William Dunn was born in 1685, in Richmond County, Virginia, United States as the son of Walter Dunne and Mary Nutt. He married Anne Forgison about 1710, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1720, in Richmond District, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 35.
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Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .
English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).
Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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