Hannah (Potter) Brooks (abt. 1633 - 1723)

Born about 1633 in Sussex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Blakeslee Sr. — married 3 Dec 1650 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Henry Brooks — married 21 Dec 1676 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1723 at about age 90 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Ancestry and Descendants of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y., by L. E. Steele, page 68-70,1912 [1]

Samuel¹ Blakesley m. Dec. 3, 1650, Hannah Potter, dau. of John¹ and Elizabeth Potter, of New Haven. He bought his home lot at Guilford of Henry Dowd, about 1649. He removed to New Haven between 1653 and 1657, and by the New Haven records, d. May 17, 1672. His inventory amounted to £231, 14s, 9d. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow by the County Court, June 16, 1672. Widow Hannah Blakesley m. 2nd., Henry Brooks, Dec. 21, 1676.

Children of Samuel and Hannah :

i. JOHN² , b. Oct. 22, 1651, d. Sept. 2, 1652.

ii. JOHN 2nd., by tombstone record b. about 1654, bapt. at New Haven Dec. 13, 1655, m. Grace Ventrus.

iii. MOSES, bapt. Dec. 13, 1655.

iv. MARY, bapt. Dec. 13, 1655.

v. HANNAH, b. Oct. 22, 1657. She was the first child of Samuel Blakesley recorded on the New Haven town records.

vi. MARY (2nd), b. Nov. 2, 1659, bapt. Sept 16, 1666; m. John Thomas,

vii. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 8, 1662, bapt. Sept. 16, 1666.

viii. EBENEZER, b. July 17, 1664, bapt. Sept. 16, 1666.

ix. HANNAH (2nd), b. May 22, 1666; bapt. Anna, d. July 8, 1669.

x. JONATHAN, b. Mar 3, 1669, d. July 11, 1669.

xi A son b. Apr. 1672, d. Apr. 1672.

Birth

Hannah must have been born in England. One sometimes sees her birthplace given as "England or Connecticut." However, the family did not come to New Haven until 1639. If she were born in New Haven upon their arrival, she would have been only eleven years old at the time of her first marriage.

The county of her birth was almost certainly Sussex, since her father had been christened at Lewes (Sussex) in 1610 (Gregorian calendar year); her paternal namesake grandmother Hannah (Langford) Potter Beecher continued in Sussex after the death of the grandfather, and later traces of the family are found at the tiny parish of Alfriston (also Sussex, very near Lewes) shortly before their emigration.

Arrival

1639 Connecticut

Marriage

3 Dec 1650 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Hannah (widow) Blakesley

21 Dec 1676 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Death

7 Nov 1723 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Age: About 91

Sources

• Shepard, James. Samuel Blakesley of New Haven, Connecticut, and His Descendants (David Clapp & Son., Boston, 1902) Page 3
• Brooks, Chris. Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) 2:336, Fam. 2, Henry.
• Ricker, Jacqyelyn Ladd. The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006) New Haven VR, wid. Hannah Brooks d.
• Sons of the American Revolution. A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution (A. H. Kellogg, 1902) http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=505263&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
• Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriages Before 1699 (Biblio Co., Pompton Lakes, NJ, 1926)

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Marriage: 3 December 1650 New Haven, Conn.

Marriage: 21 December 1676 New Haven, Conn.

Marriage: 21 December 1676 Wallingford, Conn.

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=971798&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth: 1638 CT. Marriage: 1650 CT.

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Birth: CT. Marriage: 1650

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Birth: 1638 CT. Marriage: 1676 CT.

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934

• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=fsconnecticutdeath&h=1785714&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt