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PEACHEY Family History

Recorded in many spellings including Passy, Passie, Peacey, Peachey, Petchey, Pacey, Piosey, Pockey and even Pucky and Puckey, this is an English surname, but one of French locational origins. Introduced into England by soldiers of William, the Conqueror, in 1066, it derives from from any of the various places called Pacy, from the pre 7th century Gallo-Roman personal name Paccius, such as Pacy-sur-Eure in the former dukedom of Normandy. The surname first appears on record in England in the mid 12th century, (see below), and other early recordings include: Robert de Pacy, in the Curia Regis Rolls of Warwickshire in the year 1214; Hugo Pacy in the Hundred Rolls of Nottinghamshire in 1273; and Robert de Pascy, in the Lincolnshire Hundred Rolls also in 1273.