When Placence Hurren was born on 28 April 1783, in Cransford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Philip Hurren, was 38 and her mother, Placence Chatten, was 26. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Emanuel Skipper.
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English (Suffolk and Norfolk): nickname for someone with shaggy or unkempt hair, Old French hurand, hurant, from hure ‘hair’ + the suffix -and, -ant.
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