When John Love was born on 1 April 1747, in Coggeshall, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Love, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Watson, was 25. He married Mary Gage in 1772, in Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 9 May 1823, at the age of 76, and was buried in Coggeshall, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English female name Lufu ‘love’, or the masculine equivalent Lufa. Compare Leaf 2.
English and Scottish: nickname from Anglo-Norman French love ‘she-wolf’ or simply ‘wolf’, the word love being a back-formation from the diminutive forms lovel and lovet ‘little wolf’. See also Low 3, from Anglo-Norman French lou, the more usual form of the word.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin (see McKinnon ).
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