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Hannah (Wetherbee) Hale (1751 - 1789)

Hannah Hale formerly Wetherbee
Born in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], and [half]
Wife of — married 26 Oct 1769 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at age 38 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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[Notes: (1) Son Paul's baptism is recorded as son of Daniel and Elizabeth, not Hannah. [1] (2) Daughter Bettee's death is recorded from her gravestone as Oct. 1770, [1] however it is October, 1778, transcribed incorrectly. See her guardianship record, aged 1 in April, 1777, died before May, 1779. [2]]

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Biography

Hannah Wetherbee was born in 1751.

She married first, Daniel Stearns on October 26, 1769 at Lunenburg. [1] Daniel, son of Thomas and Lydia Stearns, was born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts on July 13, 1749 [3] and baptized at Leominster, Massachusetts on bap. September 3, 1749. [1]

Her husband Daniel died at Leominster on June 4, 1777. [1]

His estate inventory was submitted on July 2, 1777 as assessed at L462: 1: 12 with L370 being real estate. [4]

On July 7, 1777, widow Hannah Stearns notified the court that she declined administration of her husband's estate and requested that 'her father Thomas Stearns', be appointed. Thomas Stearns posted bond and then was appointed adminstrator of Daniel's estate. [4]

Thomas Stearns, as administrator was ordered by the court to pay the following sums from the estate balance of L54: 13: 5: 1, to Daniel's heirs, or their guardians on April 7, 1778, as follows:

  • to the widow - L 14: 7: 5: 3
  • to eldest son Daniel, a double share - L13: 15: 2
  • to the remaining three children- L6: 17: 7 each [4]
On April 7, 1778, Thomas Stearns was appointed guardian to Daniel Stearns, a minor aged six years, son of Daniel Stearns of Leominster, deceased. [5]
A guardian's bond was posted for Paul Stearns of Leominster in 1778. (papers missing) [6]
On April 7, 1778, Thomas Stearns was granted guardianship of Betty Stearns, a minor aged one year, daughter of Daniel Stearns of Leominster deceased. On May 3, 1779, Thomas gave a final accounting of his guardianship of Betty, now deceased including the amounts paid for the doctor, for digging her grave and her coffin. [2]

After his death his widow Hannah married Samuel Hale Jr. on July 8, 1784. [1] Her husband Samuel was born and baptised at Leominster on May 25, 1749, son of Samuel and Elener (Smith) Hale. [1] [7]

On October 29, 1784, one third of Daniel's real estate, consisting of a 218 acre farm was set off to his widow Hannah, now Hannah Hale, as well as personal items of furniture and a cow, acknowledged by Thomas Stearns, adminstrator and guardian, Samuel Hale and Hannah Hale. [4]

Hannah died at Leominster on August 22, 1789, aged 38. [1] She is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery at Leominster. Her inscription reads in part: MRS. HANNAH HALE wife of Mr. Samuel Hale, Jr. who died Aug. 22, 1789. aged 38. And their infant daug^r. ESTHER HALE, who died Aug. 23, 1789. aged 2 days.[8]

After her death, Samuel married widow Hepzibah Whitney of Ringe, New Hampshire intentions published at Leominster on October 24, 1790. [1]

He died on June 13,1834 and is also buried at Pine Grove. [9]

Children

by Daniel Stearns

  1. Hannah born on September 28, 1770. [1]
  2. Daniel born on February 25, 1772. [1]
  3. Paul baptized on September 25, 1774. [1]
  4. Bettee born in 1777; aged one year in April, 1777, died before May 3, 1779. [4]

by Samuel Hale

  1. Betsey born on December 11, 1786. [1]
  2. Esther baptised on August 21, 1789: died 2 days later on August 23, 1789. [1]

Research notes

Leominster Births

Stearns, Daniel, s. Thomas, bap. Sept. 3, 1749. C.R.
Stearns, Hannah, d. Daniel and Hannah, Sept. 28, 1770. (p. 133)
Stearns, Daniel, s. Daniel and Hannah, Feb. 25, 1772. (p. 132)
Stearns, Paul, s. Daniel and Elizabeth, his wife, bap. Sept. 25, 1774. C.R.
Hale, Betsey, d. Samuel and Hannah, Dec. 11, 1786. (p. 67)
Hale, Samuel, s. Samuel and Elener, May 25, 1749. (p. 69)
Hale, Esther,d. Samuel Jr. and Hannah, bap. Aug. 21, 1789. CR. (p. 67)

Leominster Marriages

Stearns, Daniel and Hannah Wetherbee Jr. of Lunenburg, Oct. 26, 1769. In Lunenburg. (p. 260)
Hale, Samuel Jr. and Wid. Hannah Stearns, July 8, 1784. (p. 211)
Hale, Samuel Jr. and Wid. Hepzibah Whitney of Ringe, N. H., int. Oct. 24, 1790. (p. 211)

Leominster Deaths

Stearns, Daniel, June 4, 1777, in 28th y. G.S (p. 355)
Stearns, Bettee, d. Daniel and Hannah, Oct. 8, 1770 (sic), in 2d y. G.S. (p. 355)
Hale, Hannah, w. Samuel, Aug. 22, 1789, a. 38. G.S. [Aug. 17, Consumption, C.R.] (p. 319)
Hale, Esther, d. Samuel and Hannah, Aug. 23 [17 CR] 1789 a. 2 d. GS. (p.319)
Hale, Samuel, June 13, 1834. [May ___, a. 85 CR]. (p. 319) [1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1911
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Case 55585:p. 1-5  : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55585-co2/52388116
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TLCM : 18 February 2020), Daniel Stearns, 31 Jul 1749; citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Case 55605: p. 1-20: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55605-co5/52388238
  5. ↑ Case 55606: p. 1-3  : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55606-co3/52388256
  6. ↑ Case 55749:1: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30220/55749-co1/682781729
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8K-N5D : 15 January 2020), Samuell Hale, 1749.
  8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114178317/hannah-hale
  9. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28735121/samuel-hale




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