or hawks) to pursue and attack wild fowl or game; falconry started in ancient China and Persia and soon became prevalent with the royals of ancient Egypt; the Falcon was associated with the Egyptian sun god 'RA' and later the Christians adopted it as an emblem of the saviour. A venerable symbol of majesty and power, heraldic writers add that the Falcon denotes someone eager, or hot in the pursuit of an object much desired; if seated on its 'rest' or perch it may signify a bearer who is ready and serviceable for high affairs.

December 4, 1996

Dear Ms Rhodes,
     You have been in contact with my son Eric Muzzy of Warminster, PA. I am sorry to say that we cannot help you with your project on MUZZY genealogy, except to clarify some situations.
     My grandfather and a brother arrived in the United States in the late 1800's from Lithuania. The name at the time was Mazurkiewicz. Over the years all of our family have adopted and changed the name to Muzzy. To confuse matters even more, for about eight years our immediate family lived in Woburn, MA. You may know that the Muzzy's go all the way back to the Battle of Lexington, where one was killed in 1775, and later had a high school in Lexington named in his honor. He was from Woburn.
     There are many Mazurkiewcz 'Muzzy's' in New York City area, i.e. Long Island and New Jersey. Some also in Daytona Beach, FL, and San Diego, CA, as well as Framingham, MA, Warminster, PA, and yours truly.
     If your correspondence brings news from others that have changed names and originated in Lithuania, our family is interested to contact them.
     Thank you and good luck,
     Joseph E. Muzzy of NY

The MUZZEY/MUSSEY family immigrated from a valley in France @1633-34 on the second voyage of the "Mary & John".
Here are a couple letters sent to me regarding the MUZZY name
Dear Betty,
Abraham Muzzy and his sons, John & Robert came to

America in 1633 on the ship 'Mary and John' from England. Abraham died shortly after arriving in America. The name was French, spelled MUSY, after the town of Musy. In the 1300's when people were first adopting last names, some of the men in our family went to war with Joan of Arc. They fought so bravely she, or whoever did such things, gave them some land in the Loire Valley (I think that's the right valley), and the right to adopt the name of their village for their sir name. They, or at least some of them, left France around the time of the Inquisitions in the 1400's, and went to England where the name became MUSSEY. They came to this country in 1633 with the Mussey spelling. Due to different pronunciations, and census takers who spelled phonically, it soon became MUSSEY, MUZZEY, MUZZY, (Muzzi is Swiss-Italian and no relation to us). All these spellings are in use today. There is one family in the 1700's that had 2 daughters and 3 sons, and each of the son's lines comes down with one of the three spellings.
We are not connected to the name MUSSETT, as we once thought we were. As to the Boston Tea Party, no doubt, but don't know who. Lexington, MA was owned by the Muzzey family, and they built the original Buckman Tavern, and the first to fall in that battle was Isaac Muzzey. There is a monument to him on the green.
Sincerely, Joanne Muzzy
[Joanne is a Muzzy researcher and Genealogist - once lived in Alaska, now lives in Colorado].

LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL IDENTITY

Edwin Muzzy Civil War Soldier
Pennsylvania Bucktails Raftman

The full mantle consists of the shield displaying the arms that was given to the person bearing this surname; a banner with surname; a helmet; and family crest [if known]. See a sample of full mantle by - at right. Normally the crest is displayed atop the helmet. To order a full mantle with coat of arms and family crest click here

Sample Coat of Arms - Full

Betty's Muzzy Line:

    1     Abraham I Muzzy    b: Abt. 1570 Muzzy family originated in France>to So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England>to America    d: of So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England
*        +Hester    b: Abt. 1574 of So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England    d: of So. Stoneham, Hampshire, England
    2     Robert Muzzy    b: Abt. 1602 England    d: May 16, 1644 Ipswich, MA
****        +Bridget Bradstreet    b: Abt. 1605
***    3     Benjamin I Muzzy    b: Abt. 1632 of Rumney Marsh, England    d: March 28, 1691 Billerica, MA
*******        +Jane    b: 1630
******    4     Benjamin II Muzzy    b: April 16, 1657 Malden, Middlesex, MA    d: May 12, 1739 Lexington, MA
*********        +Sarah Longhorne    b: April 16, 1660 Rowley, Essex, MA    d: January 28, 1710/11 Lexington, MA
*********    5     John I Muzzy    b: 1685 Lexington, MA    d: March 29, 1768 Lexington, MA
************        +Elizabeth Bradshaw    b: December 22, 1688 Lexington, MA    d: February 22, 1721/22
************    6     John II Muzzy    b: May 10, 1714 Lexington, MA    d: June 25, 1789 Spencer, Worcester, MA
***************        +Abigail Reed    b: March 30, 1720 Lexington, MA    d: February 16, 1766 Spencer, Worcester, MA
***************    7     John III Muzzy    b: December 09, 1737 Lexington, Middlesex, MA    d: April 19, 1819 Spencer, Worcester, MA
******************        +Mary Ball    b: 1743 MA    d: April 23, 1785 MA

******************    8     Thaddeus I Muzzy    b: August 14, 1773 Spencer, Worcester, MA    d: September 14, 1854 possibly Wisconsin??
*********************        +Lydia Richardson    b: Bet. 1770 - 1780 of Sturbridge, Worcester, MA
********************    9     Willard William Muzzy    b: 1804 New York State - family came to NY from MA    d: July 27, 1893 Warren Co, PA
************************        +Polly Ann Durkee    b: February 20, 1806 Augusta, Oneida, NY    d: 1877    Father: Silas D. Durkee    Mother: Hester Betsy Hinman
***********************    10     Edwin C. Muzzy    b: November 11, 1838 Columbus, Warren Co, PA    d: March 12, 1918 Eldred Twp, Warren Co. PA
***************************        +Viola D. Damon    b: September 28, 1847 Warren County, PA    d: January 28, 1930 Erie, Erie Co, PA    Father: Joseph Damon    Mother: Mary Jane Soggs
**************************    11     Bertha Leonette Muzzy    b: May 26, 1868 East Branch, Warren Co, PA    d: January 02, 1949 Spring Creek, Warren Co, PA
*****************************        +John William Matteson    b: October 10, 1872 Spring Creek Twp, Warren Co, PA    d: April 18, 1916 Spring Creek, Warren Co, PA    Father: Joel Bailey Matteson    Mother: Josephine C. Reynolds
*****************************    12     Rodney (Pete) Carl Matteson    b: November 11, 1903 Spring Creek Twp, Warren Co, PA    d: December 23, 1990 Erie, Erie Co, PA- buried at Wattsburg, PA Cemetery
********************************        +Ethel Mae Hoag    b: February 10, 1922 Wheelertown, Fort Le Boeuf, Erie Co, PA        Father: William Warren Hoag    Mother: Nellie Mae St. John
********************************    13     Betty Jean Matteson    b: Corry Memorial Hosp Corry, Erie Co Pa.

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