When Achsah Dunn was born on 12 August 1781, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Dunn, was 38 and her mother, Lydia Parker, was 34. She married Amos Williams on 24 September 1805, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 8 April 1823, in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 41.
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Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .
English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).
Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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