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Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The surname Beary is derived from the Norman surname de Bury, and is from either the Chateau de Bury in Normandy, or several place names in England like Bury St. Edmund's, where "bury" is a form of "burrough." The variant Berry can be found in Counties Antrim and Mayo. The name Berry is also found in County Offaly, but there it belongs to the Ó Beara sept and is a form of Beary.

Early Origins of the Beary family

The surname Beary was first found in County Wicklow (Irish: Cill Mhantáin), known as the “last county,” created only in 1606, located on the East coast of Ireland, today part of the Greater Dublin Area, where Simon de Bury was listed in 1234. The family came to Ireland with the Prestons, a family of Norman descent. The name de Bury was recorded in connection with Drogheda in County Louth in the 14th century.

Early History of the Beary family

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Beary Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bury, Berry, Beary and others.

Early Notables of the Beary family

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Beary migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beary Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

James Beary, who settled in Virginia in 1700
James Beary, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 1

Beary Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alexander Beary, who landed in New York in 1831 1

Beary migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beary Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Con Beary, who landed in Saint John, New Brunswick between 1833 and 1838

Beary migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Beary Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Patrick Beary, (b. 1818), aged 26, Irish farm labourer who was convicted in Tipperary, Ireland for life for murder, transported aboard the "Cadet" on 9th April 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 2
Daniel Beary, aged 25, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "Nugget" 3
Rhomas Beary, aged 23, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "Nugget" 3
Catherine Beary, aged 16, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "Nugget" 3
Mary Beary, aged 20, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "Nugget" 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Beary (post 1700) +

Patrick J. Beary, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Queens County 7th District, 1944 4
Ned Beary, American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1972 4
Marie A. Beary, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Queens County 10th District, 1964 4
Louis Beary, American Libertarian politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1994 4
Michael Beary (b. 1956), retired Irish Army Major general, former head of mission and force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Michael Beary (1894-1956), Irish flat racing jockey who won four British Classics and eight Irish Classics in a career that spanned from the 1910s to the 1950s, Irish Champion Jockey in 1920
Kevin Beary (b. 1957), American Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, (1993 to 2009)
Admiral Donald Bradford Beary (b. 1888), Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, eponym of the USS Donald B. Beary (DE 1085)
Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922), American Republican politician, Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/cadet/
South Australian Register. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Nugget 1858. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/nugget1858.shtml
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 27) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html