When Enos Gunn was born on 8 August 1714, in Paugasset, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abel Gunn, was 34 and his mother, Agnes Hawkins, was 32. He died on 28 January 1738, in his hometown, at the age of 23, and was buried in Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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English and Scottish: from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (based on a word meaning ‘battle’), or perhaps from Gunne, a pet form of the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr (see Gunnell ).
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan or family associated principally with Caithness and Sutherland. It claims descent from a certain Gunni or Guinn who lived in the 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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