The surname ‘Emery’ originates from England. It is a variant of the name ‘Avery’, derived from the personal name which lingered on to the close of the 18th century as a girl’s or boy’s personal name. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Emery’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the seventeenth century were a ‘Edmund Baker’, and ‘Easter Emerye’, were married at St Jasmine’s chapel, Clerkenwell, London, England, in 1669. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘James Emiry’, aged 20, a weaver by trade, from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He emigrated to North America in 1774, sailing from the Port of Greenock aboard the ship named the ‘Commerce’ on the 3rd of February 1774, arriving in New York on the 10th of February of the same. Today, ‘Eme…
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