Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Brown was born on 16 April 1758, in Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, John Brown Jr, was 23 and her mother, Lydia Barker, was 20. She married Daniel Pierce about 1780, in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 21 July 1840, in Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Elizabeth Brown, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"
- Elizabeth Brown, "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932"
- Elizabeth Brown, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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1781 · The First Constitution
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Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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