Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna White was born on 26 June 1745, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Mark White, was 29 and her mother, Anna Chamberlin, was 25. She married Paul Hayward on 14 July 1768, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 28 December 1836, in Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Anne in entry for Paul Hayward, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Anna White in entry for Sarah Hayward Graham, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Anna in entry for Samuel Haywood, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1745–1825 Male
1745–1836 Female
Children (10)
1769–1864 Female
1771–1842 Male
1772–1866 Female
1774–1850 Male
1776–1855 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1716–1798 Male
1720–1755 Female
Siblings (10)
1743–1743 Male
1744–1823 Male
1745–1836 Female
1746–1747 Male
1748–1835 Female
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World Events (6)
1776
Age 31
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 31
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 49
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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