Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Brown Sr. was born on 29 March 1767, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Brown, was 43 and his mother, Elisabeth Conant, was 44. He married Keziah Nixon in November 1788, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died in March 1818, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 51.
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Sources (16)
- Eben. Brown, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ebenezer Brown - Published information: death: March 1818; Concord, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
- Ebenezer Brown in entry for Keziah Nixon, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1767–1818 Male
1765– Female
Children (8)
1788–1852 Female
1791– Female
1793–1882 Male
1795– Female
1797– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1723–1783 Male
1723–1810 Female
Siblings (11)
1747–1831 Female
1749–1840 Male
1751–1816 Female
1753–1845 Male
1755–1803 Male
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 9
1776
Age 9
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 14
Name Meaning
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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