When James Person was born on 8 June 1784, his father, John Pearson, was 29 and his mother, Agnes Elder, was 30.
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Persson or Pehrsson (see Pehrson ).
German: patronymic from the personal name Peer , Low German variant of Peter .
English: variant of Parson .
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