Hannah (Townsend) Way (1641)

Born 4 Apr 1641 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Hope Allen — married about 1671 (to 1677) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Richard Way — married 13 Aug 1689 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Hannah Townsend was born in Boston on April 4, 1641 the daughter of William and Hannah (Penn) Townsend. Her siblings were Eliezer, Patience, Peter, Mary, James, Josiah, Deborah, Penn, and John. Peter James and Deborah (who married Nathaniel Thayer) and Penn were the only ones who lived long enough to be married.^[1]

Marriages

She married (1st) Thomas Hull in Boston on April 3, 1657. He died by August 10, 1670 in Boston.^[1]

Children of Hannah and Thomas Hull all born at Boston:

1. Hannah was born January 24, 1657/8 and died February 9, 1657.
2. William was born January 23, 2659 and died September 27, 1660.
3. Mary was born August 22, 1661 and died March 19, 1661/2.
4. Thomas was born January 16, 1662/3 and died August 1, 1663.
5. Hannah was born March 1, 1663.
6. Mary was born February 18, 1665.
7. Samuel was born August 14, 1667.

Her (2nd) marriage as the 3rd wife of Hope Allen. They were married after September 29, 1671 and before January 1672..Their 1st child, James Allen, was born September 6, 1672. They were man and wife for only about five years when he died in Boston between June 18 and July 21, 1677, again she was left a widow, and this time she was carrying a child not yet born; this child named "Hope was born June 18, 1677. Children were:^[1]

1. James (twin) born September 6, 1672 and died by May 1677.
2. Elizabeth (twin of James) married Andrew Wager;
3. Deborah born March 26, 1674, m. Rev. Deodate Lawson son of Rev. Thomas Lawson of Denton, Norfolk;
4. Rachel was born May 16, 1676 and died by May 1677.
5. Hope born June 18, 1677; living in December 1691.

No will has been found for Hope Allen, but the inventory, dated July 27, 1677 contained a very large house estimated at L450. The estate was totaled at L660, 10 s. which included "2 negroes a man & woman."^[1]

Her (3rd) marriage occurred between August 1, 1677 and January 28, 1678/9 to Richard Knight of Boston, a shopkeeper. Jacob Allen, son of Hope sued his step mother, Hannah and her now husband Richard Knight saying he had not received the L60 that his father left him in his will. The verdict was for the plaintiff so Richard Knight was forced to mortgage the property in 1677 to provide Jacob Allen with his legacy. Richard Knight was alive as late as August 25, 1684. No children were born to this couple.^[1]

Again she married to Lt. Richard Way who was her 4th husband. They were married at Boston on August 13, 1689. Richard died at Boston between January 2 and October 28, 1697, intestate, and the couple had no children.^[1]

There is no recorded probate for Hannah (Townsend) Way in Suffolk, Middlesex or Essex Counties.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Hope Allen and Granddaughter Deborah (Wager) Henchman" by Winifred Lovering Holman. Vol. 102 p. 177ff

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Hope Allen and Granddaughter Deborah (Wager) Henchman" by Winifred Lovering Holman. Vol. 102 p. 177ffa subscription site $

See Also

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 66, pp 282, 283.for subscribers $