Hannah (Turner) Thomas (1702 - bef. 1766)

Born 8 Sep 1702 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Thomas — married 22 Jun 1721 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 26 Aug 1766 before age 63 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Hannah Turner was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Edward Doty and his wife Faith Clark.

Biography

She was the daughter of Japheth and Hannah (Hatch) Turner born on 08 September 1702 probably in Duxbury, but recorded in Pembroke. She was a descendant of Pilgrim Edward Doty.^[1]

She married William Thomas on 22 June 1721 in Middleboro.^[1] He was born on 18 March 1699/1700 in Middleboro, Plymouth, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of William and Sarah (Pratt) Thomas.^[1]

Hannah probably died before 26 August 1766 when her mother Hannah Tupper of Middleborough named her grandson Isaiah Thomas in her will, and named Ensign William Thomas as her executor.^[2][1]

William died in Middleboro on 10 December 1775.^[1]

Children of William and Hannah (Turner) Thomas, born at Middleboro:^[1]

1. Isaiah, b. 13 Aep 1722; m. Keziah Holmes 1745
2. Susanna, b. 01 Sep 1724; not in grandmother Tupper's will.
3. Thankful, b. 26 Jan 1726/7; m. Christopher Thresher/Thrasher 1747
4. Mary, b. 22 Feb 1728/9; not in grandmother Tupper's will.
5. Hannah, b. 20 Apr 1731; m. Thomas Paddock 1747
6. Ruth, b. 25 Dec 1733; m. Thomas Churchill Ellis 1757
7. Sarah, b. 15 Sep 1736; m. Thomas Wood Jr. 1753
8. William, b. 16 Jan 1738/9; not in grandmother Tupper's will.
9. Huldah, b. 18 Jun 1742; m. Joseph Darling 1740

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Degory Priest, Vol. 8:78-9
2. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Hannah Hatch's Three Husbands," The Mayflower Descendant Vol. 21:101

See also:

• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.