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Perrott History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

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Perrott History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The history of the Perrott name began during the Middle Ages in a region known as Brittany. The French name is derived from the popular French personal name Pierre, which comes from the ancient name Petros, or Peter, meaning "rock".

Early Origins of the Perrott family

The surname Perrott was first found in Brittany where they held a family seat in the seigneurie of Launay and Vieux Launay.

They also branched to the regions of Neufchatel, île-de-France, at Chazelle and Courcelles, the Franch Comte at Viseney, Paris (Ablancourt) and Geneva. They were elected to the noblesse as Barons of the Empire. The Pieroway variant is an interesting one. Some sources believe the name to be a Channel Islands variant and a branch of the family settled on Sandy Point, Newfoundland. Today the family can be found in Stephenville, St. Georges and in the Corner Brook area of Newfoundland. 1 Ada Pieroway of St. Georges, married Ronald MacDonald of Antigonish who won the second Boston Marathon in 1898 and Stella Pieroway, a teacher at St. Geroges, married James Ronald MacDonnell, Newfoundland politician who represented St. Georges in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1923.

Jacques Perrault and his wife Marguerite (née Cache) of Saint-Jacques, Bourgogne, had two sons, François and Jacques. François, a merchant, and Jacques, a surgeon, travelled together to New France in the early 1700's. François married Suzanne Page, daughter of Guillaume and Elisabeth (née Letartre), in Quebec on 26th November 1715. Jacques married Marie-Elisabeth Navers, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Marie-Françoise (née Sauvin), in Château-Richer on 10th January 1724. 2

Early History of the Perrott family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Perrott research. Another 24 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1608, 1611, 1613, 1628, 1644, 1661, 1670, 1680, 1684, 1687, 1688, 1691, 1703 and 1717 are included under the topic Early Perrott History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Perrott Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Perrott, some of which include Perot, Perrot, Perrotte, Perreault, Perault, Perrault, de Perrot, De Perrot, De Perot, De Perault, De Perrault, Perrott, Perrau, Perraut, Perroud, Peroud, Perraud, Perrauld, Perauld, Peraud, Perroux, Peroux and many more.

Early Notables of the Perrott family

Notable amongst this name at this time was Nicolas Perrot (1644-1717), French explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, one of the first white men in the Upper Mississippi Valley; François-Marie Perrot (1644-1691), French Governor of Montreal by a royal commission in 1670, and later Governor of Acadia (1684-1687); Nicolas Perot (ca. 1611-1661), French Jansenist and historian; and his brothers, Claude Perrault (1613-1688), French architect...
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Perrott migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Perrott. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Perrott were

Perrott Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Perrott, who landed in America in 1769

Perrott Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mrs. Perrott, who settled in New York State in 1823
Michael Perrott, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1846 3
Francis Perrott, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1853
Esther Perrott, aged 18, who landed in America from England, in 1893
Henrietta Perrott, aged 11, who landed in America from Cork, Ireland, in 1897
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Perrott Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Llewellyn Perrott, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1902
Frederick J. Perrott, aged 65, who landed in America from Southampton, England, in 1908
Frank Perrott, aged 31, who immigrated to the United States from Portsmouth, England, in 1913
Jennie Perrott, aged 32, who immigrated to the United States from Portsmouth, England, in 1913
Leslie Perrott, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States from Melbourne, Australia, in 1921
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Perrott migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Perrott Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Mrs. Catherine Perrott, aged 26 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Jessie" departing 3rd June 1847 from Cork, Ireland; the ship arrived on 24th July 1847 but she died on board 4
Mr. David Perrott who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Jessie " departing 3rd June 1847 from Cork, Ireland; the ship arrived on 24th July 1847 but he died on board 4

Perrott migration to Australia +

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

Perrott Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Peter Perrott, English convict who was convicted in Surrey, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Fame" on 9th October 1816, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 5
Isaac Perrott, English convict from Wiltshire, who was transported aboard the "Adelaide" on August 08, 1849, settling in Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip, Australia 6

Perrott 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. 7

Perrott Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Ralph Perrott, who settled in Barbados in 1680 with his servants

Contemporary Notables of the name Perrott (post 1700) +

Sir Edward George Lambert Perrott (1811-1886), 4th Baronet of Plumstead, Kent, English peer
Sir Edward Bindloss Perrott (1784-1859), 3rd Baronet of Plumstead, Kent, English peer
Sir James Perrott (d. 1731), 1st Baronet of Plumstead, Kent, English peer
Sir Richard Perrott (1716-1796), 2nd Baronet of Plumstead, Kent, English peer
Major-General Sir Thomas Perrott KCB (1851-1919), British Army officer, Commander of the Troops in the Straits Settlements
Sir Robert Perrott (d. 1759), 1st Baronet of Richmond, Surrey, English peer and relative of Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Helena Ruth Perrott (1912-1999), Viscountess Maitland, English wife of Ivor Colin, Viscount Maitland, daughter of Sir Herbert Perrott
Marie Louise Priscilla Perrott (1909-1988), Baroness Forester, English wife of the 7th Baron Forester, daughter of Sir Herbert Perrott
Edward Perrott (1851-1915), English rugby union international who represented England in 1875
Sir Herbert Charles Perrott (1849-1922), 5th Baronet of Plumstead, Kent, English peer, Chief Secretary of the St. John Ambulance Association
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Citations +

Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland Montreal: McGill's-Queen's University Press 1998. Print. (ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
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)
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 92)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 27th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 17) Adelaide voyage to Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip, Australia in 1849 with 303 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/adelaide/1849
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies