When Grace Bright was born about 22 June 1783, in Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Bright, was 27 and her mother, Anne Gunningham, was 27. She married Joseph Collins on 4 April 1809, in Frome, Somerset, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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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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