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Early Origins of the Pury family

The surname Pury was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Pury family

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Pury Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pury, Purey, Purie, Puree, Burey, Purry, Purry and others.

Early Notables of the Pury family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • Thomas Pury (c. 1590-1666), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons 1640 and 1659, he fought on the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War


Pury migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pury Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Edward Pury and his sister Ezra Pury, who both arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1637
  • Edward Pury, who landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1637 1
  • Thomas Pury, who arrived in New England in 1661
Pury Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Peter Pury, who settled in Virginia in 1732
  • John Rodolph Pury, who arrived in Georgia in 1738


  1. 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)


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