Hannah (Phillips) Boyden
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Hannah (Phillips) Boyden (abt. 1617 - 1676)

Hannah "Ann, Anna" Boyden formerly Phillips aka Morse
Born about in Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1 Sep 1638 (to about Jun 1654) in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Wife of — married 3 Nov 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 59 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Englandmap [uncertain]
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Hannah (Phillips) Boyden migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 262)
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Disputed parents

Some texts say Hannah Phillips was the daughter of Rev George Phillips (abt.1593-abt.1644) andElizabeth (Sargent) Phillips (1603-abt.1631), however several sources listing his children do not include a daughter Hannah. No Hannah accompanied them according to ships list. Not found in his will Robert C. Anderson indicates Hannah is not of Rev. George Philips family. Mary Hovering suggests she may be related to Rev. John Phillip (1582-bef.1660) of Dedham, but this lineage has not been pursued further. See: Joseph Morse (1613-1654) in: Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. Version 1 (2013). p. 1-5 Subscription$. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)]

Biography

Hannah Philips, of Watertown, married Joseph Morse at Dedham, Massachusetts on September 1, 1638 [1: 7: 1638]. Her parentage and origin has not been determined. [1] [2] Joseph was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jasper) Morse, was baptized at Redgrave, Suffolk, England on May 2, 1613. [1] [2]

Her husband Joseph came to New England at the age of 20, on the ship Increase enrolling in London on April 15, 1635, with his father Samuel and mother Elizabeth. [3] [2]

He died by June 20, 1654, likely at Dorchester. [2]

In Joseph's father Samuel Morse's will of 2: 10: 1654 [December 2, 1654], the bequests to his wife Elizabeth, were to be divided in equal portions, after her decease to their children, including 'Ann' Morse, wife of his son Joseph, now deceased. [4]

The inventory of the portion of Joseph's estate at Medfield was taken 20: 4: 1654 [June 20, 1654] included a house lot, barn, materials and lands, and a crop of corn was valued at L113; his second division upland at L21 and his meadow at L 40. [2]

His Dorchester holdings were inventoried on 26; 4: 1654 [June 26] included livestock, furnishings and books. The sum total of his estate was L420 3s 6d and was submitted to the court by his widow Hannah on July 25, 1654. [2]

After his death, widow Hannah Morse married second Thomas Boyden at Boston on November 3, 1658, as his second wife. [5] Thomas Boyden was born about 1613, likely in England, and sailed from Ipswich to New England in April, 1634 aboard the ship Francis, first settling at Scituate. [6] He is listed as aged 21 on the passenger list. [3] [7]

She and her husband Thomas, appeared in court on more than one occasion regarding the estate settlement and the bringing up of her eight Morse children. Boyden agreed to maintain the children until they come of age, teach them to read and write, and if the boys choose, to select trades. A division of the estate was settled among the heirs, so that each child would receive their portion at age or marriage. [2] [6] [8]

Hannah's death on October 3, 1676, is recorded in Medfield records. [9] Her will written on the same day, however, states that she was in Boston.

She wrote her own will dated October 3, 1676 and divided her estate among the eight Morse children, being:

  • sons Samuel, Joseph and Jeremiah Morse
  • daughters Hannah Flood, Sarah Lawrence, Dorcas Clarke, Elizabeth Lawrence and Mary Plimpton. [2] [6]

Morse Children

  1. Samuel Morse born 10: 11: 1639 [January 11, 1640] [10]; died on February 28 1717/18, at Medfield; married February 10, 1664/5 Elizabeth Wood at Sudbury [11]who died June 26, 1682. [12] ; married second at Medfield, on April 29, 1684, Sarah Thurston. [9][2]
  2. Hannah born 8: 6: 1641 [August 8, 1641] [10]; died after 1681; married James Flood of Boston c1677. [2]
  3. Sarah Morse born 16: 7: 1643 [September 16, 1643] [10]; died on August 29, 1683; married Nathaniel Lawrence of Groton [12] at Sudbury on March 13, 1660. [11] [2]
  4. Dorcas born 24: 6: 1645 [August 24, 1645] [10] ; died at Medfield on July 24, 1725; married Benjamin Clark [12] at Medfield on November 19, 1665. [9] [2]
  5. Elizabeth born 1: 7: 1647 [September 1, 1647 [10]; died at Medfield on June 12, 1715; married Peleg Lawrence at Medfield on Dec. 22, 1668. [9] [2]
  6. Joseph born 26: 7: 1649 [September 26, 1649] [10]; died at Sherborn on February18, 1717/8 [13]; married first on October 17, 1671, Mehetabel Wood at Medfield; married second on April 11, 1688, Hannah Babcock of Milton, at Medfield. [12] [9] [2]
  7. Jeremiah Morse born 10: 4: 1651 [ June 10, 1651] [10]; died on February19, 1715/6 at Medfield [9]; married Elizabeth Hamant. [2]
  8. Mary born c1653: died at Medfield on December 25, 1717; married Joseph Plymton on November 3, 1675. [9] [2]

Life events

  • 1639: November 10: Ann, wife of Joseph Morse, was received into the church at Dedham. [2]
  • 1649: Joseph Morse was a proprietor at Dedham on lands that later became Medfield in 1651. [2]
  • 1654: The Morse family resided at Dorchester or Boston.
  • 1659/60: February 24, Thomas Boyden, Boston carter, and wife Hannah, 7 acres of upland and meadow in Boston to Joshua Scottow. [6]
  • 1661/2: She and husband Thomas were of Medfield. [6]
  • 1661: October 18: Thomas Boyden of Medfied, posted bond of L300, together with the house, upland and meadow now in his possession, inheritance of the late Joseph Morse, and agreed to pay Edward Rawson L 180. [14]
  • 1662: September 12: Thomas and Hannah sold their dwelling house, barn, gardens and orchards in Boston to Simon Lynde. [6]
  • 1665: June 27: The bond agreed to regarding the estate of Joseph Morse, would be void by the courts, if Thomas Boyden met the conditions of the maintenance of the Morse children, including teaching the sons to read and write, and to pay them at age or marriage the sums of inheritance decided by the Court in May 1661. [14]

Research Notes

Dedham Marriages

1638: Joseph Morse and Hannah Phillips were married the 1 of the 7 mo. (p. 126)

Dedham Births

1639: Samuell, the son of Joseph and Hanna Morse was born the 10th of the 11th mo. (p . 1)
1641: Hanna, the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Morse was born the 8 of the 6 mo. (p. 2)
1643: Sarah, the daughter of Joseph and Hana Morse was born the 16 of the 7 mo. (p. 2)
1645: Dorcas, the daughter of Joseph and Hana Morse was born the 24 of the 6 mo. (p. 3)
1647: Elizabeth, the daughter of Joseph and Hanna Morse was born the 1 of the 7 mo. (p. 3)
1649: Joseph, the son of Joseph and Annis Morse was borne the 26 of the 7 mo. (p. 4)
1651: Jeremiah the son of Joseph and Hanah Morss was borne ye 10 of the 4th mo. (p. 5) [10]

Boston Marriages

1658: Thomas Boyden and Hannah Mosse, widow were married 3rd Nov. by Richard Bellingham, Dep. Gov. (p. 67) [5]

Medfield Marriages

Morse, Dorcas and Benjamin Clarke, Nov. 19, 1665. (p. 159)
Morse, Elizabeth and Peleg Laurance, Dec. 22, 1668. (p. 159)
Morse, Joseph and Mehitabell Wood, Oct. 17, 1671. (p. 159)
Morse, Joseph and Hannah Badcock, Apr. 11, 1683. (p. 159)
Morse, Marie and Joseph Plimpton, Nov. 3, 1675. (p. 159)
Mors, Samuel and Sarah Thurstun, Apr. 29, 1684.(p. 158)

Medfield Deaths

BOYDEN, Hanna, w. Thomas, Oct. 3, 1676. (p. 195)
Morse, Elizabeth, w. Samuell, June 26, 1682. (p. 224)
Morse, Morse, Jeremiah, h. Elisabeth, Feb. 19, 1715-16. (p. 225)
Morse, Elisabeth, wid. Jeremiah, Apr. 25, 1733. (p. 244)
Morse, Samuel, Lt, Feb. 28, 1717-18. (p. 225)
Clark, Dorcas, wid. Benjamin, July 14, 1725. (p. 201)
Laurance, Elisabeth, wid. Peleg (Laurand), June 12, 1715. (p. 220)
Plimpton, Mary, wid. Joseph, Dec. 25, 1717. (p. 229) [9]

Sudbury Marriages

Moss, Samuel and Elizabeth Wood, Feb. 10, 1664. MR (p. 241)
Moss, Sarah and Nathaniell Laurance, Mar. 13, 1660. MR (p. 241) [11]

Sherborn Deaths

Morse, Joseph, Capt. Feb. 18, 1717-18. (p. 215) [13]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anderson, Robert C. Samuel Morse in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 p. 173 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Williams, Alicia Crane. Joseph Morse (1613-1654) in: Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. Volume 1. p. -5 (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874 p. 65: 279
  4. ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 5, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1857 p. 299
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appleton, William S. Editor. City Document 130: Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. Baltimore 1978
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Anderson, Robert C. Thomas Boyden in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003 p. 366-7: 96 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
  7. ↑ Focus on Identification in: Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 17, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008 p. 11(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
  8. ↑ Abstracts of the Earliest Wills of Suffolk in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1876 p. 433
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Vital Records of Medfield Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Publ. by The New England Historic Genealogical Register Boston 1903
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Hill, Don Gleason, Town clerk and editor. The Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Dedham Volume I, 1635-1845, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1886
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Wight, William Ward. The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of His Descendants, 1635-1890, Swain & Tate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1890 p. 10
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Abstracts of the Earliest Wills of Suffolk in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1876 p. 433

See also:

  • Moriarty, G. Andrews, “Genealogical Research in England”, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), Vol. 83: 291, 1929.
  • Stearns, Ezra S. et al. Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908, p. 256: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami01stea/page/256/mode/2up
  • Anderson, Robert Charles: The Great Migration Dictionary; page 262 (Hannah Phillips is listed by herself)
  • No known/confirmed connection: England Select Births and Christenings 1538-1975; Hannah Phillips baptized June 31, 1616 at St. Mary, Whitechapel, Stepney, London. Father, Christopher Phillips, FHL Film 94691, Ancestry database on-line, Original data Family Search, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Bond, Henry: Original Settlers of Watertown; page 405 (Phillips)
  • Pope, charles Henry: "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; page 357 (Phillips)
  • Savage, James: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"; Volume 3, page 200 (Morse) and Volume 1, page 225 (Boyden).

Acknowledgements

Gregory Nelson. Scott Harris Buck Howe. Ann Hise





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S. Robinson
She signed her will on 3 October 1676 in Boston. Is it rational to believe that she died on this date? If so, then she died in Boston. Knowing that her will was proved about three weeks after she signed it, is it rational to believe that a sickly woman would cart herself to Medfield, a trip of about 25 miles, to die? Doesn't seem rational to me. Should the 3rd be the date of her death? Should Medfield be the place of death?
posted by S. Robinson
Jones-102730 Ashley Jones JD
If I'm reading correctly, her death was recorded at Medfield on that date. Perhaps the trip back home was too much for her.

edit: On further reading, I don't see any reason to believe she wrote her will in Boston. The sources regarding her death all seem to refer to Medfield. Am I missing something?

edit 2: I see, it's in the text of the will, "being now in Boston..." Back to my initial intuition. It's certainly odd to have the will written in Boston and her death recorded in Medfield later that same day, but that seems to be what the sources are telling us. Maybe she started writing the will on an earlier day, and finished it in Medfield later?

posted by Ashley Jones JD
edited by Ashley Jones JD
S. Robinson
Thanks for your response. Could something be wrong with the death record? The record I am reading is clearly a contemporary record and not an original. That means that mistakes can be made, and even new information entered. Say that the original just said October, and when this contemporary record was made someone filled in the 3rd, or something like that. I almost never see someone dying on the date of their will unless it is a nuncupative will. Of course, many times the will and probate dates are all that we have.
posted by S. Robinson
S. Robinson
Well, Anderson has her death as 3 Oct 1676 at Medfield, so that's good enough for me. Sorry for alarm bells.

Thanks, again, Ashley.

posted by S. Robinson
Jones-102730 Ashley Jones JD
You're welcome. When in doubt, I'm happy to follow Anderson's lead, but it's still worth asking the questions. You never know what a new train of thought might turn up. :)
posted by Ashley Jones JD
M Cole
I added this info to bio, and marked the death location uncertain. It's quite possible that she died in Boston, and that detail has been missed. Unfortunately, I could only find the transcriptions of the death record, and the copy of the will is a copy of the clerk's copy and not the original either which makes it a little harder to scrutinize. I'm actually tempted to change the death location to Boston.
posted by M Cole
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
[Edited to add the below parenthetical] One also needs to consider the possibility that she composed the will, and then expired en route back to Medfield, in which case it would make perfect sense for Medfield to be the location of the death record.

I have an inquiry out to two direct descendants of Thomas Boyden (tho' by his first wife), one of whom is particularly involved in matters genealogical and historical, on the chance that there's any family lore that could help address the issue. In an earlier generation, another Boyden – affectionately known as The Great Roland – created a fairly massive, very well-researched family tree, and it's conceivable that he might also have collected relevant family material that could offer some anecdotal evidence bearing on the question.

[The Boydens are very distant cousins of mine, but in the present generation, the two I'm contacting have been dear friends of mine for decades and I've done a good deal of work on the family on WikiTree.]

posted by Christopher Childs
edited by Christopher Childs
M Cole
That's possible, but I think the most likely scenario is that she died in Boston, and the Medfield clerk recorded her death because she was a Medfield resident, but failed to add "in Boston" to the record, or the record was transcribed from a copied record which omitted the info. But your version is more interesting.
posted by M Cole
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
LOL. I may be influenced by the Boyden cousin I know in the present generation: I have no doubt that if she drafted a will in Boston, but felt that her demise was imminent, she would make a fierce by-God-I'm-going-to-die-at-home effort to get back to home & family. (And she'd probably make it back before expiring, too.)
posted by Christopher Childs
M Cole
Can Nathaniel Boyden be removed as a son of Hannah. She didn't have any children with her second husband. He is a son of Thomas Boyden's first wife Frances.
posted by M Cole
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Nathaniel detached

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posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Carol (Jennings) Thoma
The source for Christopher as Hannah's father is a christening record at FamilySearch: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J774-1YG : 11 February 2018, Hanna Phillips, 31 Mar 1616); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 94,691. Whether the Hanna in the record and Phillips-3023 are the same person, I don't know. They are identified as the same person at FamilySearch.
posted by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Chris Hoyt
Phillips-3023 and Phillips-3001 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicates of Hannah wife of Joseph Morse and Thomas Boyden.
posted by Chris Hoyt
Chris Hoyt
The parents on this profile need removal prior to merging with Phillips-3001.
posted by Chris Hoyt
Chris Hoyt
I added PGM to the other Hannah so that the parents can be removed before any merge as Anderson and Williams indicate no parents can be confirmed as noted on both profiles, but not change has been made.
posted by Chris Hoyt
Cochoit-2 Joe Cochoit
I agree they should be merged and the parents set to unknown. This has been studied by Anderson and Alicia Crane Williams as recently as 2013.
posted by Joe Cochoit
Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Why not merge the duplicate entries, leaving the remark about disputed parentage on the surviving entry? As it is, this person has three entries, all clearly for the same person. The entry for Hannah (Phillips) Morse in particular should be merged with Hannah (Phillips) Boyden as it causes her children to appear as half-brothers and half-sisters to each other when they are in fact full siblings.
posted by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Chris Hoyt
It looks like several of her children are attached to

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phillips-3023 Who has disputed parentage.

posted by Chris Hoyt
Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Several children have been left off the list beginning "Mother of" at the top of the page. Missing children are Samuel, Sarah, Dorcas, and Joseph, all of whom need to be linked to their mother's page.
posted by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Chris Hoyt
Her parents should be removed as latest research article by Alicia Crane Williams in 2013 still shows her parents as unknown. (subscription req)

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-new-england-families-1641-1700/image?pageName=1&volumeId=20964&rId=45620001

posted by Chris Hoyt
B-404 Anne B
Her other profile says her parentage is unknown. The statement that she was dtr of Christopher (on this profile) has no legitimate sourcing. Christopher (alleged father), so far as we know did not have a daughter Hannah. So even if true we cannot prove this relationship. Objections to disconnecting her from Christopher? Then we can take the pending merge out of limbo.?
posted by Anne B

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