Person:Ann Durham (1)

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Name Ann Durham
Gender Female
Birth? United States
Marriage to Ralph Morden
Death[1] Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Reference Number? 12687

Ann's husband, Ralph Morden, was executed in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania on November 25, 1780, for treason. He had helped Robert Land to escape from authorities in Pennsylvania. Robert Land later settled in Barton Township, Upper Canada, where he founded the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

About 1788 Ann with several of her children moved from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada. She settled in West Flamborough Township where she was granted 400 acres of land. See page of her son, John Morden, for details.

About 1820 Ann Durham-Morden moved with her eldest son, John Morden, and other family members from their properties in the first Concession of West Flamborough Township near Cootes Paradise (which was to become Dundas, Ontario, Canada) to Middlesex County, Ontario where she died. Her gravestone has not been found. In 1832 her son, John, was buried in North Street Church Cemetery in Westminster Township Middlesex County.

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