Mrs. Deliverance Derry was born about 1670, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. She married Nathaniel Pitman before 17 November 1697, in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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English: variant of Darry, from Anglo-French darree ‘pennyworth’ (Old French denree), a nickname for a merchant or tradesman.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or worked in a deer enclosure, from Middle English der ‘deer’ (Old English dēor) + hay ‘enclosure’ (Old English (ge)hæg).
English: perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name, Dery, Diry, possibly representing Old English Dēorgifu, from dēore ‘dear’ or dēor ‘animal; violent’ + gifu ‘gift’. Alternatively, the name may be from Middle English diri, a nonsense word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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