Temperance Downing was born about 1704, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. She married Lemuell Bickford about 1725, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 18 January 1770, at the age of 67.
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Irish (Cork and Kerry): sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dun(n)ing, Douning (Old English Dunning, a derivative of Old English Dunna (see Dunn ).
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the hill, an -ing derivative of Middle English doun ‘hill’, equivalent to Downer . This formation is characteristic of Devon (compare Brooking ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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