Brief Life History of Leverett
When Leverett Brown was born on 19 September 1820, in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ebenezer Brown, was 40 and his mother, Abigail Sperry, was 29. He married Mary Wells Gorham on 18 December 1851, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 2 June 1902, in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (28)
- Leveret Brown, "United States Census, 1900"
- Leverett Brown, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Everett Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1820–1902 Male
1832–1912 Female
Children (2)
1855–1912 Female
1862–1895 Male
Parents and Siblings
1780–1849 Male
1791–1878 Female
Siblings (5)
1808–1848 Female
1813–1864 Male
1816–1904 Male
1820–1902 Male
1823–1855 Male
World Events (7)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 1
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 5
1846
Age 26
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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