Brief Life History of George
When George Brownell was born on 2 August 1719, in Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jeremiah Brownell, was 29 and his mother, Deborah Burgess, was 25.
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1689–1756 Male
1694–1779 Female
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1715–1792 Male
1716–1754 Male
1718– Female
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Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) brown hill or corner of land’, from Middle English brun(e), broun(e) + hil ‘hill’ or hale ‘nook, corner’ (Old English brūn + hyll or halh), or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire.
History: Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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