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Pease History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

United States Australia New Zealand West Indies

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Suggested Reading Citations

Pease History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
England

Early Origins of the Pease family

The surname Pease was first found in the Orkney Islands, where "the earliest recorded Orcadian form of the name is Pase or Paise in 1402. Anders Pass, "aff wapu," i.e. armiger, appended his seal to a deed at Copenhagen in June 1433. James Pase witnessed a disposition of a land in Wasbister in the parish of Holm in 1483." 1

Further to the south in Durham and Yorkshire, England, the Pease family of Darlington were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the nineteenth century' involved with woollen manufacturing, banking, railways, locomotives, mining, and politics. The progenitor was Edward Pease of Darlington (1711-1785.)

"The notable family of Pease, which has been connected with Darlington since the last century, hailed originally from the vicinity of Wakefield in the West Riding." 2

Other early records include: Thomas Pease who was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for Berkshire in 1194; Roger Pise in the Curia Regis Rolls for Norfolk in 1206; Margeria Pyse in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1327; 3 John Pese, who was listed in Bedfordshire in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273; and Willelmus Pece and Thomas Paas, both listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 4

Pease pudding is a pudding dish from boiled legumes, most often split yellow peas, with water, salt and spices. It is a common dish in the north-east of England. The name was derived from the Middle English word "pease" and is featured in a nursery rhyme, "Pease Porridge Hot."

Early History of the Pease family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pease research. Another 119 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1566, 1649, 1767, 1772, 1817, 1841, 1842, 1846 and 1858 are included under the topic Early Pease History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pease Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Peace, Pease, Paise and others.

Early Notables of the Pease family

Notable amongst the Clan from early times was

Edward Pease (1767-1858), railway projector, born at Darlington on 31 May 1767, the eldest son of Joseph Pease and his wife Mary Richardson...

Pease Ranking

In the United States, the name Pease is the 2,457^th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 5

Pease migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pease Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Pease, who settled in Salem in 1630
Henry Pease, who settled in Boston in 1630
Mr. John Pease, aged 27, from Essex, who landed in New England in 1634 aboard the ship "Francis", bound for Salem 6
Mr. Robert Pease, aged 27, from Essex, who landed in New England in 1634 aboard the ship "Francis", bound for Salem 6
Mr. Robert Pease, aged 3, from Essex, who landed in New England in 1634 aboard the ship "Francis", bound for Salem 6

Pease Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Wm G. Pease, who arrived in Ellis Island, New York aboard the ship "Weser" in 1821 7
Edwd Pease, aged 17, who arrived in Ellis Island, New York aboard the ship "Mary" in 1827 7
Michael Pease, aged 23, who arrived in Ellis Island, New York aboard the ship "Formosa" in 1832 7
Philix George Pease, aged 26, who arrived in Ellis Island, New York aboard the ship "Birmingham" in 1835 7
Wm George Pease, aged 19, who arrived in Ellis Island, New York aboard the ship "Nicholas Biddle" in 1839 7
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Pease migration to Australia +

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

Pease Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

George Pease, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Agamemnon" on April 22, 1820, settling in New South Wales, Australia 8
Mr. William Pease, English convict who was convicted in Leeds, Yorkshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Chapman" on 6th April 1824, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 9

Pease migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Pease Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. William Pease, British settler travelling from Portsmouth aboard the ship "Duke of Portland" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 13th October 1851 10

Pease migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 11

Pease Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Ursula Pease, who settled with her husband in Barbados in 1678

Contemporary Notables of the name Pease (post 1700) +

Captain Harl Pease Jr., American soldier, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1942
John Pease (1943-2021), American football coach
Edward Pease (1711-1785), American progenitor of the Pease family of industrialists and philanthropists from Fishlake, Yorkshire
Heather Pease, American synchronized swimmer
Alfred Humphreys Pease (1838-1882), American composer
Al Pease (1921-2014), English-born, Canadian Formula One driver
Sir Richard Pease (b. 1890), Yorkshire mining executive and 2nd Baronet Pease, of Hummersknott
George Pease RIBA MRTPI RIAS (1926-2022), 4th Baron Gainford of Headlam in the County Palatine of Durham, a British nobleman and peer
Joseph Edward Pease (1921-2013), 3rd Baron Gainford
Joseph Pease (1889-1971), 2nd Baron Gainford
... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Pease family +

HMS Repulse

Mr. Reginald Cecil Pease, British Ordinary Telegraphist, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and died in the sinking 12

Citations +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's Retrieved January 6th 2023, retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Ellis Island Search retrieved 9th February 2023. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Agamemnon voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1820 with 179 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/agamemnon/1820
Convict Records of Australia. Retreived 26th January 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/chapman
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html