When Jesse Brown was born in 1804, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Daniel Brown, was 34 and his mother, Anna Ribelin, was 38. He married Lavenia Moore McPheeters on 31 October 1835, in Wake, North Carolina, United States. He died on 2 February 1884, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in City Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States.
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1804–1884 Male
1809–1885 Female
1770–1817 Male
1766–1820 Female
1795–1851 Female
1800–1860 Male
1801– Male
1804–1884 Male
1806– Female
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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