Hannibal Handy (1685 - 1746)

Born 31 Oct 1685 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Experience (Perry) Handy — married 1 Dec 1719 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Died 21 Jun 1746 at age 60 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Hanibal Handy was born "last of October", 31 Oct 1685 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He died 21 Jun 1746 presumably at Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

He married 1 Dec. 1719 Experience Perry, daughter of John and Elizabeth Williamson Perry. She was born in Sandwich on 1 March, 1691, and probably died between September 1736 and January 1739.^[1]

Parents

father: Richard H. Handy

mother: Hannah Unknown

Name

Hanibal Handy

Birth

31 Oct 1685 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Death

21 Jun 1746 Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children of Hanibal and Experience^[2]

1. Nathan b. 21 Jan. 1720 d. b. 4 Nov. 1733
2. Elizabeth b. 6 Oc.t 1722 m. 21 Aug. 1746 Joseph Claghorn son of Robert and Bethiah (she was widow of Nathaniel Lothrop). Joseph was born in Barnstable 25 Aug. 1704
3. Seth b. 2 July 1725
4. Hannah b. 28 Aug. 1726
5. Nathan b. 4 Nov. 1733

Probate

Hannibal died intestate and on 3 June 1754, Benjamin Hammond of Rochester was granted the administration of his estate.^[3]

His inventory was taken on 21 June 1746, and had been "left in the hands of Mr. James Haward". Mr. Haward delivered them to Elizabeth Handy, eldest daughter of Hannibal who had married Joseph Claghorn. Other items were found in the hands of Isaac Handy of Sandwich and at his daughter Elizabeth's. ^[4]

In 1756, an account of his estate was recorded which included debts, doctor bills, funeral charges, and legacies to Seth Handy (eldest son), Elizabeth Handy, Nathan Handy, and Hannah Handy.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Brownson : p. 131
2. ↑ Brownson: p. 131-3
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-68WR : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 144 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-6884 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 271 & 273 (images are out of sequence) of 298; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XWBV : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1755-1758 and 1859-1862 vol 14-14E > image 57-58 of 498; State Archives, Boston.

• Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney) , of Plymouth, Mass., and MacLean W. McLean, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Richard Handy of Sandwich, Mass. (ca 1645-1719) The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Vol. 45(1971) p. 124-137 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Richard Handy
• The Connecticut Quarterly (Hartford, Conn., 1897) Vol. 3, Page 237