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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- 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"
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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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