Changuion

[1] One of the first historical mentions of the surname appeared in 1562 as a result of the massacre of Wassy, a town in the old French province of Champagne.

An ancestor, Pierre Changuion, was namely mentioned as being one of the Protestant or Huguenot churchgoers who were attacked by Roman Catholics.

[1] The Changuion family were members of the bourgeoisie and many of them decided to leave France around the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 due to the resulting religious persecutions.

After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Daniel Changuion moved to Halle (Saale) in Germany with his son, Jean who was born in Vitry around 1660.

[4] His grandson François Daniël (1766-1850) was elevated to the Dutch nobility on 16 September 1815 due to his role as secretary of the provisional government of the Netherlands (the Triumvirate under Van Hogendorp) in 1813.

They would eventually produce lawyer, writer and administrator, Pierre-Jean Changuion (1763-1820), who was appointed as governor of the Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies in 1804.

The coat of arms is described as in blue, a Moor's head in natural color, with two gold flaming stars above and a silver crescent below.

Coat of arms: Zèlé pour la Foi et le Roi (Zeal for Faith and the King) in black letters on a white ribbon.