Hannah (Besse) Havens (1767 - 1841)

Born 13 May 1767 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Peleg Havens — married 14 Oct 1784 (to 27 Jul 1841) in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1841 at age 74 in Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Hannah, the fifth daughter and twelfth of fifteen children of Ephraim Besse and Elizabeth Hayden was born on 13 May 1767 at Norwalk, Connecticut.

Marriage and Children

Hannah married Peleg Havens, the son of Silas and Elizabeth Havens on on 14 October 1784 at Amenia, Duchess, New York. [Needs source]. Peleg and Hannah had nine children:

1. Artemesia Havens (b. 1785),
2. Silas Havens (b. 1786; d. 1855), m. 1806 at Erie, New York, Nancy Gage (1786-1874)
3. Peter Besse Havens (b. 1790; d. 1859), m. 13 Aug 1812, Diadamia Hitchcock (1791-1849)
4. Diadama Havens (b. 1791; d. ),
5. Joseph Havens (b. 1793; d. 1855), m. say 1812 at Oneida, New York, Betsy Hunt (1797-1875)
6. Peleg Havens Jr. (b. 1795; d. 1868), m. say 1815, Lydia Gorton (1798-1863)
7. Franklin Besse Havens (b. 1796; d. 1881), m. 1821 at Oneida, New York, Hannah (Unknown) (1800-1854)
8. Hannah Havens (b. 1800; d. 1886), m. 1822 at New York, Benjamin Wait Babcock Jr. (1800-1861)
9. Besse Havens (b. 1801; d. ),

Death and Burial

Hannah (Besse) Havens died on 27 July 1841 in her 72nd year at Westmoreland and is buried in the Blackmer Cemetery at Westmorland, Oneida, New York. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11198262/hannah-havens : accessed 19 November 2021), memorial page for Hannah Besse Havens (1769–21 Jul 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11198262, citing Blackmer Cemetery, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Sheila Farrington Schweitzer (contributor 48199574).

Acknowledgements

• Biography written with inline sources by Carol Baldwin on 19 November 2021.