Thomas Anderson

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Anderson was born on 26 April 1750, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, George Anderson, was 24 and his mother, Abigail Brown, was 18. He died on 26 October 1754, in his hometown, at the age of 4.

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Family Time Line

George Anderson
1726–1816
Abigail Brown
1731–1816
Thomas Anderson
1750–1754
Ruby Anderson
1752–1809
Stephen Anderson
1754–
Jerusha Anderson
1756–
Thomas Anderson
1758–1835
William Anderson
1760–1829
Lemuel Anderson
1764–1845
Elizabeth Anderson
1768–
Luther Anderson
1770–1847
Calvin Anderson
1772–1826

Sources (9)

  • Thomas Anderson in 1750, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Thomas Anderson in 1754, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Thomas Anderson, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

Name Meaning

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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