John Dunn

Brief Life History of John

When John Dunn was born in 1714, in Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Ross Dunn Esq., was 17 and his mother, Catherine "Frances" Peron, was 23. He married Lucy Bolling in 1735, in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 2 daughters. He died from 16 December 1789 to March 1791, in Franklin, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Dunn
1714–1789
Lucy Bolling
1725–1812
Marriage: 1735
Drury Dunn
1737–1798
Thomas Dunn
1750–1800
Henry Dunn
1757–
Lewis Dunn
1757–
Isabell Dunn
1740–1784
John Dunn
1741–1783
James Dunn
1742–1793
Lucinda "Lucy" Dunn
1743–1789
Edwin Dunn
1749–1826
Patrick Dunn
1752–
Boling Dunn
1753–1836
Jeremiah Dunn
1756–1856
Hardyman Dunn
1760–1823
William Dunn
1761–1832
David Dunn
1764–1785

Sources (15)

  • Births or Christenings Albemarle Parish, 1739-1778, Surry County, Virginia: Surry. Christening Records 1739–1778, Religious Birth Records 1739–1778
  • John Dunn, "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979" (copy)
  • Births or Christenings Albemarle Parish, 1739-1778, Surry County, Virginia: Surry. Christening Records 1739–1778, Religious Birth Records 1739–1778

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World Events (2)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

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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