| ![Show Contents]() Fearey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Ireland Early Origins of the Fearey familyThe surname Fearey was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat at Rutherglen from early times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. An ancient couplet says "nae man can tell, nae man has seen, when the Faries Haena in Ruglen been." A rough translation of this couplet: "no man can remember when there hasn't been a family of Faries at Rutherglen." 1 Early History of the Fearey familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fearey research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1766, 1791, 1792, 1826, 1851 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Fearey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Fearey Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Fairie, Fairrie, Farie, Fairey, Ferry, Ferrie, Fairy, Faireye and many more. Early Notables of the Fearey familyMore information is included under the topic Early Fearey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Fearey family to Ireland
Some of the Fearey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 77 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Fearey familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Fairey settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1772; James, Joseph and Robert Ferry arrived in Virginia in 1774; Andrew, Bernard, Charles, Francis, George, James, John, Michael, Miles, Patrick Ferry, all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860. In Newfoundland, Patrick Ferry settled in Bona Vista in 1830.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Fearey (post 1700) | + |
- Jack Fearey (d. 2007), American director of the Seattle Center (1970), known for establishing two major annual Seattle civic festivals
- Charles Frank Fearey, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1980 2
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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