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I have been researching my last name for some time. My last name is DENNISON. Most books say it means Son Of Brown Warrior or Fighter. I have been told also that the name Dennison is also Scotish/Irish. I'm a Native American, A member of The Ramapough Mountain Indians of New York and New Jersey. I do know their are many Dennison's on the Navajo/Apache Indfian tribes, the Navajo have the ( Denne). " Son of Denne",?, Son of Brown Warrior or fighter sounds like it might be native, I really do not have the slightest idea. I would appreciate any help. Thank you!
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Hello. There was a family in New England the Dennison’s. They were involved in King Philip’s War. They are believed to be related down the line to Metacomet’s daughters. Parts of the family traveled to Brothertown
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This Dene connection seems like a good lead. I looked it up on www.sicc.sk.ca and they use the word Denesøiné (getting close!).
Compare the names Morris and Morrison which are common among the Maoris of New Zealand.
Compare the names Morris and Morrison which are common among the Maoris of New Zealand.
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Denis or Dennis - doesn't change the meaning - goes right back to ancient Greece and the god Dionysos; you can see that the name has become syncopated over the millennia. Dionysos was an oriental god who entered the Greek world rather dramatically and had to be fitted into their generous system. He was the god of wine, and of things connected with it, including the kind of prophetic inspiration that isn't reasoned or structured - it just comes welling up from the secret darkness. An alarming god, disruptive and subject to mood swings, but basically a benefactor.
Sorry to take brown warriors out of the meaning - that would have been wonderful for you - but the wild, shamanic links sound good to me.
How did Native Americans get their surnames? Given names I can understand - Native ones in translation, plus missionary names and then just mainstream ones - but perhaps there were names that sounded familiar to early speakers of English, who would have been the ones to write them down, and they would then just go on happening and the original name they'd been based on would be forgotten? I'm guessing, but this sounds possible.
Sorry to take brown warriors out of the meaning - that would have been wonderful for you - but the wild, shamanic links sound good to me.
How did Native Americans get their surnames? Given names I can understand - Native ones in translation, plus missionary names and then just mainstream ones - but perhaps there were names that sounded familiar to early speakers of English, who would have been the ones to write them down, and they would then just go on happening and the original name they'd been based on would be forgotten? I'm guessing, but this sounds possible.
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