When Samuel Pease was born on 7 December 1735, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Pease, was 40 and his mother, Abigail Warriner, was 30. He died on 21 December 1735, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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English: from Middle English pese, pise (Old English peose, pise) ‘pea’. The word was commonly used to denote something small or of little worth, as in the phrase not worth a pese. It may have been used to nickname someone who habitually used the term or who was thought to merit it. It might alternatively have been a name for a pea-seller. Compare Bean .
Americanized form of French Pié (see Pie ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
History: Robert and John Pease came from Great Baddow, Essex, England, to Salem, MA, in 1634. In 1644 Robert died, leaving a son (also called Robert) who was apprenticed as a weaver in Salem. By 1646 John Pease was living on Martha's Vineyard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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