Hannah (Cox) Elliot (1695 - 1742)

Born 28 Jul 1695 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 29 Dec 1742 at age 47 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Disputed Parentage

Hannah had been reported the daughter of Thomas Cox and Hannah Woodbury, but Hannah Woodbury's husband was William Cox (-bef.1708). See David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William¹ Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021)::207-222, in particular, 217-218. Note: The Summer 2021 issue is available for download by subscription at AmericanAncestors.

Biography

Hannah was born in 1695. She is the daughter of Thomas Cox. She was christened 28 July 1695 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Hannah married Jacob Elliot (b. 1673) on 10 November 1713 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay. They had the following children (could be more?):

1. Jacob Elliot 1717–1791
2. Hannah Elliot 1718–Deceased
3. Andrew Eliot 1720–1766
4. Keziah Elliot 1723–Deceased

Hannah passed on 29 December 1742 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.^[1] There is some uncertainty about her date of death, because the original hand-written town records indicate Hannah died on 29 December 1742, but also state that her husband, Jacob, married his second wife on 22 September 1742. It is extremely doubtful that he was a bigamist, so probably there was an error in the writing of the original record. [Record is not indexed, see link above to view image of actual record.]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-H9NF-H

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 December 2019, 20:14), entry for Hannah Cox(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKLJ-S7J); contributed by various users.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZG-G83 : 10 December 2019), Hanah Cox, 1695.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8V-7YL : 9 February 2018), Jacob Elith and Hannah Cox, 10 Nov 1713; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0874032 IT 1-2.
• Galloupe, Augustus. The Register of Baptisms of the First Church in Beverly, 1667-1710 (Research Pub. Co., Boston, 1903) Page 30.