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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname from Middle English, Old French saracin, sarrazin ‘saracen’ (see Sarazin).
  • English : possibly also a metronymic from the personal name Sara.
  • English : Richard Sarson (b. 1607), tailor, came from London to MA in 1635. He and his son (also called Richard) settled in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard before 1656.

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