Childhood
Wayne was born on January 1, 1745, in a log cabin on his family's Waynesborough estate, in Paoli, Pennsylvania. His father, Isaac Wayne, had emigrated from Ireland, and was part of a Protestant Anglo-Irish family. Anthony was educated at the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania), and entered the surveying profession.
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