Parmelee Surname History

Origins Available:
England

Early Origins of the Parmelee family

The surname Parmelee was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they are believed to have been a distinguished branch of the Palmers.

Early History of the Parmelee family

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Parmelee Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Parmelee, Permele, Parmly, Parmalee, Parmellee, Parmley, Parmallee and many more.

Early Notables of the Parmelee family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Parmelee family of Connecticut

Parmelee Ranking

In the United States, the name Parmelee is the 15,385^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Parmelee migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Parmelee Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Parmelee, who arrived in Connecticut in 1635 2

Parmelee Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Howard Parmelee, aged 44, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Carmania" from Liverpool, England 3
Paul Parmelee, aged 18, who arrived in New York City, New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Panama" from Cristobal 3
Charles A. Parmelee, aged 55, who arrived in New York City, New York in 1921 aboard the ship "Aquitania" from Southampton, England 3
Dorothy M. Parmelee, aged 36, who arrived in New York in 1921 aboard the ship "Berengaria" from Southampton, England 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Parmelee (post 1700) +

James Parmelee (1855-1931), American businessman, co-founder of the National Carbon Company in 1886
Arthur Hawley Parmelee (1883-1961), American physician and football coach
Leroy Earl Parmelee (1907-1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1929 to 1939
Henry S. Parmelee (1846-1902), or Parmalee, American inventor, piano maker and businessman, President of the Fair Haven and Westville Street Railway Company; he invented the first automatic fire sprinkler system in 1874, to protect his piano factory
Christopher Matthew Parmelee (b. 1988), American Major League Baseball right fielder and first baseman
Ruth Azneve Parmelee (1885-1973), Trabzon Christian missionary and a witness to the Armenian Genocide
Charles Henry Parmelee (1855-1914), Canadian publisher and politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Shefford (1896-1908)
Charles Parmelee Augur (1857-1919), American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Middlefield, 1911-12 4
Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (1848-1904), American politician, Representative from New York, 1887-93; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896 5

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html