John Ross Dunn Esq. was born in 1697, in Essex, Virginia, British Colonial America. He married Catherine "Frances" Peron on 23 March 1775, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America for about 2 years. He died in 1783, in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 86.
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The British, Dutch, and German settlers fought with the Tuscarora Native Americans, from September 22, 1711- February 11, 1715, in North Carolina.
North Carolina is the location of Cape Hatteras, sometimes called the Graveyard of the Atlantic- many shipwrecks have occurred nearby.
July 25, 1729, North Carolina became a royal colony, when the colony was sold to King George II.
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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