Brief Life History of Ann Russell
When Ann Russell Throckmorton was born on 2 September 1804, in Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Throckmorton, was 29 and her mother, Susannah Morton, was 27. She married John Savarre Vimont on 19 September 1826, in Nicholas, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 21 August 1846, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Millersburg Cemetery, Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States.
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- Nancy Russel Throckmorton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mrs John S Vimont, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Amy Russel Throckmorton, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Throckmorton in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English throc ‘beam bridge’ + mere ‘pool’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The Throckmorton family was powerful and influential in England in Tudor times, but has since almost died out there. American bearers of the name trace their descent from either John Throckmorton (1601–1684) of New England or Robert Throckmorton (1609–1663) of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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