Brief Life History of Davis
When Davis Browning was born on 2 July 1859, in Henry, Alabama, United States, his father, John Browning, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Alice McVay, was 24. He died in 1861, at the age of 2.
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English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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