Anna Brush

Female8 October 1766–3 May 1835

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Brush was born on 8 October 1766, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Edward Brush, was 33 and her mother, Deborah Ingersoll, was 29. She married Jonathan Platt II in 1782, in Tioga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 May 1835, in Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Nichols, Nichols, Tioga, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Platt II
1764–1824
Anna Brush
1766–1835
Marriage: 1782
Hon. Jonathan Platt III
1783–1857
Mary Platt
1785–
Benjamin Platt
1787–1803
Edward Platt
1789–1821
William Platt
1791–1855
Brush Platt
1795–
Nehemiah F Platt
1797–1851
Charlotte Platt
1800–1870
Benjamin Platt
1803–
Deborah Platt
1805–1885
Charles Platt
1808–1824
Sarah Platt
1811–1894

Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Anna Brush - Published information: death:
  • Anna Brush Platt, "Find A Grave Index"
  • The Platt lineage; a genealogical research and record : Platt, George Lewis, 1819-1900. [from old catalog] :

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1782Tioga, New York, United States
  • Children (12)

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    Siblings (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 10

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 10

    New York is the 11th state.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 20

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English: metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Middle English brush ‘brush’ (Old French brosse ‘brushwood’).

    Americanized form of German Brusch or Brüsch ‘heather, broom, brushwood’ (see Bruesch ).

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

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