When Mary Best was born on 14 April 1703, her father, William Best, was 35 and her mother, Catherine Burster, was 30.
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English and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English best(e) (Old English betst) ‘best, finest (person)’.
English, northern Irish, and French: nickname from Middle English best(e), Old French beste ‘beast, animal’ (especially those used for food or work), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts, such as a herdsman, or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal. Compare English Bester 1.
English: from a Middle English adverbial expression of the Best, but the meaning is unknown.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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