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Excerpt from Dr. Seary's, Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, MUN 1977.

CLUETT, CLEUETT, variants of surnames of England and France, Cluett in England, Clouet, Cleuet in France, ? diminutives from St. Cloud, a French bishop of the 6th century. (Dauzat).

Guppy traced Cluett in Dorset.

In Newfoundland:

Family traditions: Ancestors of the Cluetts escaped the French Revolution by fleeing to England and later settling on the South Coast (MUN Folklore). ------ Cluett, from Wales, settled at Belleoram (MUN Folklore). -----, from Devon, to Rose Blanche, later settled at Belleoram (MUN Folklore). John, from Dorchester (Dorset), was the second settler at Belleoram in the early 18th century (MUN Hist.).

Early instances: Thomas Cluet, of Belleoram, 1835 (DPHW 30); John Clewitt, member of the Board of Road Commissioners for the Belleoram to St. Jacques area, 1844 (Nfld. Almanac); Charlotte Cluett, of Garnish, 1860 (DPHW 106); William Cluet, fisherman of Cape Fogo, 1871 (Lovell); John Clewett (and others), of Frenchman's Cove (Burin), 1871 (Lovell).

Modern status: Cluett, at Frenchman's Cove, Garnish and Belleoram; Cleuett, rare, at Port aux Basques.

Place names: Cluett Bight 47-37 55-54; ---- Head 47-52 55-49; ----- Rock 47-36 55-54.

Early Instances: