Anstrus H Drown

Brief Life History of Anstrus H

When Anstrus H Drown was born on 30 December 1782, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Colonel Frederick Drown, was 39 and her mother, Martha Wheeler, was 35. She married Henry Bryant on 3 December 1818, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 14 July 1897, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 114, and was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Henry Bryant
1788–1868
Anstrus H Drown
1782–1897
Marriage: 3 December 1818
Sarah Maria Bryant
1820–1893
William Henry Bryant
1825–1899

Sources (18)

  • Ann H Bryant in household of Henry Bryant, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Anstress Drowne, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Anstis Drown, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

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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.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

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.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Cornish (Cornwall and Devon): probably an altered form of Trown, itself a variant of Troon, a habitational name from one or more of several places in Cornwall with names deriving from Middle Cornish tre + goen (‘farm on the downs’), such as Troon in Camborne, Trewoon in Budock, Trewoon in Saint Mewan, Troon in Breage, Trewoon in Mullion, and Trewoone in Phillack.

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

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