▁to ▁become ▁First ▁Lady , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁having ▁the ▁distinction ▁of ▁holding ▁the ▁title ▁for ▁the ▁short est ▁length ▁of ▁time , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁be ▁wid owed ▁while ▁holding ▁the ▁title . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁First ▁Lady ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁born ▁in ▁British ▁America . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁marriage ▁Anna ▁T uth ill ▁Sym mes ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 7 7 5 , ▁in ▁Mor rist own , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁to ▁Judge ▁John ▁Cle ves ▁Sym mes ▁and ▁Anna ▁T uth ill . ▁Her ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁and ▁later ▁became ▁a ▁prominent ▁land owner ▁in ▁south western ▁Ohio . ▁When ▁her ▁mother ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 6 ▁her ▁father ▁dis gu ised ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁British ▁soldier ▁to ▁carry ▁Anna ▁on ▁horse back ▁through ▁the ▁British ▁lines ▁to ▁her ▁grand par ents ▁on ▁Long ▁Island , ▁who ▁c ared ▁for ▁her ▁during ▁the ▁war . ▁Her ▁father ▁was ▁also ▁deput y ▁to ▁the ▁Provin cial ▁Congress ▁of ▁New ▁Jersey ▁( 1 7 7 5 - 1 7 7 6 ), ▁the ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Sus sex ▁County ▁Committee ▁of ▁Saf ety ▁during ▁the ▁Revolution , ▁and ▁a ▁New ▁Jersey ▁delegate ▁to ▁the ▁Cont inental ▁Congress ▁( 1 7 8 5 - 1 7 8 6 ). ▁ ▁She ▁grew ▁up ▁on ▁Long ▁Island , ▁receiving ▁an ▁unus ually ▁broad ▁education ▁for ▁a ▁woman ▁of ▁the ▁times . ▁She ▁attended