When Margaret Good was born in May 1749, in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Good, was 27 and her mother, Mrs. James Good, was 23. She married James Brackenridge about 1771, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 9 July 1824, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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English: nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ (Old English gōd).
English: from the Middle English personal name Gode, representing either Old English Goda (male) or Gode (female), in part a byname and in part a short form of various compound names with the first element gōd, or perhaps a pet form of Old French names in God- such as Godfrey .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gut and Guth , or Dutch Goed and Goede .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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