Sublette is a variant of the
French language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-R ...
surname Soblet. Other variations include Sublet, Sublett, and Soublet. In the United States, the Soblet family name traces back to French
Huguenot
The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, ...
refugee Abraham Soblet and his family, who arrived in
Virginia
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in 1700 and settled in
Manakintown
Powhatan County () is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,033. Its county seat is Powhatan.
Powhatan County is included in the Greater Richmond Region.
The James River forms the coun ...
[Cameron Allen]
The Sublett (Soblet) Family of Manakintown, King William Parish, Virginia
Notable people with Soblet/Sublett/Sublette surnames
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A. T. Sublett
Alvah Tindal Sublett (May 11, 1883 – September 23, 1961) was a college football and baseball player.
Early years
Though born in Texas, he grew up in Summerton, South Carolina.
Furman
Sublett was a prominent fullback and punter for the F ...
(1883 – 1961), American college football and baseball player
*James Sublett, one of the first large-scale farmers in the Rio Grande valley of Texas, owner of
Rancho Estelle
Rancho Estelle was the home of James Sublett, one of the first large-scale farmers in the Rio Grande valley of Texas, within what is now Big Bend National Park. Prior to founding the ranch, Sublett and his partner, Clyde Buttrill, farmed the bot ...
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Jesse Sublett
Jesse Sublett (born May 15, 1954)"Biographical Note" a, Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University–San Marcos (retrieved September 18, 2009). is a musician, writer, and visual artist from Austin, Texas. As a musician, he is best ...
(born 1954), American author and musician
* John William Sublett (1902 – 1986), known by his stage name
John W. Bubbles
John William Sublett (February 19, 1902 – May 18, 1986), known by his stage name John W. Bubbles, was an American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. He performed in the duo "Buck and Bubbles", who were the fi ...
, a vaudeville performer.
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Andrew Sublette
Andrew Whitley Sublette or also, spelled Sublett (1808 – December 19, 1853, or 1854), was a frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, mountain man and brother to William, Milton, and Solomon, helped establish a trading post with Louis ...
(1808–1854), American mountain man
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Milton Sublette
Milton Green Sublette (c. 1801–1837), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man. He was the second of five Sublette brothers prominent in the western fur trade; William, Andrew, and Solomon. Milton was one of ...
(c. 1801 – 1837), American mountain man
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William Sublette
William Lewis Sublette, also spelled Sublett (September 21, 1798 – July 23, 1845), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man. After 1823, he became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, along with hi ...
(1798–1845), American mountain man
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(born 1963), Floridian politician
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Ned Sublette
Ned Sublette (born 1951) is an American composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, historian, and author. Sublette studied Spanish Classical Guitar with Hector Garcia at the University of New Mexico and with Emilio Pujol in Spain. He s ...
(born 1951), American musician and scholar
See also
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References
{{Surname, Sublette
French-language surnames