Family has roots going back into the Middle Ages of Central Europe.
During the persecution of the Huguenots the family, Perigueux, scattered throughout the world, the Anglican form of the name was born, and eventually some European descendants migrated to the New World. These family proginators originally settled in the Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies. The Perigo family name has been recorded in Cowley County, Kansas since the late 1800's. She was from England, resided in Winfield from 1884 to 1908 and is buried in Union Cemetery. She had one son.