When Eve Morrison was born about 1751, in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Morrison, was 23 and her mother, Rachel Higginbotham, was 28. She had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with William Lackey.
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Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.
Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).
Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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