Anne Smith

Brief Life History of Anne

When Anne Smith was born on 20 February 1755, in Bedford, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Guy Smith, was 26 and her mother, Ann Hopkins, was 24. She married Daniel Trigg I on 30 January 1777, in Bedford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 9 February 1795, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Trigg I
1749–1819
Anne Smith
1755–1795
Marriage: 30 January 1777
Stephen Trigg
1777–1814
Guy Smith Trigg
1778–1808
Captain John Johns Trigg
1779–1817
Daniel Trigg II
1780–1819
Mary Trigg
1781–1839
Ann Smith Trigg
1783–
William Trigg
1784–1813
Abram Byrd Trigg
1788–1852
Adam Trigg
1788–
Elizabeth Trigg
1791–1849
James Trigg
1792–1819
Joseph Crockett Trigg
1795–1831
Rhoda Trigg
1795–1864

Sources (4)

  • Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ann Smith in entry for Daniel Trigg, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Ann Smith in entry for Daniel Trigg, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

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World Events (6)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1775

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

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .

English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .

Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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