Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Brown was christened on 7 December 1740, in Oaksey, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward Brown, was 36 and her mother, Mary Lock, was 35.
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- Mary Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1704–1759 Male
1705–1762 Female
Siblings (13)
1727– Male
1729– Male
1730–1796 Male
1732– Male
1734– Male
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
1815
1823
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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