Pearsol meaning | Last name Pearsol origin

Pearsol is form of Parcel. A probable corruption of 'Par Ciel!' "By Heaven," an oath habitually employed by the first bearer, and so becoming his sobriquet.

Is the form of Pearsall. One who came from Pearshall or Pershill, i.e., Per's hill, in Staffordshire.

The family name is a variation of Pearsall. An estate in county of Stafford, now written Pearshall or Pershall. The family are of Norman origin, having been founded, at the place referred to, by Robert, a follower of Robert of Stafford, early in the reign of the Conqueror. He was son of Gilbert, son of Richard, Count of Corbeil in Normandy.

Lastname Pearsol is variant of the Pechell. This family were for many ages established at Montauban in Languedoc, and held high offices of state. As Protestants, they assisted in placing Henri Quartre upon the throne, but upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis Quatorze, M. Samuel Pechell and his lady, la Marquise Thierry de Sabonniers, became the objects of severe persecution. M. Pechell, after having suffered extreme penalties, was at length embarked like a common felon for the French plantations in the West Indies. Ultimately, however, he escaped to Jamaica, and thence went to Ireland, where he entered the army of William III under Marshal Schomberg. Madame Pechell fled, in the first instance, to Geneva, but afterwards succeeded in joining her husband in Ireland, with their only son, Jacob, the direct ancestor of the present baronet. The name Pechel was, however, known at a much earlier period in England, as it is found in the Hundred Rolls of temp. Edward I.

Family name Pearsol is variant of Peshall. The pedigree is traced to Sir Richard de Peshall, sheriff of Staffordshire, 7 Edward III. Pershall is a towmship in that county.