Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Brown was born on 31 January 1696, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Browne, was 25 and her mother, Eleanor Lane, was 21. She married Ebenezer Trowbridge on 9 February 1725, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died in 1787, in West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 91.
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Sources (6)
- Hannah Brown, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Hannah Brown, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Hannah Brown, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
1702–1777 Male
1696–1787 Female
Children (4)
1726– Female
1728–1767 Male
1731– Female
1733– Female
Parents and Siblings
1670–1707 Male
1674–1750 Female
Siblings (5)
1696–1787 Female
1698–1743 Female
1701–1722 Male
1703– Female
1706–1789 Female
World Events (3)
1701
Age 5
1776
Age 80
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 85
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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