Anna's Hope Village | |
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| Coordinates: 17°43′24″N64°41′59″W / 17.72324°N 64.69974°W | |
| Sovereign state |  United States |
| Territory |  United States Virgin Islands |
| Island | Saint Croix |
Anna's Hope Village is an administrative sub-district of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. [1] [2] [3] [4]
A sugar plantation on the site was formerly known as Robinson's Plantings. In around 1780, it was acqiored by Count Bertram Peter de Nully (c. 1719 -1771), the son of Pierre Bertram de Nully from Martinique. The family was originally from the Netherlands to St. Eustace. He would later marry Catharine Heyliger (1721-1799), the daughter of planter and governor of St. Croix Pieter Heyliger. Robinson's Platings was renamed Anna's Hope after their daughter Anna (1747-1785). She was married to Nicholas Cruger. They had three children: Bertram Peter Cruger; Catherine Bard and Elizabeth Cruger. [5]
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