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Early Origins of the Pride family

The surname Pride 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. Originally believed to be a junior branch of the Prideaux family, of which the senior branch was descended from Pagenus de Prideaux of Prideaux Castle in Cornwall. The junior branch was granted lands in Larnarkshire, Scotland about 1140 by King David of Scotland. Several of the name Prid or Pryde were registered in the area in the late 13th century.

Early History of the Pride family

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Pride Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pryde, Pride, Prid, Pryd and others.

Early Notables of the Pride family

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Pride Ranking

In the United States, the name Pride is the 3,507^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1

Pride migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pride Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Pride, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1637 2
Benjamin Pride, who landed in Virginia in 1657 2
Andrew Pride who settled in North America in 1660

Pride Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

David Pride, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775
David Pride, aged 18, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775 2

Pride Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Pride, who settled in New York State in 1822
Emanuel Pride, aged 18, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1851 2
K. W. Pride, aged 25, who landed in America from Liverpool, in 1892
Mary H. Pride, aged 54, who settled in America, in 1894
Willis D. Pride, aged 10, who landed in America, in 1894
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Pride Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Chas. Pride, aged 68, who settled in America from London, in 1903
William J. Pride, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from Dublin, in 1903
Wm.M. Pride, aged 42, who immigrated to America, in 1907
Mrs. William Pride, aged 41, who landed in America, in 1909
Regis Pride, aged 30, who immigrated to the United States, in 1909
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Pride migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Pride Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Joseph Pride, aged 32, who arrived in South Australia in 1851 aboard the ship "Hydaspes" 3
Joseph Pride, aged 32, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Hydaspes" in 1851 3
Mr. Henry Pride, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Fairlie" on 9th Mary 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 4
Helen Pride, aged 22, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship "William Hammond" 5

Pride migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Pride Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Thomas Pride, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Aloe" in 1863

Pride migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 6

Pride Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Margaret Pride, who settled in Barbados in 1670

Contemporary Notables of the name Pride (post 1700) +

Charley Pride (1938-2020), American country music singer with thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, he died from COVID-19
Mike Pride (1946-2023), American author and journalist best known for his work at the Concord Monitor of Concord, New Hampshire
Mary Pride (b. 1955), American author on homeschooling and Christian topics
Lynn Pride (b. 1978), American WBNA basketball player
Richard Fletcher "Dicky" Pride III (b. 1969), American PGA golfer
Curtis Pride (b. 1968), American Major League Baseball outfielder
Reuben Pride, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Washington County, 1797-98
J. H. Pride, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908
George W. Pride, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of St. Albans, West Virginia, 1948
Mr. Isaac Pride, Welsh coal miner working in Tynewydd coal mine in Wales on 11th April 1877, he was awarded the Albert Medal for lifesaving
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) HYDASPES 1851. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1851Hydaspes.htm
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie
South Australian Register Wednesday 20th January 1854. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Willaim Hammond 1854. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/williamhammond1854.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies