Anna Miner (1754 - 1839)

Born 22 Jul 1754 in Stonington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Amos Hewitt — married 19 Mar 1775 in North Stonington, Connecticut

Died 29 Mar 1839 at age 84 in Charlton, New York

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Biography

Anna Miner, born 22 Jul 1754 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the only child of Anna Hewitt, the first wife of Simeon Miner.

She married Amos Hewitt, born in Stonington, Conn about 1752, son of Abijah Hewitt and Mary _____. They were married 19 Mar 1775, at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Connecticut. They had one child, born at Stonington:

• Amos Hewitt, b. Jan 1775

NOTE: Wheeler, in his book, THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., p. 423, incorrectly identified Anna's husband as Amos (#74), the son of Henry Hewitt and Joanna Denison, but that Amos Hewitt died at Canterbury, Connecticut, 17 May 1753, at age 16 years, and was buried in the Old Weaver Cemetery in Canterbury, Connecticut. Other authors of genealogies, which mention this Anna Miner, who married Amos Hewitt, such as John Augustus Miner in his book, THOMAS MINOR AND HIS DESCENDANTS, p. 78 have perpetuated the Wheeler error.

Amos died at sea, probably during the Revolutionary War. After her husband's early death, Anna and her son, Amos, Jr., went to Cayuga County, New York before 1795, which at that time was a woodland wilderness that was only in the early stages of settlement by the post-Revolutionary War migrants from coastal villages. The son apparently died as a young man in Cayuga County, Anna then went to live with her brother-in-law, Thomas Hewitt and his family. She remained with them the rest of her life and was living with them in Broadalbin, Montgomery County, NY, and later in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY, where she died at their home. Thomas, in his will written 9 Jan 1837, provided for his wife and for his sister-in-law, Anna Hewitt, the rest of their natural lives (Saratoga Co. Probate Records, Book 13, pp. 463-466).

Anna (Miner) Hewitt died in Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, 29 Mar 1839, age 84 years, and was buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Charlton, NY.

Sources

• Rootsweb: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nanc/genealogy/breed/aqwg09.htm#29763

• Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN. (1900); p. 423, no. 200: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n445/mode/1up [Note that here is the incorrect Amos Hewitt citation]

• DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Page 63