Ann Rand

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Rand was born on 12 October 1740, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathaniel Rand, was 31 and her mother, Mehetabel Call, was 28. She married Samuel Sumner on 3 September 1762, in Charleston, New Charleston, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in March 1764, at the age of 23.

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Samuel Sumner
1739–1794
Ann Rand
1740–1764
Marriage: 3 September 1762
Ann Sumner
1764–

Sources (5)

  • Ann Rand, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Anna Rand, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Anna Rand, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Rand, a pet form of Randolf. Compare Randolph , Randall , Randy , and see also Rance .

English: habitational name from Rand (Lincolnshire), Rand Grange (North Yorkshire), or Raunds (Northamptonshire), all of which derive from Old English rand ‘edge, border, rim’.

German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rand ‘rim (of a shield)’. Compare 1 above.

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

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