When Nancy Brown was born from 1807 to 1809, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John Brown, was 45 and her mother, Margaret Carpenter, was 44. She married Joseph Burnett about 1829, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Crawford, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died from 1873 to 1880, in Boone Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States, and was buried in Bourbon, Crawford, Missouri, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historic Boundaries: 1829: Non County Area 11, Missouri, United States 1845: Crawford, Missouri, United States
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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