Isabel Brock was born about 1720, in Kilcalmonell and Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married John Buchanan on 20 November 1741. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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1720– Female
1742– Female
1745– Male
1748– Female
English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .
English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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