Warder, Ann Head (1758–1829)

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Warder, Ann Head (1758–1829)

American diarist. Born Ann Head, 1758, in England; died 1829; dau. of John Head; m. John Warder (1751–1828), 1779; children: Mary Ann Warder Bacon (1782–1865), Elizabeth Warder Janney (1793–1851), Caroline Warder Cadbury (1801–1868).

Traveled with husband to North America and kept journal account for sister of life in Pennsylvania Quaker community; journals published as Extracts from the Diary of Mrs. Ann Warder (1893–94).