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.