When Johan Heinrich Ott was born on 15 June 1770, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Johannes Ott, was 54 and his mother, Elisabetha Fedele Ott, was 46. He married Margaret "Mary" Ferrell on 21 April 1790, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Blacksburg, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States in 1800. He died on 8 September 1840, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, United States.
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German: from a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud, ōd ‘wealth, prosperity’ (see Otto and 2 below).
English (London): from the Old Norman French personal name Ode, Odde, Odes, Otto, Otes, Otton (ancient Germanic Audo, Odo, Oddo, Otto), originally a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud ‘wealth, prosperity’. Many of these names were Latinized as Odo. Odo was the name of the half-brother of the Conqueror, archbishop of Bayeux, who accompanied the Norman expedition to England and was rewarded with 439 confiscated manors. Compare Oates .
Chinese: possibly from Taishanese form of the Chinese name 達 (meaning ‘eminent’), a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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