"---Thomas [son of Thomas Hapgood and Judith ___], b. April 18, 1702; he settled in Shrewsbury, where he m. Aug. 12, 1724, Damaris Hutchins[1] of Marl., and had a numerous family, who settled in Shrewsbury, Petersham, and other towns in Worcester County--some of whom became quite distinguished." (History of the town of Marlborough, p. 375)
History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, Author: Charles Hudson; Joseph Allen; Publication: Boston : Press of T.R. Marvin & son, 1862, Page: pg. 375.
WikiTree profile Hutchins-217 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Damaris by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Damaris:
Ward-106 and Hutchins-217 appear to represent the same person because: The lady who m. this Thomas Hapgood was born a Hutchins, not a Ward. The Howe family website has no record of a Martha Howe marrying a Nahum Ward, in spite of the single source you cite.
There is additional information regarding Damaris and her family in Edwin Colby Byam's, "Descendants of John Hutchins of Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts" (available through Openlibrary.org). hutchins-1050