When Ann Witherden was born on 12 February 1759, in St Peters, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Witherden, was 35 and her mother, Mary Hills, was 21. She married Edward Warner on 12 October 1780, in St Peter in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died in May 1833, in St Peter in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74, and was buried in St Peter in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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"On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."
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English: locative name apparently from Witherden Farm (Kent) or Witherenden in Ticehurst (Sussex). These places were recorded as Wycherindenn (1275) and Wytherenden (1180) respectively, and may be possible origins of the surname Witherington . However, more modern forms of these place-names (the current form for Witherden Farm and Witherden for the Sussex place-name in 1823) suggest that, if a surname which originated in one of these places followed the same development as the corresponding place-name forms, it could become Witherden.
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