Hannah (Brooks) Page (abt. 1768 - 1840)

Born about 1768 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Page — married 17 Jan 1785 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1840 at about age 72 in Vermont, United States

Biography

Hannah Brooks was born about 1768, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Bathrick) Brooks. (Birth year based on her age at time of her death.)

She married Peter Page or Paige in Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1785.^[1] Her sister, Sibil Brooks, married Peter's brother Elijah. They lived in Dewey's Gore, Vermont, at the time of the 1790 census.^[2] In March of 1792, the family - including the couple and their 3 children - moved to Hardwick, Vermont. In History and Genealogy of the Page Family from the Year 1257 to the Present,^[3] Charles N. Page writes of this time that they traveled by

"drawing them on a hand sled over the deep snow while he wore snow shoes. His youngest son, Jabez, who was pulled along in a wooden bread trough, afterwards became a member of the Vermont legislature. Peter made the first clearing in town and was a pioneer settler there, enduring great hardships in that wild northern section, far from civilization."

They had 9 children:

• John O., 1781-1839
• Levi, 1787-1873 marr. Priscilla Ingalls
• Betsey, b. 1789; marr. John Dana
• John C., 1791-1835; marr. Rhoda Smith
• Elihu S., 1793-1886; marr. Phebe Mitchell
• Aurey or Amy, 1795-1864; marr. Enoch Smith
• Peter, 1796-1862
• Thomas John, 1800-1884; marr. Mercy Ward
• James, 1802-1880; marr. Eliza Sweet

Hannah died in 1840 when she was 72 years old. She is buried at the Sanborn Cemetery in East Hardwick, Vermont.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 004243211; FHL microfilm: 1001291; Image number: 1822; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: M02262-9
   FamilySearch Record: FLXH-XY5 (accessed 1 March 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DZ5W-CGX
   Hannah Brooks marriage to Peter Page in 1785 in New Hampshire, United States.
2. ↑ 1790 Census: "United States Census, 1790"
   citing Page: 195,196; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M637; Line: 5158; Digital film/folder number: 005157143; FHL microfilm: 0568152; Image number: 153
   FamilySearch Record: XH2M-LRJ (accessed 1 March 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYYJ-996C
   Peter Page in Orange, Orange, Vermont, United States.
3. ↑ Page, Charles N., History and Genealogy of the Page Family from the Year 1257 to the Present, 1911, pp. 86-87
4. ↑ Death: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 004667386; FHL microfilm: 0027646; Image number: 1936; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I11308-6
   FamilySearch Record: XFKW-X2J (accessed 1 March 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 939V-S6L6-J
   Hannah Paige death 18 Apr 1840 (age 72), spouse of Peter Paige, in Vermont, United States.