Brief Life History of Anne Porter
When Anne Porter Norton was born on 29 May 1782, in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Capt Selah Noble Norton, was 37 and her mother, Anne Porter, was 25. She married Cotton Mather on 16 October 1803, in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 14 May 1855, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in North Shirkshire Cemetery, Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Anna Mather in household of Cotton Mather, "United States Census, 1850"
- Anne Porter Norton Mather, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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World Events (8)
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.
1792
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list
1802 · Brass is Discovered
In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname "The Brass City." Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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