Brief Life History of Elizabeth "Betty"
When Elizabeth "Betty" Coleman was born about 1734, in Essex, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, James Coleman, was 31 and her mother, Mary Eleanor Madison, was 29. She married Thomas Scott on 6 June 1752, in Orange, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She died before 28 May 1812.
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- Thomas Scott Will Probated; Virginia, Madison County Will books, 1793-1921 ; general index to wills, 1793-1905
- Betty Scott Admin Granted to George Scott; Virginia, Madison County Will books, 1793-1921 ; general index to wills, 1793-1905
- James Coleman Will Probated ; Virginia, Orange County Index to wills, 1734-1947 ; will books, 1735-1906
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1775
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Name Meaning
Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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