Pease History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Pease family

The surname Pease was first found in the Orkney Islands, 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 Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Pease family

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Pease Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Pease family (pre 1700)

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

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 ^[1]

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 ^[2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Pease (post 1700) +

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
Joseph Edward Pease (1921-2013), 3rd Baron Gainford
Joseph Pease (1889-1971), 2nd Baron Gainford
Joseph Albert "Jack" Pease PC, DL, JP (1860-1943), 1st Baron Gainford, British businessman and Liberal politician
Edward Pease (1767-1858), British woollen manufacturer from Darlington, the main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the "Father of the Railways"
Captain Harl Pease Jr., American soldier, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1942
Sir Richard Pease (b. 1890), Yorkshire mining executive and 2nd Baronet Pease, of Hummersknott
Dr. Rendel Pease (1922-2004), English physicist, known for his nuclear fusion research
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Historic Events for the Pease family +

HMS Repulse

Mr. Reginald Cecil Pease, British Ordinary Telegraphist, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse and died in the sinking ^[3]

Citations +

^ 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
^ New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
^ HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html