Martha (Cummings) Hatch (1727 - abt. 1804)

Born 12 Nov 1727 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of William (Virgin) Virgil Jr. — married about 1747 in Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Wife of Elijah Hatch Sr — married about 1780 in Green River, Columbia, New York, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1804 at about age 76 in Athens, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Martha was born in 1727.^[1]

She married (1) William (Virgin) Virgil Jr.. They had about 9 children.

William died in about 1777.

She married (2) Elijah Hatch about 1777, as his second wife.

She passed away about 1804.

Notes

Isaac Hatch's affidavit in Joseph Whipple's Revolutionary War Pension papers, p. 737: ... from the time he could remember until after his marriage aforesaid, her parents having resided as neighbors to him and his parents in Hillsdale aforesaid; and her maiden name was Mary Virgil, her father's name being William Virgil; that her father died when the said Mary was a child and her mother married for a second husband Elijah Hatch who was an uncle of affiant; that said Mary Virgil married one John Smith about the year in which the War of Revolution closed, that said John Smith lived only about a year and died leaving said Mary a widow, without any children; that she remarried a widow two or three years or thereabouts, and married said Joseph Whipple at the time and place aforesaid.

Mark Whipple's affidavit in Joseph Whipple's Rev War Pension papers: ... and he states that the native place of the said Mary Whipple was Hillsdale in the county of Columbia and state of New York at a place called Green River; that she was born and resided there; that her fathers name was William Virgil, who died when she was quite small, and her mother married a man by name of Elijah Hatch for her second husband and his mother's name was Mary Virgil...

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1034 #327638 (accessed 26 June 2022)
   Martha Cummings born on 12 Nov 1727 in Killingly.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 April 2020, 09:48), entry for Martha Cummings (PID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRND-HVL); contributed by various users.
• A Virgil Family History; An early Virgil/Virgin family of Massachusetts & New York (Cox, Judith Whipple, 2016)