Ann Gresham

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Gresham was christened on 26 February 1768, in Revesby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Gresham, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Banks, was 11765.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Gresham
1720–
Elizabeth Banks
1736–
James Gresham
1758–1824
John Gresham
1760–
Jane Gresham
1763–1815
Thomas Gresham
1765–1829
Ann Gresham
1768–

Sources (3)

  • Ann Gresham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Ann Gresham, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
  • Ann Gresham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (8)

1770 · Boston Tea Party

Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

"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."

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): habitational name from a place in Norfolk, so named from Old English græs, gærs ‘grass(land), pasturage’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.

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

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