Brief Life History of Anne
When Anne Ennis was born on 18 June 1769, in Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, England, her father, John Ennis, was 39 and her mother, Ann Smith, was 22. She married Joseph Richardson on 24 May 1783, in Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 30 July 1820, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 51.
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- Anne Lewis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ann Ennis, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
- Ann Richardson in entry for Sarah Richardson, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"
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1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Angus’, see McGinnis and compare Angus and Hennessy .
English: perhaps a variant of Ince , or Henney with loss of initial H- and the addition of a post-medieval excrescent -s, or a variant of Enos .
Cornish: from any of various places in the western half of Cornwall called Ennis, Enys, Ninnes, etc., from Cornish (an) enys ‘(the) island’. The Saint Gluvias family is certainly from Enys in Saint Gluvias parish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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