Hannah (Moffett) Trimble (bef. 1752 - aft. 1810)

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• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Volume III. Page 466. "16th November 1752. John Christian's bond as guardian (appointed) of Catherine, Wm., and Hannah Moffett, orphans of John Moffett, with sureties Francis F. McCown, Robert Brown. (Note similar statement on same page for Robert Christian's bond to Mary and Robert Moffett; next page has William Christian's bond to George and John Moffett.)

• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Volume III. Page 238. "17th November 1758. John Trimble's bond (with John Anderson, John McCreary) as guardian (appointed) to Hannah Moffett, orphan of John Moffett."

• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Volume II. Page 146. "In 1771 or 1772 Robert Trimble moved with his family to this country and settled about two miles from the land in question, lived there until some time after the Commissioners' Court, and then moved to Kentucky. Mary Moffett deposes 24th August, 1810, in Washington County. She remembers that in 1772 Robert Trimble moved to the country. Trimble was then married to Mary's husband's sister."

• United States Federal Census. 1810. Kentucky. Livingston County. Page 148. Presumed to be in the Robert Trimble household. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=687116&indiv=try

• Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Jos. A. Waddell. 1902. Book is available as a scanned document at Ancestry.com. Page 124 mentions Hannah's mother Mary Christian marrying John Moffett. Page 177 continues discussion of the Moffett children and their relationship with the Trimbles, although neither page names Hannah explicitly.