When Allen Mott Ring was born on 27 October 1844, in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Zebedee Ring, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Hartt, was 24. He married Wilhelmina Flora Hammond about 1865, in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to United States in 1881 and lived in King's Ward, Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881 and Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1913. He died on 3 June 1913, in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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English, Danish, German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. It may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring. This name (of German origin) is also found in Slovenia and in Czechia. Compare English Ringer and German Rink .
Norwegian: variant of Ringen .
German: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’ for someone who lived at a square or market place; or a nickname for a quick or slight, small person, from Middle High German ringe ‘quick, nimble; small, not noteworthy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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