GUILFORD COUNTY RESEARCH SHOWS A DIRECT LINEAGE OF PERMAR'S ARE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM PERMAR AND SARAH LAWRENCE BLAIR. WILLIAM CAME FROM A LARGE RELIGIOUS FAMILY IN EMGLAND.
IN 1799 WILLIAM WAS SENT WITH JIM MCNAIRY TO AMERICAN WHEN WILLIAM WAS 4 YEARS OLD. BILLY'S GRANDCHILDREN SAID TWO BROTHERS WERE SENT OVER TO AMERICA AND SEPARATED ONCE ARRIVING IN AMERICA. ONE WENT TO CALIFORNIA AND ONE WENT TO GUILFORD COUNTY,NC. RUMORS OF WAR HAD STARTED IN EUROPE AND THE FAMILY FEARING THE OUTCOME SENT THE BOYS WITH JIM. THEY HAD PLANNED TO FOLLOW LATER TO JOIN THE BOYS. BUT THEY NEVER DID AND THE BOYS NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN.
WILLIAM GREW TO MANHOOD WITH THE MCNAIRY FAMILY IN GUILFORD COUNTY. WILLIAM MARRIED SARAH, A WIDOW. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN.
WILLIAM BROUGHT THE ROBERT RANKIN PLACE ONE MILE WEST OF BUFFALO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
JOHN RUFUS PERMAR LIVED ON AYCOCK ST IN GREENSBORO, BETWEEN SPRING GARDEN STREET AND WALKER AVE TILL HIS DEATH. THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN IN 2006. SEVERAL OF HIS CHILDREN LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME OF THOSE HOUSES ARE NOW GONE AS WELL. NOW OWNED BY UNC-G.
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My Permar family has the same legend, only it was three brothers, and they came from France (perhaps by way of England). One settled in Pennsylvania, where there are still many Permars, one went to Ohio, and no one is quite sure about the other one. It is such a rare name that I suspect that there is a connection. We have traced our Permars back to Henry Permar, born in 1777, but we can't verify where or trace his parents. Any new info would be helpful. Let me know if you would like to communicate. JPERMAR
would love any information you would like to share. all the information i have on the permars is listed in this blog
thanks
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