Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Twining was born on 21 February 1767, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Eleazer Twining, was 42 and her mother, Mary Colton, was 41. She married Robert VanHorn about 1779, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. She was buried in Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ann Twining, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- MARRIAGE BONDS OF BUCKS COUNTY
- Ann Twining, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Twyning in Gloucestershire, which was originally named with Old English betwēonan ‘between’ + ēam, dative of ēa ‘river’, with the ending later being assimilated to -ingas ‘inhabitants, people’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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