The Pursey surname is very common. Or line comes from Middlezoy and North Petherton, Somerset, England.  Our line can be traced back to John Pursey and his wife, Hannah Unknown. Three of their grandchildren immigrated to the US. Our roots in the US begin in the small farming towns of the Polk Township of Carlinville, Illinois. From there, the Pursey clan spread out to surrounding towns and cities such as Saint Louis, Missouri and as far away as California.

There are Pursey's currently living with the surname here in the US and in England. The meaning and spelling of Pursey varies. The meaning/description of the Pursey surname follows:

Piercy: a variation of the English (from the Normans) place name Percy, from any of the several places called that in Northern France, from the Gallo-Roman given name Persius + the local suffix -acum, and was given to the man who emigrated from there, likely as one of the followers of William the Conqueror. Other variants are Percey, Persay, Pearcey, Pearsey, Piercey, Piercy, Pericey , and Pursey. William de Percy (1030-1096) was one such follower -- he accompanied William the Conqueror and settled in the Northumbrian area, where his family was instrumental in holding the English border against the Scots.

 

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