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During my
research I have come across the followingvariations
:- Povah, Poveh, Pover, Poverly, Povey, Povy, Povi, Povie, Povoy, Povye, Puvey,
Puvvy, and a transcription error on the Warwickshire 1851 census CD, a Francis
Povey is recorded with the surname Povery.
Scribes
and parish clerks writing down a name phonetically, spoken by a person with a
dialect unfamiliar to them would have caused some variations.
Povey is said to be a ancient name that came from the Anglo-Saxon tribes of
Britain. It is a name for a person with the characteristics of an owl. Monks in
Europe from the time of the Dark Ages wrote all the records in documents such as
the Inquisitio, the Doomsday Book,the Ragman Rolls, Assize Rolls, and Curia
Regis Rolls. And other clerics and their clerks recording baptismal, parish
records, Hearth Tax and other tax records. In the early documentsthe name Povey appears to be centered on North Cheshire and South
Lancashire, and Gloucestershire where the family of Sir John Povey held large
estates. Samuel Pepys was regularly entertained by Justian Povey the Auditor of
the Exchequer and Accountant-General to Anne of Denmark,His son Thomas held a high post in the Council for The Colonies in 1658.
The earliest record found so far in church records in Warwickshire is for
Hennery Puvvy baptism (from IGI) at Edgbaston 21thApril 1641.
The Birmingham
Povey’s at the end of the eighteenth are known to be mainly Button Makers and
Bone Turners and then Pearl Ornament Makers.
A Sergeant George Povey
born in St Martins, Birmingham about 1778, trade Button Maker was discharged
from the army1816, at Frankford Barracks, Plymouth. . He had been in the 36th
Regiment, and was in the Royal Veterans Regiment for his last 12 months, Good
character and entitled to a Pension.
