Peasley Name Study

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About the Project

The Peasley Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Peasley name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Peasley name.

This profile is part of the Peasley Name Study.

• WikiTree Profiles that link here
  {{One Name Study|name=Peasley}}

The Peasley Name Study is also registered with the Guild of One Name Studies.

The Peasley Name Study is also registered with the The Surname Society.

As a One-Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Peasleys), by time period (18th Century Peasleys), or by topic (Peasley DNA, Peasley Occupations, Peasley Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches that have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

FTDNA Projects:

• Paisley Y-DNA and atDNA managed by Diane (Jones) Langston
• Paisley & allied families - autosomal managed by Diane (Jones) Langston

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Peasley Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in! If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Azure Robinson for assistance.

... ... ... is a member of the Peasley Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

• WikiTree-Peasley Name Study on Discord Chat
• See our Facebook Peasley One-Name Study Group
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Membership

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help! Spreadsheet updated Robinson-27225 15:17, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

1. Peasley Name Study To-Do List 19 profiles remaining need review
   1. Needs Sources 193
   2. Needs Biography 223
   3. Needs Profiles 77
   4. Needs Connection 14| Needs Connected 43
   5. Needs Research 29
   6. Add sticker to existing profiles (180 of 1044 profiles total need the sticker):
      1. Peaslee: 408 - 58
      2. Peasley: 491 - 86
      3. Peisley: 188 - 36

Orphaned	Peasley	Peaslee	Peisley
Unsourced	Peasley	Peaslee	Peisley
Unconnected	Peasley	Peaslee	Peisley

1. Sources
   1. Find books/resources that provide source information
      1. Any free books available online, add to the WT Source Library
      2. List new source here
      3. Enter new source into relevant profiles

Origins

• "Peasley, Peisley or Peaslee appear to be a variations of the Scottish surname Paisley, an important town in Rumfordshire, in southwester Scotland, near the River Clyde. George Paisley was a citizen of Ascot Parish, Oxfordshire about 1600, and his son Bartholomew, settling in Ireland was granted arms there."^[1]
• "The name Peaslee is claimed by some to have sprung from Peter whence we have Peers, Pearse, and Pears. Others assume it was an offshoot of peas the legume. Peas were grown in the east from time immemorial and were introduced into Europe in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare spoke of "pease blossom". Lee is from lea, a pasture. the man who was the son of Mr. Peas perhaps lived on the lea and to distinguish him from the other Mr. Peas, he was called Peas-at-lea and finally Peaslee".^[2]
• "One story attributes the name to a combination of the Pease and Lee family names following a marriage between members of the two families. Little significance can be attached to the spelling of the Peaslee name as far as delineating a particular branch of the family. Two of the most common uses are Peaslee and Peasley and are employed almost interchangeably throughout the records, although the early New England double "e" has been retained among families of that area. The "ley" ending seems to have been generally adopted by the families who moved westward".^[3]
• Surname Peasley Meaning & Peasley Family History at Ancestry.com Peasley Name Meaning English (West Midlands): probably a variant of Paisley or Beasley. ^[4]

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Peaslee
• Peisley

Frequency

From Forebears.io^[5][6][7]

Click for more detailed statistics and charts from the United States Census

Distribution

These are the numbers for profiles on WikiTree with the name study sticker
Birth Location: {{One Name Study|name=Peasley|category=Location, Peasley Name Study}}

Australia

Canada

United States

Peasley Notables

Wikipedia:Peaslee

• Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
• Richard Peaslee, composer for the theatre in London

Wikipedia:Peasley

• Aaron M (Peaslee) Peasley (1775-1837), American button maker
• Cheryl Anne (Peasley) Collins (born 5 Jan 1951 New South Wales), Australian Olympic sprinter (Wikipedia:Cheryl_Peasley & Wikidata=Q27430438) (FamilySearch: G6L3-777) still living and only two languages on wp article Robinson-27225 15:53, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
• Ed Peasley (born c. 1935), American football player and coach (Wikipedia:Ed_Peasley & Wikidata=Q26923925) still living and only one language on wp article
• Captain Ralph Erksine Peasley (1866-1948) Famous sea captain from Washington State
• Marv Peasley (1889-1948) Southpaw pitcher, Professional Baseball Player

Wikipedia:Peisley

• Frederick Walter James Peisley (1904-1975), British film and television actor
• George Peisley, Australian cattle thief confronted at Oatley, New South Wales in 1898
• John Peisley (1805-1871), Australian politician
• John Peisley (1835-1862), member of Australian Gardiner–Hall gang
• Mary Peisley (1718-1757), Irish Quaker writer

Resources

1. ↑ Hart, J.O. "Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry" p. 402
2. ↑ "The History of the State of Maine" p. 1118
3. ↑ Lamphere, Frederick James. A passel o' Peasleys (F.J. Peasley, 1979 Indianapolis, Indiana)
4. ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
5. ↑ “Peaslee Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History.” Forebears.io, 2014. (https://forebears.io/ : accessed 27 Sep 2020)‌
6. ↑ “Peasley Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History.” Forebears.io, 2014. (https://forebears.io/ : accessed 27 Sep 2020)‌
7. ↑ “Peisley Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History.” Forebears.io, 2014. (https://forebears.io/ : accessed 27 Sep 2020)‌

• Kimball, Emma Adaline. The Peaslees and Others of Haverhill and Vicinity (Press of Chase Bros., 1899 Haverhill, Massachusetts)
• Genealogical records of Haverhill Massachusetts families; Haverhill family from Massachusetts (Haverhill, Mass., 1861)