Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Dean was born on 1 June 1790, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Harrison Dean, was 27 and her mother, Charity Beamer, was 29. She married John Jones Jr. on 8 May 1806, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 September 1887, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Dean Cox Cemetery, Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Frances Branscom in household of James Branscom, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frances "Frankie" Dean - Government record: birth: 1 June 1790; Grayson, Virginia, United States
- Frances Mary Dean Branscombe, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1791–1881 Male
1790–1887 Female
Children (10)
1816–1912 Male
1818–1906 Female
1819–1900 Male
1823–1901 Female
1824–1914 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1762–1836 Male
1762–1851 Female
Siblings (9)
1782–1832 Female
1785–1860 Female
1790–1887 Female
1791–1865 Male
1793–1878 Male
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World Events (8)
1791
Age 1
1812 · Monumental Church Built
Age 22
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 29
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.
English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .
English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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