Ann Diggs

1700 - 1765  (65 years)

• Name	Ann Diggs
  Born	1700	Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
  Gender	Female
  Died	1765
  Buried	Aft 1765	Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
  Notes	Ann Diggs Graeme was born in 1700 in St. Albans, England. Her parents were Ann Newberry and Robert Diggs. After her father's death, her mother remarried to Sir William Keith, and Ann traveled to America with her mother and step-father who was to become the 14th governor of Pennsylvania, in 1717. She married Dr. Thomas Graeme on November 12, 1719 and went on to have nine to eleven children (accounts vary), the youngest of whom was the writer, Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson. Ann was very pious, and after years of bad health welcomed and planned for her death. She instructed one of her older daughters, Ann Stedman not to mourn for her because "she was going to be happy" and her death was "what She most earnestly prayed for." She was giving up "everything in this Life for a Better." As early as 1752 she'd planned her own funeral and woven her burial linen, on which she'd embroidered "The Lord hath mercifully guided me by his Council, and I humbly hope through the merits of my Dear Redeemer will Raise me up to Glory. This is the Hour the joyful Hour I have waited for and long very long wished for to be disolved and to be with Christ which is best of all."
  Person ID	I39831	Stedman Families of the United Kingdom
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2011

  
  

  Family	Dr. Thomas Graeme,   b. 20 Oct 1688, Balgowan, Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland, UK ,   d. 4 Sep 1772, Horsham, Montgomery Co., PA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1719	Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
  Children	1. Anne Graeme,   b. 1 Jan 1725/26,   d. 3 Mar 1766  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2011
  Family ID	F15004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 1700 - Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK Married - 12 Nov 1719 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA Buried - Aft 1765 - Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth