Samuel Brown

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Brown was born in August 1795, in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England, his father, Abraham Brown, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Varley, was 27. He married Hannah Morton on 29 November 1818, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1795 and Saint Mary the Virgin, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom for about 33 years. He died from January 1867 to March 1867.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Brown
1795–1867
Hannah Morton
1795–
Marriage: 29 November 1818
Samuel Brown
1819–
Alfred Brown
1826–1826
Maria Brown
1831–
Harriett Brown
1832–1900
James Brown
1835–
Alfred Brown
1840–

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  • cen- Samuel Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • chr- Samuel Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • death- Samuel Brown in the England

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1801 · The Act of Union

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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

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1815

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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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