I registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies, in 2020, so it is still in its early stages. I would be happy to hear from others who have an interest in the Pead name & who would like to exchange information.

Please contact me through the link at the bottom of the page.

Peed, Peade

The surname is of early medieval English origin, and derives from a pet form of the male given name "Peter", with the "t" softened into a "d". Peter itself is from the Greek "Petros", the masculine form of "petra", which is the Greek word for "rock". In the modern idiom the surname, with softened d, can be found as Pead, Peed, Peade and Peede.

Records of the surname from London Church Registers include: the marriage of William Peede and Jane Laurence at Tottenham, in February 1574; the marriage of Margaret Peade and Thomas Boulton on July 10th 1608, at Enfield; and the christening of John, son of James Pead, at St. Bartholomew the Great, on July 20th 1618. One of the earliest settlers in the New World was John Pead, aged 35 yrs., who is recorded as "living" in Virginia in 1624; he went there in 1622 aboard the "Southamton". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Edward Pede, which was dated January 20th 1571, a christening witness at the Church of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth

4883 individuals with the name of Pead were recorded in the 1841 Census, which by the time of the 1911 Census had risen to over 10,000 (figures taken from Ancestry and will include spouse's)

My research so far would indicate that most Pead's originated from Norfolk, Suffolk and the Counties which make up GreaterLondon.

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