| ![Show Contents]() Pairy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Scotland
Ireland
Early Origins of the Pairy familyThe surname Pairy was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat at Rutherglen from early times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. An ancient couplet says "nae man can tell, nae man has seen, when the Faries Haena in Ruglen been." A rough translation of this couplet: "no man can remember when there hasn't been a family of Faries at Rutherglen." 1 Early History of the Pairy familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pairy research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1766, 1791, 1792, 1826, 1851 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Pairy History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pairy Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Fairie, Fairrie, Farie, Fairey, Ferry, Ferrie, Fairy, Faireye and many more. Early Notables of the Pairy familyMore information is included under the topic Early Pairy Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Pairy family to IrelandSome of the Pairy family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 77 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Pairy familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Fairey settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1772; James, Joseph and Robert Ferry arrived in Virginia in 1774; Andrew, Bernard, Charles, Francis, George, James, John, Michael, Miles, Patrick Ferry, all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860. In Newfoundland, Patrick Ferry settled in Bona Vista in 1830.
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
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