When John Morrison was christened on 2 May 1602, in Brancepeth, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Ralph Morrison, was 25 and his mother, Mrs Morrison, was 30.
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Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.
Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).
Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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