Last name

Farmer

English

The surname Farmer is of English origin. It was an occupational name derived from the Middle English, Old French 'ferm(i)er', the Late Latin 'firmarius'. The term denoted in the first instance a tax-farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed ( Latin 'firmus' ) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the seventeenth century. That there are few families with this name is due to the fact that the custom of working land for which a money rent was paid did not arise until the latter part of the fourteenth century, long after surnames became fixed family names. In Scotland the name designated one who farmed the revenue, a tax collector. A man usually works eight hours a day in order to make his living, sleeps and rests eight hours, and devotes the remaining eight hours to eating, minor chores and recreation, although a part of the latter may be taken up in travelling to and from work. Since man's work takes up such a large portion of his life it must be taken into consideration in any adequate system of identification; as it was for the surname Farmer. The ordinary pursuits of the Middle Ages have become some of the most common surnames in the United States. This name dates back to the twelfth century were a William le Fermer is recorded in historical archives. This name was brought to America predominately by English immigrants. One of the first fore fathers to bring this name to America is that of a John Farmer, who emigrated to America aboard the barque Jane; he settled in Maryland. This name is the four-hundredth and third

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