Brief Life History of Fany
Fany Richmond was born about 1740, in Virginia, British Colonial America. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with John Richmond.
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Sources (2)
- Fanney Richmond in entry for Anny Richmond, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Fany Richmond in entry for Amy Richmond, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
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1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
Name Meaning
habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty, strong’ + munt, mont ‘mountain, hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
occasionally a variant of Richman , with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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