When Ann L Anderson was born in 1704, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Henry Anderson, was 24 and her mother, Prudence Stratton, was 14. She married Benjamin Ward Sr in 1729, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1736, in her hometown, at the age of 32.
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Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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