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The Peder family name dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. The name is derived from the Middle English word pedder, which means a packman, pedlar. He "makes baskets, or one who hawks fish, from ped, a pannier or basket. The market in Norwich was, or is, a ped-market, according to Way, from the fact that the wares were brought in from the country in peds, and thus exposed for sale. Hence in general a hawker or pedlar." 1

Early Origins of the Peder family

The surname Peder was first found in Lancashire at Whittingham, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, hundred of Amounderness. "The estate passed by sale to the Pedders, of Preston. Whittingham Hall is now the property of James Pedder, Esq., of Ashton Lodge." 2

One of the first records of the family was found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 where Martin le Peddere was recorded in Norfolk. 1

Up in Scotland, the name was derived from similar occupations, but appears later: "John Peddar leased part of Kethyk, c. 1443 and Patrick Pedar held part of the same in 1457. John Pedder had a tack of four acres in Betschell haich from the abbot of Cupar in 1558, and Sir Alexander Pedder, a Pope's knight, resigned the vicarage of Awoch in the same year. Andrew Pedder was a student at the University of Aberdeen in 1627; Lennard Pedder in record in Elgin, 1661." 3

Early History of the Peder family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Peder research. Another 122 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1443, 1457, 1479, 1520, 1538, 1542, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1559, 1571, 1655, 1661, 1673 and 1683 are included under the topic Early Peder History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Peder Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Peder has appeared include Pedder, Peddar, Pether and others.

Early Notables of the Peder family

Notables of the family at this time include The Very Rev John Pedder, DD (c. 1520- 1571), an English cleric, Dean of Worcester (1559-1571.) He was educated at Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1538, M.A. 1542, and B.D. in 1552. Having embraced the Protestant faith, he went abroad on Queen Mary's accession in 1553. In 1554 he was at Strasburg, and supported Grindal in his advocacy of the prayer-book of the church of...
Another 73 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Peder Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

United States Peder migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Peder arrived in North America very early:

Peder Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Nicol Peder, who settled in New England in 1709 with his wife and five children
  • Nicol Peder, who arrived in America sometime between 1709 and 1710
  • Johann Melch Peder, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1752
  • Georg Smith Peder, who settled in Charles Town, South Carolina in 1752
Peder Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jacob Peder, who settled in New York, NY in 1852

Contemporary Notables of the name Peder (post 1700) +

  • Bent Peder Rasch (1934-1988), Danish gold medalist sprint canoeist at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  • Jan Peder Lamm (b. 1935), Swedish archaeologist
  • Peder Anker (b. 1966), (born 1966), Norwegian historian
  • Peder Anker (1749-1824), Norwegian politician
  • Peder Persson (1938-2018), Swedish footballer
  • Peder Sather (1810-1886), prominent Norwegian-born American banker and philanthropist, eponym and benefactor of Sather Tower and Sather Gate at University of California, Berkeley
  • Peder Lykkeberg (1878-1944), Danish Olympian who won a bronze for aquatics at the 1900 games
  • Peder Rasmus Lyng (1799-1863), Norwegian politician
  • Peder Schall (1762-1820), Danish composer
  • Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen (1888-1967), Norwegian politician
  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  3. 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)
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