Brief Life History of James
When James Priest was born on 7 September 1715, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Priest, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Childe, was 28. He married Hannah Lawrence on 8 September 1750, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died after 1762, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- James Priest in entry for Moses Priest, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- James Priest in entry for James Priest, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jeames Priest in entry for Moses Priest, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): nickname from Middle English pr(i)est ‘minister of the Church’ (Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, Greek presbyteros ‘elder, counselor’, comparative of presbys ‘old man’). It may have denoted someone with a pious manner or possibly for someone who had played the part of a priest in a pageant. It may occasionally have been used to denote someone suspected of being the son of a priest but evidence for this is lacking.
History: A John Priest is recorded as being in Woburn, MA, as early as 1675. The Mayflower Pilgrim Digory Priest of the Netherlands died the first winter at Plymouth in 1620, leaving behind a widow who remarried and two daughters, who did not pass on the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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