Brief Life History of William
When William Anderson was born on 13 July 1770, in Harford, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Charles Anderson II, was 36 and his mother, Mary Mitchell, was 36. He married Keziah Wiley about 1790, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 13 September 1848, in Cumberland Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Anderson Cemetery, Cumberland Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- 1776 Census of Maryland
- William Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm. Anderson in entry for Emeline Curl, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
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1774
Historical Boundaries: 1774: Harford, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Harford, Maryland, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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