Hannah (Bean) Whitacre (abt. 1659 - 1692)

Born about 1659 in Exeter, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Whittacre — married 6 Apr 1682 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1692 at about age 33 in Haverhill, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah (Bean) Whitacre is a member of Clan MacBean.

Hannah was born about 1659. She is the daughter of John Bean and Hannah Lissen.

Hannah married Abraham Whiticker Jr. on April 6, 1682 in Haverhill.^[1]

Hannah was killed by Indians on July 18, 1692. The particulars of her death have been lost.^[2][3]

Research Notes

In the article, "John Bean's First Wife," by Henry Winthrop Hardon ^[4] the author explains that Hannah Bean, named for her mother, Hannah Lisson, John Bean's first wife, was probably born about 1657 or 1658 and perhaps the second child of her parents. In addition, he says:

• If further search should not disclose the record of birth of Hannah, it may well be assumed that she was born a little later than her husband, Abraham Whitaker, Jr. son of Abraham Whitaker and Elizabeth Symonds, daughter of William Symonds of Haverhill. He [Abraham, Jr.] was born February 29, 1656 [Volume 4, Essex Antiquarian, page 142]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1911. p. 330. Link to page at archive.org.
2. ↑ Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement in 1640, to the year 1860. Haverhill, 1861. p 161. Link to page at archive.org.
3. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1911. p. 489. Link to page at archive.org.
4. ↑ The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 10, edited by Sidney Perley, page 77-78