Alice Stott was born in 1720, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She married John Clay on 29 October 1741, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1755, in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 35.
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English:
nickname from Middle English stout ‘bold, daring, brave’ (Old French estolt, estout, Anglo-Norman French estut, estot, estout ‘bold, fierce, randy, stubborn’).
perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English st(o)ut ‘gnat, horse-fly’ (Old English stūt, Old Norse stútr ‘gnat’), possibly used for someone with a biting tongue or for a small, quick-moving person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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