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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hannah 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 Hannah:
Because there were enough Hannahs contemporary to each other in Sudbury, Marlborough and nearby, linked with the Rice, Ward, and Brigham families, closer examination was required to confirm her origins, namely that she was:
daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore
that she was first married to Eleazar Ward who was killed in King Philip's War in April 1676
that she then married Richard Taylor in Sudbury.
Evidence:
The will of Henry Rice; names his seven daughters one of whom is "Hannah Taylor".
The 1686 will of William Ward makes a small bequest to Hannah, wife of Richard Taylor, mother of Hannah by my deceased son Eleazar Ward.
The 1719 will of Hannah Brigham Eames Ward supports the case that Hannah Brigham did not marry Eleazar Ward but first Gershom Eames, and second, William Ward Jr., thereby removing her from consideration.
That Hannahs birth is not recorded may be explained by NEHGS Volume 17, p. 171, which indicates: "Mid. [Middlesex] records do not contain births, marriages, or deaths from Sudbury in the years 1650, '51, '52 or in '53 prior to the 8th of August." She was likely born between the Sudbury-recorded births of her siblings, Elizabeth (b 1648) and Jonathan (b 1654).
Buckley, you've got some massive duplication happening here (from a previous merge or two?). I'm focused on those I've detached from here, and know little to anything about Jonathan Hubbard and Hannah Rice, dau of Samuel, but if I can get back here and help you sort it out, I'll try.
Evidence:
The will of Henry Rice; names his seven daughters one of whom is "Hannah Taylor".
The 1686 will of William Ward makes a small bequest to Hannah, wife of Richard Taylor, mother of Hannah by my deceased son Eleazar Ward.
The 1719 will of Hannah Brigham Eames Ward supports the case that Hannah Brigham did not marry Eleazar Ward but first Gershom Eames, and second, William Ward Jr., thereby removing her from consideration.
That Hannahs birth is not recorded may be explained by NEHGS Volume 17, p. 171, which indicates: "Mid. [Middlesex] records do not contain births, marriages, or deaths from Sudbury in the years 1650, '51, '52 or in '53 prior to the 8th of August." She was likely born between the Sudbury-recorded births of her siblings, Elizabeth (b 1648) and Jonathan (b 1654).