Brief Life History of Mary Boyd
When Mary Boyd Brown was born in 1741, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, her father, Deacon James Maltman Brown, was 28 and her mother, Mary Clayse, was 45. She had at least 6 sons and 5 daughters with Pvt John Thomas Briggs. She died on 12 July 1806, in Muskingum Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Duncan Falls Cemetery, Duncan Falls, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.
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- London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- Mary Boyd Brown Briggs Find A Grave Index
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index
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1772
Historical Boundaries: 1772: Northumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Birth: 1733 Death: Jul. 12, 1806 Muskingum County Ohio, USA Her birth/death dates are estimated from various genealogical documents. Need to find a picture of tombstone which may provide exact detail …
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