Anna Maria Tilghman
(1755-1843)
BIRTH
July 17, 1755
PLACE
DEATH
January 13, 1843
PLACE
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Tench Tilghman
(1744-1786)
CHILDREN
Matthew Tilghman
(1718-1790)
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CHRISTIAN
ANGLICAN, EPISCOPALIAN
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Anna Maria Tilghman (1755–1843) was the daughter of Maryland patriot Matthew Tilghman and wife of her cousin Tench, Washington’s aide. They married in 1783 and had two daughters, the younger born after Tench’s death in 1786. Anna received the sword Congress had awarded him for carrying the Yorktown victory news. She returned to her father’s home and later lived at Plimhimmon near Oxford. Her daughter and grandson erected a monument to Anna and her husband.
EARLY LIFE
Anna Maria Tilghman was born on Jul 17, 1755. 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 Anna Maria Tilghman 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. Anna Maria Tilghman died on Jan 13, 1843. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Anna Maria Tilghman died on Jan 13, 1843. Anna Maria Tilghman was the daughter of Maryland patriot Matthew Tilghman and wife of her cousin Tench, Washington’s aide. They married in 1783 and had two daughters, the younger born after Tench’s death in 1786. Anna received the sword Congress had awarded him for carrying the Yorktown victory news. She returned to her father’s home and later lived at Plimhimmon near Oxford. Her daughter and grandson erected a monument to Anna and her husband. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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