Nancy Davern was born about 1761, in Connecticut, United States as the daughter of Sgt. John Davern and Lois Knapp. She married Daniel Beardsley in 1781, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Eamon, Liam, Niall.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dábhoireann ‘descendant of Dábhoireann’. The original form of this name was Dubhdábhoireann ‘black one of the two burrens’ (from dubh ‘black’ + dá ‘two’ + boireann), apparently denoting The Burren, a rocky area in the north of County Clare. The family was famed for its learning, and ran a literary and legal school in County Clare.
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