When Nancy Doak was born about 1819, in Washington, Virginia, United States, her father, James Robert Doak, was 45 and her mother, Rachel Thompson, was 41. She had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with James Hayter Buchanan. She lived in Glade Spring, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Holston, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1880. She was buried in Thompson Cemetery, Thompson Valley, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.
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Scottish: variant of Doig .
Irish (Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dabhóc ‘son of Dabhóc’, a pet form of David . The lenited form was Anglicized as McCook .
English: rare variant of Duke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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