Susannah (Pearey) Hancock (1771 - 1865)

Born 27 Jun 1771 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire

Wife of Simeon Page — married 23 Feb 1792 in Epsom, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1865 at age 93 in Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

SUSANNAH PEAREY/PERRY, daughter of William Pearey/Perry and Anna Mitchell; born 27 June 1771, Rochester, New Hampshire; died 26 March 1865, “in her 94th year.”^[1] She married (1) 23 February 1792, SIMEON PAGE; at the time of their marriage he was of Epsom and she was of Barrington.^[2] She was the mother of Anna, Huldah, Mary, Susannah, Theodate, and Jeremiah Page. Simeon and Susannah also had an adopted son, Samuel Hill, who was born 8 April 1792, but there is no information about when this child joined their family. She married (2) JOSEPH HANCOCK. In 1850 Susannah Hancock, age 79, was living with John P. and Anna (Page) Morrison; in 1860 Susanna Hancock, age 88, was living with the widowed Anna Morrison, daughter of Simeon and Susannah (Pearey) Page.

Susannah’s second husband, Joseph Hancock, was born 29 June 1757, Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, died on a visit to the West, 2 March 1831 (one source says in Illinois, the other in Northfield, New Hampshire, where Hancock was buried in Hodgdon Cemetery). His first wife was Polly Heath, by whom he had 10 children; he was a soldier in the American Revolution.^[3]

CENSUSES

Cs. 1830: Sanbornton, Strafford Co., NH., p. 191;
Susannah Hancock—1 free white female 30-40, 1 fwf 50-60.

Cs. 1840: Sanbornton, Strafford Co., NH, p. 280;
Susannah Hancock—1 free white female 40-50, 1 fwf 60-70.

Cs. 1850: Sanbornton, Belknap Co., NH, p. 58A, dwelling 124, family 132; 22 August 1850; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 425.
John P. Morrison 63 Joiner 600 NH
Anna 58 NH
Charlotte 21 NH
Charles W. 17 Farmer NH

Dwelling—the same (124), family 133
Susannah Hancock 79 NH

Cs. 1860: Sanbornton, Belknap Co., NH, p.o. Sanbornton Bridge, p. 57 hw., dwelling 541, family 504; 21 June 1860.
Anna Morrison 67 Boarding house keeper NH
Charlotte 31 Tailoress NH
Susanna Hancock 88 NH
Joseph Russell 25 Carpenter NH

Dwelling 542, family 505:
Charles Morrison 26 Operative 1200 100 NH
Charlotte M. 24 NH
Lizzie Russell 17 House serving NH

THE PROBLEM:

The surname PEAREY is frequently mistaken for PEAVEY because in 18th and 19th century handwritten records Peavey and Pearey look exactly alike. Many researchers (including me, for a time) were led astray by the Peavey identification, partly because families of both names lived in some of the same regions in New Hampshire.

Susannah's maiden name was not Peavey; it was Pearey (sometimes spelled Perry. EVIDENCE THAT PEAREY IS THE CORRECT NAME WILL APPEAR IN THE PROFILE FOR SUSANNAH'S FATHER, WILLIAM PERRY.

Family Registers

THE FAMILY REGISTERS ARE CORRECT--THE NAME IS PEAREY. From a framed set of family registers. Included in the framed set are Simeon Page/William Pearey records, Ebenezer Morrison records and John Pierce Morrison records.

The Registers are now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library, Irwin, Iowa.

Simeon Page, born April 11, 1756 - Died Dec. 20, 1813. Susannah Pearey, born June 27, 1771 - Mar. Jan. 1792.

Births and Deaths of Children
Mehitable Page, born August 30, 1791.
Anna Page, born August 18, 1792.
Huldah Page, born August 20, 1794.
Mary Page, born January 6, 1798.
Susannah Page, born April 9, 1801 Departed this mortal life, November 7, 1803.
Theodate Page, born November 13, 1807.
Jeremiah Page, born April 10, 1809.
Samuel Hill, born April 8, 1792.

Note on Census

On the 1850 census Susannah (Pearey) Page was no longer a Page because she had married Joseph Hancock; Susannah Hancock was living with the family of John P. and Anna Morrison (her daughter) in Sanbornton in 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Sanbornton, 1: 456.
2. ↑ The marriage was recorded in the town record [Town Records of Epsom, N.H., 1: 426 (G.S. #015, 133)].
3. ↑ Lucy Rogers Hill Cross, History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905 (1905), 160.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117789465/susannah-page: accessed 08 May 2023), memorial page for Susannah Page (1773–26 Mar 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #117789465, citing Park Cemetery, Tilton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by rick pickwick (contributor 47208861).

Sources

1. ↑ History of Sanbornton, 1: 456.
2. ↑ The marriage was recorded in the town record [Town Records of Epsom, N.H., 1: 426 (G.S. #015, 133)].
3. ↑ Lucy Rogers Hill Cross, History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905 (1905), 160.