Hannah (Prence) Sparrow (bef. 1634 - bef. 1698)

Born before 12 Dec 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Mayo — married 13 Feb 1649 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 23 Nov 1698 at about age 63 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster. She was born in Plymouth ater 22 May 1627 (her name was not listed in the Division of Cattle) but before 12 December 1634, when her mother was known to be deceased.^[1]

Hannah, b. prob. at Plymouth bef. 1635; d. at Eastham aft. 23 Nov. 1698; m. 1) at Eastham, 13 Feb. 1648/9, Nathaniel Mayo, b. Eng. ca. 1627; d. at Eastham bet. 19 Dec. 1661 and 4 Feb. 1661; 2) at Eastham bet. 5 June 1667 and 11 Sept. 1671, Jonathan Sparrow, b. Eng. ca. 1633/4; d. at Eastham, 28 Oct. 1654, Rebecca Bangs; and 3) at Barnstable, 23 Nov. 1698, Sarah (Lewis) Cobb, wid. of James.^[2]

Hannah, m. 1st, Feb. 13, 1649/50, Nathaniel Mayo, at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts son of Rev. John and Thomasine Mayo. His will was proved March 4, 1661.

Hannah and Nathaniel Mayo had the following children:

• Thomas Mayo, b. Dec 7, 1650/1; d. Apr. 22, 1729; m. June 13, 1677, Barbara, dau. of Richard and Ruth (Bower) Knowles, of Plymuth, b. Sept. 28, 1656. Res. Eastham. 9 chn.
• Nathaniel Mayo, b. Nov. 16, 1652/3; d. Nov. 3, 1709; m. 1st, June 28, 1678, Elisa Wixam; m. 2d, June 10, 1708, Mercy, wid. of Nathaniel Young. 7 chn. of first w.
• Samuel Mayo, b. Oct 12, 1655; d. at Eastham Oct. 29, 1738; m. twice. 6 chn.
• Hannah Mayo, b. Oct. 17, 1657.
• Theophilus Mayo, b. Dec. 12, 1657.
• Bathsheba Mayo, b. bet 19 Dec. 1661 - Mar 1662^[3]

Hannah married. 2d, at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, after 05 JUN 1667 as his second wife, Capt. Jonathan Sparrow, son of Richard and Pandora Sparrow^[4], who d. March 21, 1706/7, age 73. Res. Eastham. Nath. Mayo was a prominent townsman and Jona. Sparrow was 'a deputy, representative and magistrate many yrs., also a military man.'^[5]

Jonathan Sparrow and Hannah had the following children:

• Patience Sparrow, m(1) 27 May 1691 Joseph Paine;^[6] m(2) 23 Nov 1715 John Jenkins^[7]
• Richard Sparrow, b. March 17, 1669/70.; m. 4 Feb 1701 Mercy Cobb^[8]

In 1678, Hannah, wife of Jonathan Sparrow, in the time of her widowhood was granted six acres of land.^[9]

Hannah, d. before November 23, 1698 when her husband married again.^[4] Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Research Notes

• Elizabeth Sparrow Freeman is a daughter of Jonathan Sparrow by his first wife, Rebecca Bangs^[10] and has been removed from the list above of the children of Jonathan and Hannah Prence.
• Jonathan Sparrow and Lydia Sparrow Freeman are also the children of Jonathan Sparrow and Rebecca Banks and have likewise been removed from the above list.^[11] Stevens-17832 23:22, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Twenty Four, Part 1, Elder William Brewster (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth MA, 2014) , pg. 156
2. ↑ Lowell
3. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" Page 161
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ferris: Page 693
5. ↑ Brewster: Page 21-22
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-6FN5 : 31 October 2019), Joseph Paine and Patience Sparrow, 27 May 1691; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010725.
7. ↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection Software (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001), p. 68.

   "John Jenkins & Patience Pain wid. 23 Novr 1715. [married pr Esqr. Parker]"

8. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4N-ZYQ : 4 December 2014), Richard Sparrow and Mercy Cobb, 04 Feb 1701; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 778,357, 905,406.
9. ↑ 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-L979-9XFC : 3 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 33, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 56.
10. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2014), vol. 24, part I, p.161.
11. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2014), vol. 24, part I, p.162.

See also:

• Bowman, George Ernest. "The Heirs of Captain Jonathan Sparrow as Shown by a Conveyance Dated 5 October, 1708", The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1912) Vol. 14, Page 2

• Susan E. Roser. Mayflower Marriages. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. [ ]

• Winsor, Justin. A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, With Genealogical Registers. published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007. Originally published Boston, 1849, reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1995., [ ]

• Freeman, Frederick. The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of The Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, Volumes 1 and 2,. Vol. II. published online by Google Books, 2009. original publisher: Geo. C. Band & Avery & Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1858., Google Books

• Lowell, D.O.S., A Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy, being the ancestry of Andrew Chauncey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins (Boston, 1920)

• Ferris, Mary. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (Privately Printed, 1943) Page 693

• Brewster, Lewis W., Elder William Brewster and the Brewster Family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (A.G. Brewster, Portsmouth, 1908)

• Beaman, Alden G., Mayflower Ancestral Index (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth MA, 1981)

• National Genealogical Society Quarterly

• Mayflower Families, 1500s-1800s (Genealogical Publishing Company, Broderbund) CD #171: Knowles Family - pg. 442

• Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Twenty Four, Part 1, Elder William Brewster (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth MA, 2014) , pg. 156

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