Hannah (Blakeslee) Sperry (1681 - 1741)

Born 6 Aug 1681 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Sperry — married about 1706 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1741 at age 59 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Hannah was born in 1681 to John Blakeslee and Grace Ventrus in New Haven.

In about 1706, Anna married Moses Sperry in New Haven. They had at least nine children.

In 1713, Anna's father passed away and left her a considerable bequest (see the summary of his will below).

In 1741, Anna passed away in New Haven.

Ancestry and Descendants of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y., by L. E. Steele, page 51-52,1912 [1]

MOSES^3 SPERRY (Richard^2 , Richard^1 ), b. Jan. 7, 1681, m. Jan. 1, 1705, at New Haven, Ct., Hannah^3—afterwards called Anna—Blakely (John^2, Samuel^1), b. Aug. 6, 1681; d. June 2, 1741. (See Tuttle Family, p. 684.)

Some of their children:

i. ISRAEL^4, a tailor, m. in Wallingford, Ct. His descendents are prominent and numerous in Northern California, in big timber and milling interests, and also at Montecito and Los Angeles.

ii. MOSES, m. Anna Johnson.

iii. AARON, who has many descendents at Fresno, Lathrop, French Creek, and other places in California; and by Aaron^5, and Moses^6, Lorenzo^7, a lawyer, who m. Charlotte Crittendon, Chili, N.Y.; they had Myron^8, of Chili, a son in Jacksonville, Fla., and Elvira (Mrs. McKnight, Oakwood, Mich.)

Ancestry and Descendants of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y., by L. E. Steele, page 69-71, 1912 [2]

Anna's father's will is dated March 7, 1712-13, and includes the following bequests and instructions for Anna:

4th ly as to what remains of my personal Estate after Just Debts and Legacyes are paid my will is that it be Equally Divided between my Sons John & Moses and Anna Sperry the wife of Moses Sperry, further my will is that what I have given to my two Sons as also to my Daughters shall be to them and their heirs forever, also my will is that my two sons shall have all my Rights in Commonage in New Haven to them their heirs and assigns for Ever.

The inventory amounted to £527, 10s, 1d.

Sources

• Sperry Genealogy, by George S. Skilton, about 1905, manuscript never published
• Ancestry and Descendents of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y.; Also Some Allied Families, Sperry, Matteson, Worden, by Lorissa E. Steele, 1912 [3]
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Vol.1, On Page 213, she is called Hannah bapt. 14 Nov 1686.
• Ancestry.com Profile for Anna Blakeslee