Mary Elizabeth Brown

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Brown was born about 1758, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Browne, was 48 and her mother, Hannah Wilson, was 50. She married Jonathon Pocock on 28 February 1778, in Watlington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She died in 1839, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Jonathon Pocock
1754–1821
Mary Elizabeth Brown
1758–1839
Marriage: 28 February 1778
Mark Pocock
1778–
Hanna Pocock
1780–1826
Elizabeth Pocock
1781–
Jonathan Pocock
1781–1833
Mary Pocock
1784–1844
Mary Ann Pocock
1784–1831
James Pocock
1785–
Anne Pocock
1786–1787
James Pocock
1786–
Benjamin Pocock
1788–
Ann Pocock
1791–1886
Susanna Pocock
1793–1866
Hester Pocock
1797–1850
Joseph Pocock
1801–1878

Sources (11)

  • Mary Pocock, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
  • Mary in entry for James Pocock, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary in entry for Hanna Pocock, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (4)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

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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