Frances (Munson) Hanscom (abt. 1794 - 1856)

Born about 1794 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elkanah Hanscom — married 9 Jul 1812 in Machias, Maine

Descendants

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Biography

Frances "Fanny" Munson was born in Machias, probably in that part later set off as East Machias, c1794, the daughter of Stephen Munson and Sarah Foster; ^[1] died, 2 Mar 1856, and is buried in the East Machias Village Cemetery. ^[2]

She married at Machias, 9 Jul 1812, Elkanah Hanscom. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

In the 1850 USC of Crawford, Maine, she was enumerated in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Nathaniel and Rhoda (Hanscom) Grover. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 6 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 31, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1998, 588 pages), pp. 331-332. Cit. Date: 1 Dec 2020.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 June 2022), memorial page for Fannie Hanscom (unknown–2 Mar 1856), Find A Grave: Memorial #29125353, citing East Machias Village Cemetery, East Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-HFQ6?i=8 : 14 January 2020), "at Machias, July 9th [1812], Elkanah Hanscom and Fanny Munson, both of Machias, by Ebenezer Tyler, Esq."
4. ↑ Jackman, Mrs. Beulah G., Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 41. Cit. Date: 13 Jun 2022.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-J7J : 22 December 2020), Fanny Hanscom in household of Nathaniel Grover, Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).