Hannah (Grant) Moseley (1689 - 1763)

Born 28 Mar 1689 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Moseley — married about 2 Mar 1712 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1763 at age 74 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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Biography

Hannah Grant was born in Windsor, Connecticut on March 28, 1689.^[1] She married John Mosely in Westfield, Massachusetts on September 27, 1753, subsequently changing her name to Hannah Mosely.^[2] John passed away in 1752 (?), leaving Hannah a widow.^[3]

Research Notes

• There is a glaring conflict between the cited vital records data for John and Hannah's family and the cited marriage information. A marriage record from Westfield, Massachusetts specifies that John and Hannah wed in 1753.^[2] However, the compiled vital record info from colonial Westfield, Massachusetts notes that John passed away in 1752.^[3] The cause for this conflicting information is not clear. Perhaps these records refer to two different couples of like name in the same town, though that seems rather unlikely. More likely is that one of the aforementioned sources was incorrectly transcribed. —J. G. Coleman, Wolcott, CT (Dec 2016)

From Find a Grave contributor, Don Blauvelt, original source unknown: Hannah Grant, eldest child of Samuel Grant, Jr. and Grace Minor, b. of record Mar. 28, 1689 at Windsor, Conn. She d. Apr. 27, 1763 at Westfield, Mass., Æ 75 (g.s.) In the Feb. 12, 1712/13 distribution of her father's Windsor estate, she as "Hannah Morton" shared in the distribution with her brothers and sisters.

[Note that the following paragraphs agree loosely with entries to The Grant Family (1898) anthology, p. 6, pertaining to this Hannah Grant ^[4], with the exception that Hannah's second husband, John Moseley, was a son of John Maudsly and Mary Newberry.]: On an unrecorded date before 1707, Hannah m. 1) Thomas Morton, said to be the s. of William and Mary Morton. They had one child b. of record at Windsor, dau Hannah in Mar. 1706/7, claimed to have been born after the death of her father. However, Thomas Morton d. intestate of record July 20, 1708 at Windsor [Hart. Prob. Dist. Rec.] The widow Hannah was appointed Sept. 1, 1708 as administratrix of her husband's estate, and on Mar. 2, 1712-13 was appointed guardian of her dau. Hannah. On the same date the court ordered distribution of the estate to her and dau. Hannah. The fate of dau. Hannah has not been found.

At an unknown date and place soon after Mar. 2, 1712-13, Hannah m. 2) Quartermaster John Mosely, Jr. (q.v. Moseley), s. of John Mosely and Mary Newberry, b. Aug. 21, 1679 at Westfield, Mass. He d. Aug. 6, 1752 at Westfield, Æ 74 (g.s.) They had seven children recorded at Westfield, the eldest, dau. Margaret, b. there June 2, 1714.

Children

1. Margaret Moseley, b. 2 Jun 1714
2. Ann Moseley, b. 8 Oct 1717
3. Eunice Moseley, b. 1 Mar 1720
4. Sarah Moseley, b. 1 Nov 1722
5. John Moseley, b. 25 Jul 1725
6. Azariah Moseley, b. 7 Aug 1728
7. Noah Moseley, b. 1 May 1733; d. 24 May 1735

Hannah (Grant/Morton) Moseley passed away on April 24 (probably buried on the 27th), 1763 in Westfield, Massachusetts.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WD-D88 : 3 December 2014), Hannah Grant, 28 Mar 1689; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDX-T84 : 4 December 2014), John Mosely and Hannah Mosely, 27 Sep 1753; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 185,474.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. >> Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). >> Paid access on Ancestry.com: <http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=MATownVital&h=4146557>.
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/6/mode/1up

• The Grant Family (1898), p. 6, 14: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/14/mode/1up