When Elizabeth Buzzard was born in 1767, her father, John Buzzard, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Bent, was 37. She married Richard Pollard on 21 September 1795, in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1786, at the age of 19, and was buried in Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: nickname from Middle English busard, bosard ‘buzzard’ (Old French busart), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird in some way. The buzzard was considered an inferior bird of prey, useless for falconry, and the nickname was therefore probably a derogatory one.
Americanized form of Swiss German or South German Bosshart or Boshart .
History: As a name of Swiss German origin, originally spelled Bosshart (see 2 above), the surname Buzzard is also found among the American Mennonites and Amish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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