When Hannah Buzzard was born on 12 May 1777, in Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Frederick Buzzard, was 40 and her mother, Susanna Buckwalter, was 44. She married John Cowgill on 5 March 1793, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1830, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 53.
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Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
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English: nickname from Middle English busard, bosard ‘buzzard’ (Old French busart), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird in some way. The buzzard was considered an inferior bird of prey, useless for falconry, and the nickname was therefore probably a derogatory one.
Americanized form of Swiss German or South German Bosshart or Boshart .
History: As a name of Swiss German origin, originally spelled Bosshart (see 2 above), the surname Buzzard is also found among the American Mennonites and Amish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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