Mary Lynn

1809–1854 (Age 45)
Jackson, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Lynn was born in 1809, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Asa Lynn Sr., was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Hawkins, was 19. She married William James Anderson about 1824, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1854, in Flynns Lick, Jackson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Anderson Cemetery, Hytop, Jackson, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

William James Anderson
1808–1890
Mary Lynn
1809–1854
Marriage: about 1824
William Anderson
1825–
Mary Anderson
1831–
Garland Anderson
1832–1886
Andrew L Thomas Anderson
1835–
Bailey Peyton Anderson
1837–1919
Asa Lynn Anderson
1838–1903
Sara A. Anderson
1840–
Miles Wesley Anderson Sr
1840–1892
James William Anderson
1844–1910
Edward A. Anderson
1847–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1824Jackson, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 3
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1819
    Age 10
    Historical Boundaries: 1819: Jackson, Alabama, United States
    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 16
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhloinn and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn ).Scottish: variant of Lyne 3.English: habitational name from any of several places so called in Norfolk, in particular King's Lynn, an important center of the medieval wool trade. The placename is probably from an Old Welsh word cognate with Gaelic linn ‘pool, stream’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Lyn
    Linn
    Lenn
    Flynn
    Lynne

    Sources (2)

    • Polly Anderson in household of William I Anderson, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Polly Mary Lynn Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"

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