When Sarah Pearman was born about 1680, in Chesterton, Oxfordshire, England, her father, Pearman, was 31 and her mother, Pearman, was 32. She married Richard Smith about 1705, in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 9 June 1759, in her hometown, at the age of 80.
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1676– Male
about 1680–1759 Female
1706– Male
1709– Female
1711– Female
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English:
occupational name from Middle English per(e) ‘pear’ (Old English peru, pirige ‘pear-tree’) + man ‘man’, perhaps denoting someone who grew or sold pears or for someone who lived by a pear-tree; compare Perryman .
nickname from Middle English permain ‘type of pear’ (Old French parmain, from Latin Parmanus ‘of Parma’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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