Hannah (Burnham) Hunt (1723 - 1808)

Born Aug 1723 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Hunt Sr. — married 15 Feb 1740 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Apr 1808 at age 84 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Hannah Burnham, daughter of Josiah was baptized i Aug. 1723 in East Hartford, Connecticut. Her sister Irene was baptized there on 5 June 1726.^[1] Their mother, Hannah (Stedman) Burnham was alive in 1728 (per deed) but apparently died soon after, as her father Josiah Burnham married Margaret Wood 12 Feb. 1729 at East Hartford. Josiah and Margaret moved to Montague, Massachusetts and had a family, but Hannah and her sister were raised by her mother's relatives in Lebanon, Connecticut.

Hannah Burnham married Daniel Hunt on 15 Feb. 1740 at Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut.^[2]

The family moved to Sharon, in Litchfield County, in the 1740s, apparently accompanied by Hannah's sister Irene, who married Obadiah Chapman on 10 April 1747.

Hannah was born about 1723. She passed away 1808. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ International Genealogial Index
2. ↑ "Early Connecticut Marriages" by Frederic W. Bailey, book 2, p. 41.
3. ↑ Vermont Vital record on ancestry.com

See also:

• [ *https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46535382 US Find A Grave memorial. Memorial has right stone but wrong date written in by contributor. stone cannot be read. actual date year is 1809]
• Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut *Marriages. book 2,
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. from Godfrey Memorial Library. Middletown, CT, USA:
• US Rev War Pensioners 1801-1815, 1818-1852. T718:1818-1872 22: widow pensions 1853-1872. www.ancestry.com
• Vermont Vital records on ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Schmeeckle for creating WikiTree profile Burnham-899 through the import of Hunt.ged on Dec 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.