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Anna Tuthill Symmes

Born-October, 1741

Died-July 25, 1776

 

Daughter of Henry Tuthill and ?

Anna Tuthill of Long Island was married at age 19 to John Cleves Symmes, also of Long Island. The family moved from Long Island to the Flatbrook area near Walpack Center in 1762, where John Symmes established a saw mill. Anna died at age 35 years, several months after giving birth to her second child, Anna.

 

John Cleves Symmes was a member of the Continental Congress of 1776, and he along with his third wife, moved to Ohio in 1788. The daughter Anna Symmes married William Henry Harrison (who became the 9th President of the U.S.) Anna Symmes Harrison died in Ohio Feb 1864. The first daughter Marie, married Peyton Short of Kentucky.

 

 

Old Shapanack Burying Ground

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Symmes Burying Ground

Walpack Township, New Jersey

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