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  Pierpont Coat of Arms / Pierpont Family CrestThe associated coat of arms is recorded in Sir Bernard Burke's General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. This French and English surname of PIERPONT is a habitation name from any of various places, for example in Aisne and Calvados, so called from the elements PIERRE (stone) + PONT (bridge). The name is also spelt PEARPOINT, PIERREPOINT, PIERPOINT, PEARPOINT and PAIRPONT. Godfrey and Robert de PETROPONTE, were tenants listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Reinaldus de PERAPUND was also recorded there. They came into England with the Conqueror in 1066 from Pierrepont in France. Surnames can be divided into four categories; place names, occupation names, nicknames and patronymics. PLACE NAMES are the largest group and covers all those names first applied to people who lived in or nearby to a particular place. For example, Grove, Wood, Field, Meadow, and Street are obvious. Occasionally names were taken from obscure villages or hamlets which no longer exist and this can make research confusing. OCCUPATION NAMES cover nearly all trades which existed in the Middle Ages. These are numerous. It does not necessarily follow that such names as King, Duke, Earl and so on mean your ancestors were of noble blood. It is much more likely that such named people worked for the person referred to. NICKNAMES. This is a smaller group but in many ways more interesting. They usually originated as a by-name for someone by describing their appearance, personal disposition or character but which became handed down through the ages and did not apply to their descendants. For instance the name Black would denote a dark man, Little, someone small (or even somewhat ambiguously) someone tall. PATRONYMICS. This group covers all names which derive immediately from the owner's father. Many christian names which are also surnames have, over the years, lost the possessive form but the origin is still the same. Examples of this could be names such as Peter,Thomas, Henry - all names which became both christian and surnames over the years. Later instances of the name include Richard de PIERREPUNT, who was recorded in 1178 and Symon de PERPOYNT were documented in Nottingham in 1316. George PERPOUNT and Agnes Raynoldes were married in London in 1575. |
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