When Frances Brown was born on 28 February 1803, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, her father, Rev. Samuel Brown, was 36 and her mother, Mary Moore, was 28. She married Rev James Morrison on 29 June 1820, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Rockbridge Parish, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 30 December 1876, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.
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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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