Anna (Fillebrown) Fessenden (1691 - 1753)

Born 13 Dec 1691 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Fessenden — married 29 Dec 1737 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Died 12 Jul 1753 at age 61 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Anna (or Anne) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1691. Her parents were Thomas Fillebrown and Rebecca Cutter. She committed suicide by hanging herself on 12 July 1753. ^{[1] [2]}

Anne was the third wife of Thomas Fessenden, marrying him on 29 Dec 1737. ^[3]Thomas died two months later and Anne never married again.

Research Notes

Multiple marriage and birth dates are found in records obtained from FamilySearch. The dates also found in The History of the Town of Lexington and "History of the Town of Cambridge" were used in this profile. The other FamilySearch sources are noted for reference only.

Sources

1. ↑ Paige, Lucius R., "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877. With a genealogical register." H.O. Houghton and company,; New York, 1877, page 544]
2. ↑ Cutter, Benjamin and Cutter, William, "History of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts," Boston, D. Clapp & son, 1880, P236
3. ↑ Hudson, Charles, "History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts from its first settlement to 1868," Lexington Historical Society (Mass), 1913, Page 203. https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl02huds/page/202/mode/2up/search/Fessenden

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXX-HX3 : 15 January 2020), Anna Fillebrown, 1691.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-S9S2 : 28 November 2018), Thomas Fessenden and Anne Fillebrown, 29 Dec 1737; citing Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.

• History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877. With a genealogical register by Paige, Lucius R. (Lucius Robinson), 1802-1896^[4]

Sources from Family Search with differing dates (See Research Note above)

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-HHW : 15 January 2020), Anna Hellebrown, 1692.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWK-WLK : 24 January 2020), Anna Fillebrown in entry for Thomas Fessenden, 1737.