Hannah (Crane) Purple (1689 - 1780)

Born 4 Aug 1689 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Spencer — married before 1711 (to 19 Dec 1714) in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut [uncertain]

Wife of Richard Purple — married 20 Sep 1717 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

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Joseph Spencer (1681-1714) the son of William and Margaret (Bates) Spencer was born at Haddam, Conn; he was the grandson of Gerard Spencer a founder of Haddam. Joseph married Hannah [parents unnamed] and they had two children, Elizabeth born in 1711 and Joseph, Jr. born Jan 1712/13. Joseph died young (age 33) and Hannah married 2nd Purple-20|Richard Purple]]. At the time of her 2nd marriage she was known as Hannah Spencer and the marriage was recorded as “Richard Purple and Hannah Spencer ware Joyned in marrage September ye 20th 1717” ^{[1] [2]}. In his will Joseph Crane (1661-1707) of Wethersfield, mentions his wife and children including Hannah (Crane) Purple (born Aug 4, 1689) thus linking Joseph Spencer’s widow with the Crane family ^[3]

Not to be confused with: Hannah Spencer (1698-1733) the daughter of William and Sarah (Ackley) Spencer, born in East Haddam, Conn. She married Samuel Chapman of Colchester, who married 2nd Sarah Cahoon.^[4]

Biography

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Notes

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Name

Name: Hannah /Crane/^[5][6]

Name: Hannah Chapman/Purple; also known as Hannah Spencer. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108687424

Birth

Birth:

Date: 04 AUG 1689

Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States^[7][8]

Death

Death:

Date: 20 FEB 1780^[9][10]

Sources

• Wikitree Data: Hannah Chapman/Purple. Also known as Hannah Spencer. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108687424.
• Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
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• Ancestry.com file: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1833111&id=I104103722&printer_friendly

1. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Linus, “The Four Spencer Brothers”, The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT Vol 29 pp 179-180
2. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Register, “East Haddam Records”, Vol 12, pp 43-44
3. ↑ Crane, Ellery Bicknell, “Genealogy of the Crane Family” Vol II, Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, Mass 1900. Page24
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Linus, “The Four Spencer Brothers”, The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT Vol 27 pp 168-169
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Joseph Spencer
6. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Crane
7. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Joseph Spencer
8. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Crane
9. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Joseph Spencer
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Crane

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Spencer for creating WikiTree profile Crane-1269 through the import of William Spencer_2013-10-04.ged on Oct 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.