Brief Life History of Silence Priscilla
When Silence Priscilla Brown was born on 16 September 1804, in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Dexter Brown, was 26 and her mother, Abigail Wilkinson, was 24. She married Otis Whipple on 26 September 1827, in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 31 October 1835, in her hometown, at the age of 31, and was buried in Ballou Cemetery, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Priscilla Brown Whipple, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sila Whipple in entry for Charles L. Whipple, "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932"
- Lily Brown in entry for Charles L. Whipple, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"
Spouse and Children
1796–1853 Male
1804–1835 Female
Children (3)
1829–1856 Female
1830–1873 Male
1834–1855 Female
Parents and Siblings
1778–1840 Male
1779–1836 Female
Siblings (6)
1802–1807 Male
1804–1835 Female
1807–1841 Female
1809– Female
1811–1835 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1808
Age 4
1811 · USS Revenge
Age 7
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 15
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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