Dinah Butt

Brief Life History of Dinah

Dinah Butt was born about 1690, in Norfolk County, Virginia, British Colonial America. She married Richard Butt Jr. in June 1715, in Norfolk County, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died before 1729, in her hometown.

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Family Time Line

Richard Butt Jr.
1680–1746
Dinah Butt
1690–1729
Samuel Butt
1717–1775
Richard Butt, III
1719–1772
Anthony Butt
1721–1778
Cartwrite Butt
1720–
Abigail Butt
1722–
Willis Butt
1724–

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    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Tariq, Muhammad, Abdul, Nasir, Mohammed, Abid, Arif, Khalid, Nadeem, Shahid, Tahir.

    English: nickname from Middle English but(te), Old English butta ‘(something or someone) short and stumpy’, also used as a personal name up until c. 1200.

    English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mound, from Middle English but(te). Alternatively, possibly denoting someone who lived by a tree stump. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this sense is not recorded in English before 1601, but it may be much older.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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