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Etymology of Peagram

What does the name Peagram mean?

The name Peagram has a history dating as far back as the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It was a name for a person who had made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land or some devotional area in Europe such as the tomb of St. Thomas a Beckett at Canterbury. 1 The modern French form, Pèlerin was a frequent entry in the Hundredorum Rolls. 2

Occasionally used as a personal name: Pelerin appears in the Pipe Rolls for Sussex in 1206 and was sometimes given to or adopted by a pilgrim. 1

Early Origins of the Peagram family

The surname Peagram was first found in Norfolk, where the family held lands after the Norman Conquest. 3 According to the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae, Robert, John, and Thomas Pelerin were all registered in Normandy between 1180 and 1195. 4

Hugo Pllegrim was listed as a Knights Templar in Warwickshire in 1185. William Pegerim, Pegrum was registered in the Curia Regis Rolls for Dorset in 1200 and Eustace Pelrim was registered at Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1221. Robert Peregrine was recorded in the Assize Rolls for Somerset in 1243. 1

Continuing our quest, we found William Pylegrim in Huntingdonshire in 1251; Robert Pelrin, Pelgrim in the Assize Rolls for Cambridgeshire in 1260; William Pegrin in the Hundredorum Rolls for Cambridgeshire in 1275; and Symon Pegrym in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1327. 1

Early History of the Peagram family

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Peagram Spelling Variations

Before the last few hundred years the English language had no fixed system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations occurred commonly in Anglo Norman surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Peagram were recorded, including Pilgrim, Pilgrime, Pilgram, Pegram, Pegrem, Pelerin, Peregrine and many more.

Early Notables of the Peagram family

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Migration of the Peagram family to Ireland

Some of the Peagram family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Peagram 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:

Peagram Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mrs. Ann Peagram, (b. 1819), aged 41, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 5
  • Mr. Charles Peagram, (b. 1825), aged 35, British carter travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 5
  • Mr. John Peagram, (b. 1832), aged 28, British farm labourer travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 5
  • Mr. Charles Peagram, (b. 1847), aged 13, British farm labourer travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 5
  • Mr. Edward Peagram, (b. 1849), aged 11, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 5
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  3. Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
  4. 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)
  5. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html

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