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Downing
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The surname 'Downing' originates from England. It is a patronymic of the Scottish, and Irish name 'Dunn', derived from the Gaelic word 'Donn', a byname for a person with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from the Gaelic word 'donn', meaning dark, brown. In English it is a nickname for a man with dark hair or swarthy complexion, from the Middle English, Old English word 'dunn' meaning dark coloured. In part it may also derive from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English byname 'Dunn(a) meaning 'Dark'. In Scotland it is a habitation name from 'Dun' in the former county of Angus (now part of Tayside region), from the Gaelic word 'dun' meaning fort. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive's has confirmed that the surname 'Downing' and or it's variant's, dates as far back as the thirteenth century were a 'Adam de Dun' was elected to the deanery of Moray in 1255 and 'William de Dun', perhaps a relative, was dean there in 1268. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive's confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain 'James Downing', aged 20, a surgeon by trade, from the city of London, England. He emigrated to North America in 1774, sailing from the Port of London aboard the ship named the 'Mary and Hannagh' on the 7th of November 1774, arriving in Carolina on the 14th of the same, where he served as an indentured servant. Today, 'Downing' is the 'Nine Hundred and seventieth' most common surname in North America. ...
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