When Mary Best was born on 11 December 1774, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Best, was 29 and her mother, Catrina Kroesen, was 17. She married Alexander Hunter in 1796, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Donegal Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 24 November 1844, in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 69, and was buried in Hupp Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1781: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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English and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English best(e) (Old English betst) ‘best, finest (person)’.
English, northern Irish, and French: nickname from Middle English best(e), Old French beste ‘beast, animal’ (especially those used for food or work), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts, such as a herdsman, or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal. Compare English Bester 1.
English: from a Middle English adverbial expression of the Best, but the meaning is unknown.
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