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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:35:01 CST
- Reply-To: Rick Carpenter <gra_jrc@SHSU.EDU>
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- From: Rick Carpenter <gra_jrc@SHSU.EDU>
- Subject: Immigrants to W. Florida Co., FL
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- Does anyone know of the location of West Florida County in the 1820's?
- I have an ancestor, Morris Pendergast, on the 1820 FL census, and I
- can't wait until I get to Clayton Library in Houston to find out where
- it is. I assume he was an immigrant from Ireland, and so I'm also in the
- dark about the port of entry for people in Florida, does anyone know this too?
-
- The family name now is Prendergast (in my family, at least) but I will list
- some of the variants I have seen:
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- Prendergast
- Prendergrast
- Pendergrass
- Pendergast
- Pendergrast
- Prendergrass
-
- The name originates from Preulirlegast or Preudlirlegast, a Fleming who
- according to some sources went with William the Conqueror on his
- adventure. From there, the name goes two places, to Berkshire where it
- dies out supposedly, and to Wales. Maurice de Prendergast of Wales was one of
- the Normans who went to Ireland along with Maurice fitzGerald. It was said that
- Maurice de Prendergast married a daughter of Richard fitzGilbert (Strongbow),
- of the house of Clare, but I haven't made that connection. According to the book
- "A Dictionary of Surnames", all Prendergasts are assumed to be of the line
- of Maurice de Prendergast. Help anyone?
-
- Thanks,
- Rick
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