When Frances Nunn was christened on 16 December 1759, in Hargrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Nunn, was 37 and her mother, Mary Death, was 32. She married William Pettit on 6 January 1783, in Barrow, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She was buried in Hargrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious or demure man from Middle English nunne, nonne, occasionally none, noune, and nowne ‘nun’.
German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.
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