When Absolom Beatty was born about 1749, in Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Beaty, was 53 and his mother, Martha Mitchell Beaty, was 39.
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Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Mac (an) Bhiadhtaigh, Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Bhiadhtaigh ‘son of the victualer’ (from biadhtach ‘victualer’); compare McVittie .
Scottish: from the personal name Beatie, a variant of Baty (see Baty and Batey ), a pet form of Bartholomew .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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