Hannah (Hutchinson) Walker (1658 - 1704)

Born 16 May 1658 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 15 Jan 1704 at age 45 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hannah was born 16 May 1658 in Boston, the daughter of Edward Hutchinson and his second wife Abigail Vermais.^[1][2]

She married Peter Walker by about 1688, probably in Taunton, Massachusetts. Wilcox identified six children from their marriage, all presumably born in Taunton:^[2]

1. Peter Walker, born about 1688; married Sarah Godfrey; died in Taunton on 22 November 1760, age 72; buried at Taunton; six children.
2. Edward Walker, born about 1692; married Mercy Richmond in about 1712; died 9 December 1752, aged 60; buried at Taunton; no children.
3. Katherine Walker, born before 25 September 1694; she was raised in Salem, Massachusetts, by her mother's sister Katherine (Hutchinson) Bartholomew Chamberlain, whose only child had died in infancy. Katherine married John Blaney in Salem on 20 November 1712. She died before 1753.
4. Abigail Walker, died before 1753.
5. Hannah Walker, born after 1693; married John Atwood (her cousin) as her second husband; died after 1764, probably at Dighton, Massachusetts; five children.
6. James Walker, born about 1699; married Mary Waker (his cousin) in 1725; died in 1726.

Hannah Walker died at Taunton on 15 January 1704.^[2]

Alternative Theory of Her Death: A contributor to this profile wrote: "It appears she died not long after the birth of a daughter, Katherine; this daughter was adopted by her sister Katherine." Alternatively, this adoption could be explained by the fact that Hannah's sister Katherine had lost her only child and probably also her husband.

Sources

1. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry (2013) Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, page 195, Abigail Firmage.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Wilcox, Wayne Howard Miller. The Ancestry of Katherine Hamby, Wife of Captain Edward Hutchinson of Boston, Massachusetts (concluded). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 145 (1991), page 258 ff.. See pages 264-265.

Acknowledgments

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