Hannah Parruck was born sometime prior to her baptism on 17 December 1710.[1] She was the daughter of John Parruck and Hannah Beardsley.
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She married John Sherwood on 6 April 1727 in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[1] They had 14 children.[1]
Hannah Parruck died on 5 March 1777 in Newtown, Connecticut.[2][3][4] She was buried in Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[2][3]
"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F76R-QMF : 9 February 2018), Hannah Sherwood, 05 Mar 1777; citing Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,200.
Find A Grave, database and images, Find A Grave: Memorial #141990650, citing Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The death date inscribed on her gravestone is clearly visible in the photo that appears on this web page (when the "original" version of the photo is viewed at full resolution.
Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library. Vol. 36, Headstone Inscriptions, 413-1 & 2 Village & Town Plot Cemeteries, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Page 18 Image: "Sherwood, Hannah, wife of John, died Mar. 5, 1777, age 67 yrs."
Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 2, Page 865 Image: "Hannah Parruck [wife of John Sherwood]; dau. of john, bapt. 17 Dec. 1710"
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002)
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However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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