When Capt. George Russell was born on 30 November 1720, in Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William james Russell, was 41 and his mother, Martha Jean Henley, was 28. He married Elizabeth Jane Bean on 7 February 1741, in Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America in 1766. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 10 May 1797, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.
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July 25, 1729, North Carolina became a royal colony, when the colony was sold to King George II.
Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.
Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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