Dictionary of Surnames
 Banks & Hodges
Library of Congress

PARMENTER: occupational name for a maker of facings and trimmings.
ME. OF par(e)mentier. (from (parement – fittings, furnishings.)
(LL parnmentum, a derivative of parnre, to prepare, adorn cf. PARANT)
VARS: Parminter, Parmeter, Parmmenter.
Cogns. Fr. Parmentier, Parmantier
                                                   It. Palmenteri, - Jewish (E Ashkenagie) Pas(s)man,
   Pasmant(ir)er
                       Dims. Fr. Parmentel (k), - Jewish Pas(a)menik


Different Spellings of the PARMENTER Surname
In early American records, the name was spelled in a multitude of ways. In the Massachusetts Revolutionary War Roles alone we find the following variations; probably mostly due to the simple spelling errors made by the clerks, keepers of records, and muster roles:

Palmenter, Palmentor, Palmerter, Palmeter, Palmiter, Palmster, Palmuter, Pamarter, Pamener, Pamenter, Pamerter, Pamerton, Pameter, Parmanter, Parmater, Parmentr, Parmentar, Parmente, Parmento, Parmentor, Parmentr, Parmerter, Parmeter, Prmentr,
Parmetor, Parmetr, Parmetur Parminter, Parmiter, Parmitter, Parmorter, Parmortr, Parmntr, Parmter, Parnenter, Pearmnter Pelmater, Pelmeter, Pemerton, Pemertor, Pemetor, Permenter, Permento, Permertor, Permeter Perminter, Permiter, Permitter, Parmether

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