When Joseph Dole was born on 5 August 1657, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Dole, was 11654 and his mother, Hannah Rolfe, was 28.
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English: topographic name from Middle English dol, doil ‘portion or share of land’, especially in the common field (Old English dāl). The name might also denote someone who lived ‘(by the) boundary mark’, Middle English dol(e).
French (Dolé): nickname for a troubled or anxious person, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler ‘to regret’ (from Latin dolere ‘to hurt’).
Americanized form of French Daul , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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