Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Prior was born on 2 April 1773, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Isaac Prior, was 31 and her mother, Beulah Parsons, was 28. She married Horace King on 28 November 1792. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 30 July 1858, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Anna King in household of Horace King, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ann Prior, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Early Connecticut Marriages
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (southern), Scottish, Dutch, and German: ultimately from Latin prior ‘superior’, used to denote a prior, a monastic official immediately subordinate to an abbot, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a prior.
Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac an Phríora ‘son of the prior’ (this is the usual origin in counties Cavan and Leitrim). Some examples may be Anglo-Norman, the same name as in 1 above.
Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan: from prior, probably denoting someone in the service of a prior or a nickname for someone who behaved in a pompous way.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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