Wayne family

Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne was born January 1, 1745, in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of a wealthy tanner, Isaac Wayne, and his wife, Elizabeth Iddings. After studying at a school run by his uncle, Gilbert Wayne, and at the Academy of Philadelphia, Wayne found work as a surveyor in Chester County and then in Nova Scotia. Upon his return to Pennsylvania in 1766, he married Mary ("Polly") Penrose (1749-1793), with whom he had two children, Margaretta (1770-1810) and Isaac (1772-1852). In 1774, he inherited his father's substantial estate, known as Waynesborough.

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