Ann Harrison Paca
(1757-1780)
BIRTH
1757
PLACE
NAME
Anne Harrison
DEATH
February 1, 1780
PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
FAMILY
HUSBAND
William Paca
(1740-1799)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Ann Harrison Paca (1757–1780) was the second wife of Maryland statesman William Paca. Her parents were Philadelphia businessman and mayor Henry Harrison and Mary Aspden Harrison. She married Paca in February 1777 and moved to Wye Island, the estate inherited through his first wife. The marriage also brought him rights in her father’s Pennsylvania property. Ann died during the Revolutionary War; she should be distinguished from Paca’s first wife, Mary Chew.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Ann Harrison Paca’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Ann Harrison Paca is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Ann Harrison Paca died on Feb 1, 1780. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Ann Harrison Paca died on Feb 1, 1780, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Ann Harrison Paca was the second wife of Maryland statesman William Paca. Her parents were Philadelphia businessman and mayor Henry Harrison and Mary Aspden Harrison. She married Paca in February 1777 and moved to Wye Island, the estate inherited through his first wife. The marriage also brought him rights in her father’s Pennsylvania property. Ann died during the Revolutionary War; she should be distinguished from Paca’s first wife, Mary Chew. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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