When Benjamin Pyatt was born in November 1849, in Crawford, Missouri, United States, his father, Benjamin Pyatt, was 37 and his mother, Avis Eggers, was 36. He married Sarah E. Palmer on 25 September 1868, in Crawford, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Osage Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 29 October 1903, in Crawford, Missouri, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Cherryville, Crawford, Missouri, United States.
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Historic Boundaries: 1862: Crawford, Missouri, United States
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English (mainly Staffordshire): nickname either from Middle English piot ‘magpie’ (Old French pïot, a diminutive of Old French pie), commonly used to denote a chattering woman, or alternatively from an unrecorded Middle English pyard, an uncomplimentary term derived from the same Old French word + -(h)ard. Compare Pye .
Variant of Piatt , a surname of French and Walloon origin.
History: This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with the variant Piatt in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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