Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Bright was born about 4 March 1781, in Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Bright, was 25 and her mother, Anne Gunningham, was 24.
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Parents and Siblings
1756–1831 Male
1756– Female
Siblings (8)
1779– Female
1781– Female
1781– Female
1783– Female
1785– Female
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World Events (8)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 20
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 27
1815
Age 34
Name Meaning
English: usually a nickname from Middle English bright ‘bright, good-looking, fresh-faced’ (Old English beorht ‘bright, shining’).
English: perhaps occasionally from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Briht, Beorht, from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhtrīc ‘bright’ + ‘powerful’. Compare Bert .
Americanized form of German Brecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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