Hannah (Salter) Searle (abt. 1636 - 1691)

Born about 1636 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England [uncertain]

Wife of Philip Searle Sr. — married 28 Sep 1652 in Ottery, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1691 at about age 55 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Salter, daughter of James Salter, was probably born near Ottery St Mary, Devon, England.^[1]

Hannah married Philip Searle on 28 September 1657 at Ottery St. Mary^[1][2] (banns posted 21 August 1657).^[3] They had the following children, all baptized at Ottery St. Mary:

1. John, born 22 July, baptized 29 July 1658; married first Mary Ruggles and had children; married second Mary (Griggs) Fielder^[1]
2. Philip, born 1 March, baptized 2 March 1660/1; married Hannah Ellis and had children^[1]
3. Margaret, baptized 13 August 1664; married her cousin Ebenezer Searle^[1]
4. James, baptized 12 August 1668; died 11 April 1738 in Stonington, Connecticut^[1]

Hannah arrived in New England with her family before 11 September 1671, when Francis Ball was fined for "entertaining his brother in law Philip Searle and his family in his house without license from the selectmen whose answer was that he was to speedily remove to Roxbury".^[1]

Hannah died 16 December 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.^[1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Holman, Mary Lovering. "Notes on Some Immigrants from Ottery St Mary, Devon, England" in The American Genealogist. Searle. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, vol. 16 (1939) pp. 89-91. AmericanAncestors.org($)
2. ↑ "Devon Marriages And Banns", Archive: South West Heritage Trust; Reference: 180A/PR/1/14, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription ($), First name(s): Phillipp; Last name: Searle; Marriage date: 28 Sep 1657; Place: Ottery St Mary; Denomination: Anglican; Spouse's first name(s): Hannah; Spouse's last name: Salter; County: Devon; Country: England.
3. ↑ "Devon Marriages And Banns", Archive: South West Heritage Trust; Reference: 180A/PR/1/14, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription ($), First name(s): Phillipp; Last name: Searle; Banns date: 21 Aug 1657; Parish: Ottery St Mary; Spouse's first name: Hannah; Spouse's last name: Salter; Residence: Ottery St Mary; Spouse's residence: Ottery St Mary; Denomination: Anglican; County: Devon; Country: England.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH58-RY9 : 20 May 2022), Hannah Searle, 16 Dec 1691; citing Death, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.