Anne Edson, second child and first daughter of Jacob Edson and Elizabeth Packard, born Nov. 25, 1761,Bridgewater, Mass., married, intentions Nov. 10, 1781, Pelham, Mass., Benjamin Hanks, born Feb. 6, 1758, Easton, Mass., son of Jacob Hanks and Sarah Bruce. He served in the Revolutionary War. They lived in Easton and Belchertown, Mass., and died in Lincoln,Addison Co., Vt., he in 1813, and she Mar. 4, 1851. (p938)[1]
“James Hanks (Benjamin), of Pembroke and Bridgewater, Mass., born at Pembroke 24 Feb. 1714/15, was killed in 1756, in the French and Indian War. He married at Pembroke, 30 June 1742, ABIGAIL PHILLIPS of Bridgewater, who married secondly, at Pembroke, 14 Oct. 1761, Edward Cox.
“On 6 Jan. 1742 James Hanks of Bridgewater, for £152, 6 s, old tenor, bought of Joseph Stockbridge of Hanover 31 acres of land in Abington and Hanover, Mass. (Plymouth Deeds 35:201)
“On 12 Apr. 1744 James Hanks of Pembroke, with his wife Abigail, for £42, 10s., sold these 31 acres to Nathaniel Chamberlain of Hanover. (Plymouth Deeds 40:11) “On 29 Aug. 1744 James Hanks of Bridgewater bought of Jonathan Peterson 25 acres of land, with a house, in Pembroke. (Plymouth Deeds 55:105)
“On 27 Nov. 1769, several years after the death of James Hanks, his widow Abigail, then the wife of Edward Cox, sold to John Delano of Pembroke, mariner, the land which her husband had bought of Jonathan Peterson; and the other heirs, Joseph Hanks, Hannah Hanks, and Sarah Hanks all signed the deed. (Plymouth Deeds 55:70)”
“Children, recorded at East Bridgewater (then a part of Bridgewater):
"December 25, 1756 James Hanks [died] in army"[3]
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