Brief Life History of Ann
Ann Whitehead was born about 1580, in Yorkshire, England.
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World Events (3)
1585 · The First English Colony is Established in America
Age 5
1587 · Elizabeth I Signs Death Warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots
Age 7
1600 · The Honourable East India Company
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).
Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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