Hannah (Williams) Mulford (abt. 1647 - 1718)

Born about 1647 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith — married 24 May 1667 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Thomas Mulford — married before 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1718 at about age 71 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

Hannah was born about 1647; her date of birth is estimated based on her marriage in 1667.^[1] Her place of birth is unknown. Her father was first a resident of Plymouth, then was in "Eastham by 1649" when he was surveyor of highways.^[2] In the absence of other records, either Plymouth or Eastham is possible.

She married first 24 May 1667 at Eastham^[3] to John Smith. He died and his inventory was published Feb 1678/9.

She married second, as his second wife, Thomas Mulford of Eastham. Their marriage date is unknown, but before she was named in her father's 1692 will as Hannah Mulford. The fact that Thomas Williams named Hannah's children from her first marriage and no Mulford children suggests that all of Thomas Mulford's children were with his first wife.^[4]

Hannah died 10 Feb 1717/18 at Eastham.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. page 438 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB496/i/13260/438/24793172
2. ↑ Anderson, citing PCR 2:139
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Volume: Eastham-Orleans -V1 Page MD V.4, Page 33 Marriage Record for John and Hannah (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010 (Membership Required))
4. ↑ Barclay, Rachel E., “The two wives of Thomas Mulford of Eastham, Mass.,” The American Genealogist, vol. 40, no. 4 (Oct 1964): pp. 193-8.
5. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XXH  : 27 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 110, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 12.

• Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-QNYN  : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 330, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 3.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #51539892 retrieved 7/18/2019 Hannah Williams Mulford (1647–10 Feb 1718), citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Becky Doan (contributor 46821009)
• Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-QJ7X : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 331, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 5. (Marriage)