Amy
This is one of the earliest and longest lasting of Jersey surnames. Members of the family present in Jersey today can probably trace their ancestry back in the island to the 16th century, or earlier. Despite the suggestion of 19th century historian J Bertrand Payne that the name originated in England, it is perhaps more likely that it came to Jersey from France with the alternative spelling of Ami, meaning friend.
John Amy and Jane Le Ruez and their children
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Origin of Surname
The name comes from the French ami, meaning 'friend'.
Early records
The earliest recorded holders of the name in Jersey are Johan or Jean Amy, a defender of Mont Orgueil Castle in 1338, and Jean Amy, living in 1402, whose family descendancy is shown below. The name is recorded 29 years earlier in the Assize Roll of 1309. Three Amys are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550.
Although Payne's Armorial (see below) suggests that the Jersey family is of English origin, the name is probably derived from the French 'ami', meaning friend.
History
From Payne's Armorial of Jersey
This family has undoubtedly an English origin, but has been established in Jersey from a very remote period.
During the middle ages several of its members were ecclesiastics, one of whom, then Rector of Grouville, returning from a voyage to France, was in imminent danger of being drowned, and, in compliance with the custom of the day, vowed an addition to his parish church, should Providence permit him to land in safety. This vow he lived to fulfil, and erected in pursuance of it the North chapel or aisle of that edifice, dedicated to St Margaret.
Raulin Amy, another priest of the same family, is better known by his will, still in existence, and quoted in one or more of the Histories of Jersey.
In a curious roll of the militia, compiled in 1617, Francis Amy is mentioned as Captain of the Train-Band of the parish of Grouville.
[Some of Payne's assertions and family relationships have subsequently been challenged and the Amy family of Grouville history is believed to be more accurate - Editor]
Arms : Or, on a chief embattled, sable, three mullets argent. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet a peacock's head, proper, holding a sprig, vert. Motto : Hostis honori invidia.
Variants
- Ami
- Amy
- L'Amy Although this family probably has a common root, it has developed separately and is not considered as a variant
Family records
Church records
- Amy baptisms in Jersey
- Amy marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Amy marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Amy burials in Jersey
Family trees
These trees were reviewed by Jerripedia editor Mike Bisson in 2025. This was the first time many of them had been checked since they were added in the early years of the site from 2010 onwards. Details have been added and corrections made but more work remains to be done on several of the trees. Please pay attention to the notes which indicate where problems still exist.
- Jean Amy: 15-19th centuries
- Jean Amy 2: 15th-17th centuries
- Jean Amy 3: 17th-20th centuries
- Philippe Amy: 16th-17th centuries
- Philippe Amy 2: 17th-20th centuries
- Philippe Amy 3: 17th-20th centuries
- Philippe Amy 4: 18th-19th centuries
- Philippe Amy 5: 18th-20th centuries
- Raulin Amy: 15th-19th centuries [1]
- Raulin Amy 2: 16th-17th centuries [2]
- Raulin Amy 3: 14th-16th centuries
- Nicolas Amy: 15th-20th centuries [3]
- Nicolas Amy 2: 18th-19th centuries
- Antoine Amy: 15th-17th centuries [4]
- Thomas Amy: 15th-19th centuries
- Thomas Amy 2: 19th-20th centuries
- Abraham Amy: 18th-19th centuries
- Clement Amy: 17th-21st centuries
- Richard Amy: 17th-19th centuries
Ships' captains
Amy family histories
- Amy family of Grouville
- A history of the Amy family
- Amys who commanded vessels operating out of Jersey and further afield
- Snowdon Francis Amy
- Civil War privateer Thomas Amy Added 2019
Great War service
- Amy family members who served in the Great War
- Presentation to Bombardier Edward Amy, MM, at the Town Hall
Newspaper records
- Philip Amy appointed Vraic Officer in 1848
- Edward Amy sworn in as Measurer of Grain, Salt and Coals for Rozel Harbour in 1848
Occupation records
World War 2 casualties
- Thomas Richardson Amy
- Kenneth Charles Amy
- Adolphus Stanley Amy
- John Alfred Amy
- George Harvewy Amy
- James Amy
Family wills
Burial records
Family businesses
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- George Amy was a corn dealer at 37 Halkett Place in the 1860s
- A Amy, hosier, was in business at 1 Queen Street in 1886. This was the start of A Amy and Son, which remained here until the early 21st century, when the family business was finally sold
- Toy dealer A Amy was at 19 Queen Street in 1886
- Shoe and slipper dealer Mary Amy and her sister Caroline Susanne, a dressmaker, were at 21 Queen Street in the 1850s
- Widow Elizabeth Amy was a grocer at 27 Queen Street in the 1860s
- A Amy was in business at 12 Queen Street as a hosier in the 1880s
- Amy and Baker were trading at 16 Queen Street in the 1880s and '90, predecessors of Frederick Baker which would become established across the street
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Miss Amy's 'seminary for young ladies' was in La Motte Street, as advertised in the Chronique de Jersey in 1824 -
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Thomas Amy, grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Val Plaisant -
Percy Amy ran the Jersey Rubber Stamp Company in Chevalier Road -
Messervy and Amy, butchers in the Central Market -
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1803 Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey advert for the sale of the brig Fortune, commanded by Capt Francois Amy -
Francois Amy, of Rozel, Trinity, advertised the sale of two vergees of blue potatoes, followed by the land where they had grown, in Chronique de Jersey in 1840 -
Jean Amy advertised his forge at Six Rues, St Lawrence, for sale or rent in Chronique de Jersey in 1860 -
Jean Amy, of Gorey, sold coal in 1870 from his depot on the coast -
Francois Amy, of 36 Hemery Place, offered paper for sale in 1830 -
Cabinet maker Francois Amy advertised a change of address in Chronique de Jersey in 1816 and his need for two experienced workers -
Nicolas Amy, of St John, advertised the sale of a variety of merchandise at Francois Le Sueur's house near the prison in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in January 1799
Family properties
- Le Câtillon de Haut
- Le Câtillon de Bas
- Le Petit Câtillon
- Lyndhurst, St Martin
- Rose Lea, St Martin
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The Noirmont home of the late Abraham Amy was advertised in the Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1803 to be sold by public auction -
Jean Amy, son of Philippe, advertised for sale in 1805 a francheville, Grouville garden in front of Marie Filleul’s
Family bible
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This bible was a prize given to William Alfred Amy by St Ouen Parish Church Sunday School in 1913. William was born in the parish in 1898, the son of William Amy, of St Peter, and Mary Louise Rebecca, nee Wayland, who were married in St Peter in 1891. -
William snr was the son of Jean Amy and Jane Elizabeth Dubois, and Mary of Alfred Wayland, described on their wedding record as a 'foreign agent'. Presumably this meant some sort of merchant rather than a 'spy'. William Alfred ran the Wayside Bakery until the 1950s or '60s
Family album
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Pre-1500 arms, as researched by Julian Wilson -
Later arms shown in Payne's Armorial
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A Mr Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux -
A Mrs Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux -
Another Mrs Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux -
Miss Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux -
Bertram Amy -
Susan Amy (1836-1889). She married Richard Philip Gough and emigrated to Australie -
Amelia Jane Amy (1865-1951) of Faldouet with second husband Christopher Connor and three of their seven children -
Amelia Jane Amy with husband Christopher Connor -
Bertram Charles Amy (1895-1937) -
Frederick Amy (1857-1932) who emigrated to the USA and married Mary Bottomley -
Philip Amy (1883- ) who married Daisy Remon and emigrated to Canada -
Philip Amy and family at Cultus Lake in September 1943. Philip was born in Jersey in about 1883 and married Daisy Remon. With them are their sons Peter (1921- ) and John Charles (1924- ) -
Philip Amy and Daisy Amy with their children Rozel, Peter, Godfrey and John, and an unknown Lydia holding Rozel -
Adolphe Amy -
Alfred George Amy and his wife -
Raulin Anthoine John Amy -
Philip Amy painted by William Collie -
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Philip Le Gallais, born in St Helier in 1789, the son of Jean and Jeanne, with his wife Marie Marguerite Amy. The family moved backwards and forwards between Jersey and Quebec -
Carpenter Philip Amy -
Esther Gallie, nee Amy, with her husband Alfred -
Eileen Barette, nee Amy, in front of Mont Mado Stores -
The 1922 wedding of Philip and Agnes Amy, nee Vibert -
Tom Amy and his grand-daughter Susan at Snow Hill in 1959 -
J Amy, killed in WW2 -
Charles Amy -
Annie Barette, nee Amy (1852-1936)
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Charles and Nancy Amy, nee Hamon, and Maria -
Beryl Joan Hardman, nee Amy -
Buesnel Amy and Irene, nee Rayson -
Buesnel John Amy, 1919 -
Elizabeth Jane Amy (1852-1933) -
Elizabeth Simon, nee Amy (1853-1880) -
Esther Elizabeth Sauvage, nee Amy (1853-1880) -
George Albert Amy and his grandfather Samuel Honeycombe -
Godfrey Mourant Amy (1890- ) -
Jane Amy (1834-1922) -
John Amy(1880- Tr), Grace, John and Caroline Moorhouse -
Stanley George, Eliza Jane, Reginald Philip and Laura May Amy -
Stanley George Amy (1901-1991) -
Mildred Eliza Amy (1893-1970) -
Vera Budden, nee Amy (1895-) -
1925 wedding of Stanley George and Elsie May Amy, nee LeCocq -
Patricia Mary Gallichan, nee Amy (1934-2015)
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A postcard sent to Maria Amy, of Bel Air, St Martin, in 1921. Was this the Maria Amy who was born in France in 1893 and seems to have lived as a boarder at a number of St Martin addresses after arriving in Jersey? -
A Christmas greeting for John Amy, a pupil at St Martin Wesleyan Sunday School from the Superintendent, C W Binet. Date unknown -
A New Year 1909 greeting postcard to Lydia Amy from Louie. We think this may have been Lydia Blampied Amy, the daughter of George and Mary Ann, born in St Martin in 1885 -
E A Amy had to pay 2d postage due to receive this card from France. The Terrace may have been Grosvenor Terrace, St Helier
The cycling Amys
Stanley and Elsie lived at Mont Mado, where these photographs were taken. They were married in St Saviour in 1905. Stanley was born in Trinity in 1901 and Elsie in St John in 1906
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Elsie May Amy, nee Le Cocq -
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Family gravestones
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Philip Thomas Amy's grave at Haynecourt
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