tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569937488282703925.post4334621854966840829..comments2023-05-14T04:33:52.212-07:00Comments on Ashley's Acres: W. ATLEE BURPEE & THE BURPEE SEED COMPANYLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03797298427790034910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569937488282703925.post-87274909227874609522014-06-16T19:27:09.668-07:002014-06-16T19:27:09.668-07:00It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came f...It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came from French-Canadian Hugeunots but from misspellings. From research by Thomas Burpee: • The story of the Burpee name begins with Thomas Burkby who came from Yorkshire England in the 1630s and settled in Massachusetts. <br />• Burkby is also the name of a Yorkshire town whose name may come from a word that means village inhabited by persons of mixed Viking background.<br />• Thomas, like many of his contemporaries, could not write and probably couldn't read as well. He signed a deed in 1693 with a "mark" and not a signature. Those were the days when people were very loose about how they wrote down a name. <br />• Up to 1700, the name was Burkby or Burkbee with variations. The name then becomes Burbey or Burbee, there is no “p” as yet. In 1715, the “b” is replaced by a “p” and the name becomes Burpe or Burpee.Matthew Burpeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949930482578704826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569937488282703925.post-11895257105287242842014-06-16T19:26:40.364-07:002014-06-16T19:26:40.364-07:00It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came f...It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came from French-Canadian Hugeunots but from misspellings. From research by Thomas Burpee: <br />• The story of the Burpee name begins with Thomas Burkby who came from Yorkshire England in the 1630s and settled in Massachusetts. <br />• Burkby is also the name of a Yorkshire town whose name may come from a word that means village inhabited by persons of mixed Viking background.<br />• Thomas, like many of his contemporaries, could not write and probably couldn't read as well. He signed a deed in 1693 with a "mark" and not a signature. Those were the days when people were very loose about how they wrote down a name. <br />• Up to 1700, the name was Burkby or Burkbee with variations. The name then becomes Burbey or Burbee, there is no “p” as yet. In 1715, the “b” is replaced by a “p” and the name becomes Burpe or Burpee.Matthew Burpeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949930482578704826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569937488282703925.post-76782227585573186682014-06-16T19:25:56.255-07:002014-06-16T19:25:56.255-07:00It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came f...It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came from French-Canadian Hugeunots but from misspellings. From research by Thomas Burpee: • The story of the Burpee name begins with Thomas Burkby who came from Yorkshire England in the 1630s and settled in Massachusetts. <br />• Burkby is also the name of a Yorkshire town whose name may come from a word that means village inhabited by persons of mixed Viking background.<br />• Thomas, like many of his contemporaries, could not write and probably couldn't read as well. He signed a deed in 1693 with a "mark" and not a signature. Those were the days when people were very loose about how they wrote down a name. <br />• Up to 1700, the name was Burkby or Burkbee with variations. The name then becomes Burbey or Burbee, there is no “p” as yet. In 1715, the “b” is replaced by a “p” and the name becomes Burpe or Burpee.Matthew Burpeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949930482578704826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569937488282703925.post-78597912792888442472014-06-16T19:21:04.068-07:002014-06-16T19:21:04.068-07:00It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came f...It's unlikely the Burpee name or family came from French-Canadian Hugeunots but from misspellings. From research by Thomas Burpee: • The story of the Burpee name begins with Thomas Burkby who came from Yorkshire England in the 1630s and settled in Massachusetts. <br />• Burkby is also the name of a Yorkshire town whose name may come from a word that means village inhabited by persons of mixed Viking background.<br />• Thomas, like many of his contemporaries, could not write and probably couldn't read as well. He signed a deed in 1693 with a "mark" and not a signature. Those were the days when people were very loose about how they wrote down a name. <br />• Up to 1700, the name was Burkby or Burkbee with variations. The name then becomes Burbey or Burbee, there is no “p” as yet. In 1715, the “b” is replaced by a “p” and the name becomes Burpe or Burpee.Matthew Burpeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949930482578704826noreply@blogger.com