David Dunn

Brief Life History of David

David Dunn was born about 1700, in British Colonial America as the son of Elizabeth Gray. He married Frances about 1745. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 27 January 1770, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

David Dunn
1700–1770
Frances
1718–
Marriage: about 1745
Molly Dunn
1746–
David Dunn
1747–1786
Ishmael Dunn
1748–1828
William Dunn
1754–1786
Drury Dunn
1756–1789
Betty Dunn
1751–
Elizabeth Dunn
1759–
Reverend Thomas Dunn
1763–1842

Sources (15)

  • Birth Register of Albemarle Parish Surry Virginia
  • Surry and Sussex counties Marriages Records Religious Records Cemetery 1700-1800
  • Will Book 4, Part 1, 1761-1777, Brunswick County, Virginia: Brunswick. Will Books 1761–1777

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1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

Name Meaning

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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