When William Peard was born on 24 April 1796, in St Agnes, Cornwall, England, his father, Thomas Peard, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Vercoe, was 24. He married Philippa Harry on 12 May 1821, in St Stephen, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in St Stephens, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 21 January 1860, in Holmbush by St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63, and was buried in Charlestown, Cornwall, England.
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English (Devon): perhaps a variant of Peart with voicing of final -d.
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