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Where did the English Purdy family come from? What is the English Purdy family crest and coat of arms? When did the Purdy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Purdy family history?
Purdy is a name whose history dates far back into the mists of early British times to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. It is a name for a person who was known for their habitual use of the oath pour Dieu, which is Old French meaning "for God." This is a subset of the nickname type of name known as oath names.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Purdy has been recorded under many different variations, including Pardy, Pardie, Pardee, Purdie, Purdew, Purdy, Purdoe, Pardoe and many more.First found in Shropshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
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Some of the Purdy family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 101 words(7 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Purdy or a variant listed above:
Purdy Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Nathaniel Purdy, who landed in Maryland or Virginia in 1671
Purdy Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Thomas Purdy, who arrived in Virginia in 1700
- Nicho Purdy, who arrived in Virginia in 1705
- Anne Purdy, who arrived in Virginia in 1705
- Thomas Purdy settled in Georgia in 1775
Purdy Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- David Purdy, aged 58, arrived in New York in 1812
- Gilbert Purdy, aged 24, landed in New York in 1812
- Charles Purdy settled in Boston with his wife and two children in 1821
- Michael Purdy, who arrived in New York in 1821
- Patrick Purdy, aged 21, landed in New York in 1841
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- Amy Purdy, American actress
- James Purdy (1914-2009), American novelist and poet
- Jedediah Purdy, American law scholar
- Theodore Townsend Purdy (b. 1973), American professional golfer
- Samuel Purdy (1819-1882), American politician, third Lieutenant Governor of California (1852 to 1856)
- Stephen Purdy (b. 1970), American conductor/pianist and vocal coach for broadway musicals
- John Purdy (1871-1938), English cricketer
- Martin Purdy (b. 1981), English rugby union player
- Cecil Purdy, Australian chess player
- Alfred Wellington Purdy OC, OOnt (1918-2000), Canadian Poet
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- Descendants of Francis Purdy of Fairfield, Connecticut by Louis E. Beiringer.
- Family Records of Sigismond Hugget, 1744-1810, and his Wife Susanne Marguerite Pichonnet, with Related Families, Especially Purdy Spinning by Georgie A. Hill.
- Gabriel Purdy by Clayton C. Purdy.
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- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- MacAulay, Thomas Babington. History of England from the Accession of James the Second 4 volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1879. Print.
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. Print.
- Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
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