Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Nightingale was born on 23 October 1720, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Nightingale, was 36 and her mother, Hannah Spear, was 30. She married Joseph Brackett on 6 January 1742, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 June 1749, in her hometown, at the age of 28.
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- Mary Nightingal, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mary Nightingal, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with a good voice, from Middle English nightegale ‘nightingale’ (Old English nihtegale, from niht ‘night’ + galan ‘sing’). The bird is known as a sweet singer.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Nachtigall , or cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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