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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Durkin.
  • The name was brought to the Massachusetts Bay Colony by William Durgy, who was born in Ireland in about 1632. He arrived from Barbados on November 9, 1663, as the indentured servant of Thomas Bishop.

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