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Walter Hatch (1623 - bef. 1701)

Walter Hatch
Born in Stepney, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 6 May 1646 in Scituate, Plymouth Colonymap
Husband of — married 5 Aug 1674 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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Died before before age 78 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Walter Hatch immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Walter was baptised March 1623 at St. Dustan, Stepney, England, the son of William Hatch and Jane Young. (The date is not clearly legible but its is betwee the 25th and 28th inclusive)[1] After Walter's birth, his parents were married by license July 9, 1624,[2] (Prior to the discovery of the baptism in the St. Dustan, Stepney, Parish register, it was believed that William had a first wife by whom he had his first son Walter, and that the reference to him as bachelor in his marriage to Jane Young was a clerical error. The baptism confirms that Walter was born to the couple prior to their marriage.).[1]

Walter came to Massachusetts aboard the "Hercules of Dover" in 1634/5. [3]

Marriage Record for Walter Hatch & Elizabeth Holbrooke at Scituate is recorded as follows: "Walter and Eliz[abeth] Holbrooke, d. Thomas, May 6, 1650.[4][5][6]. Elizabeth is the mother of all of Walter's children that are mentioned in his will.

The name of Walter's second wife is unclear in the Marshfield records. They merely show: "Walter Hatch and --- ---stable, m. 5 Aug. 1674." [7] Goodwin says that family history says her name was Mary Stable. [8] And we can agree that her name was indeed Mary Stable by combining this marriage record with Walter's will cited below.

In a deed from John Hatch to Joseph Clap dated 19 Mar 1705/6. – land "granted to Walter Hatch by the prsent Comitttee ye 21 of february 1699/700 and one acre more of upland granted in the right of Elder Hatch and two acres of swamp land being part of a grant of 4 acres of Swamp land granted to the aforsd Walter Hatch late of Scituate deceased by the sd committee the 24th of May 1699:" [9] Charles Lathrop Pack, author of "Thomas Hatch of Barnstable ..." interpreted the above deed to say he died 24 May 1699 according to a deed from Walter's son John, dated 19 March 1705/6,[10] but the fact that the first mentioned grant was actually after the second mentioned grant negates this interpretation.

Walter's death was after the land grants on 24 May 1699 and 21 Feb 1699/1700 and before his inventory 1 April 1701.

Children

All born at Scituate:

  1. Hannah born 13 March 1651[11]
  2. Samuel born 22 December 1653[12]
  3. Jane born 1744[13]
  4. Antipas born 26 October 1658[14] died 7 December 1705[15]
  5. Bethia 1662[13]
  6. John 1664[13]
  7. Israel 25 March 1667[16]
  8. Joseph 9 December 1669[17]

Will [18]

Walter made his first Will on March 3, 1681/2. Apparently his son Antipas became incompetent, and Walter's final Will as signed on August 29, 1698, and proved on April 2, 1701, the inventory of his estate taken 01 April 1701.[19] In his Will, he mentioned:

  • wife: Mary
  • sons: Samuel, John, Israel, Antipas, Joseph
  • daughters: Jane Sherman, Bethia Ford

Research notes

The FamilySearch index lists last name at birth as Younge on some citations of baptismal record.[20] From a close reading of the record it is clear that Walter's last name was always meant Hatch.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 West, Randy. Updates from English Records for Some Great Migration Immigrants Who Came by 1635, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Fall 2018) Vol. 172, WN 688. Page 355: "William had only one wife and his son Walter was born out of wedlock to this couple." Subscription$
  2. ↑ "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGN2-29TZ : 18 April 2019), Wm Hatch, 9 Jul 1624; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Marriage, Thanington, Kent, England, United Kingdom, page 13, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England.
  3. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. Page 242. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)
  4. ↑ "Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850", page 145.
  5. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; [1] subscription required
  6. ↑ Marriage Record for Walter Hatch & Elizabeth is May 6, 1646 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHY-R4R
  7. ↑ "Marriages from the Early Records of Marshfield, Mass." The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1862). Vol 6, page 348.
  8. ↑ Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. (1996) Vol. II. Gardner-Moses; Page 228
  9. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986 Plymouth Deeds 1705-1711 vol 7 pp 105/6 image 215 of 504
  10. ↑ Charles Lathrop Pack, Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & some of his descendants; the descent of Alice Gertrude Hatch and her husband, Charles Lathrop Pack, from Thomas Hatch and allied families (Newark, N.J.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1930), p. 39 :"d. 24 May 1699 " From a copy of a deed from Walter's son John, dated March 19, 1705[/6], now [1930] in the possession of Israel H. Hatch of Marshfield, Massachusetts."
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-75N : 20 May 2022), Walter Hatch in entry for Hannah Hatch, 13 Mar 1651; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-W3D : 20 May 2022), Walter Hatch in entry for Samuel Hatch, 22 Dec 1653; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Mentioned in Will: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/62067/75/74647340
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-4MQ : 20 May 2022), Walter Hatch in entry for Hatch, 26 Oct 1658; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-7TVT : 20 May 2022), Hatch in entry for Flutipas Hatch, 7 Dec 1705; citing Death, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-HXY : 20 May 2022), Walter Hatch in entry for Isreal Hatch, 25 Mar 1667; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-HX1 : 20 May 2022), Walter Hatch in entry for Joseph Hatch, 9 Dec 1669; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
  18. ↑ Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. (1996) Vol. II. Gardner-Moses; Page 228-229
  19. ↑ Plymouth County Probate Records, Docket #9609, Will of Walter Hatch, Scituate (1701), Vol. 1:335-337, Will signed 20 Aug 1698, Will proved 2 April 1701; Vol. 1:337 Letter of Admin dated 02 Apr 1701; Vol. 1:338, Inventory dated 01 Apr 1701,
  20. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66JX-RTR7 : 11 July 2022), Walter Younge, 1623.




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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

Please feel free to improve the profile(s) by providing additional information and reliable sources. PGM encourages the Profile Managers to monitor these profile for changes; if any problems arise, please contact the PGM Project for assistance. Please note that PGM continues to manage the parent's profile, but is happy to assist on the children when needed.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Bill Pease
Hi All, Working on Walter Hatch's Bio. I see that he is born and baptized before his parents marry. FS even has two versions of the citation to the parish records. One that calls him "Walter Younge". And another that names him "Walter Hatch". Is everyone still okay with leaving his LNAB as Hatch and not changing it to Younge?

"England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66JX-RTR7 : 11 July 2022), Walter Younge, 1623. "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66NB-FQFG : 11 July 2022), Walter Hatch, 1623.

To conclude: I propose to mention the Birth name confusion seen on FS, but maintain Hatch as Walter's LNAB because of the weight of research at American Ancestors, all of which refers to Walter as Walter Hatch

posted by Bill Pease
edited by Bill Pease
Zeller-948 Ray Zeller
From his arrival until his death he remained essentially British. He spoke like an Englishman, used the crown's money, and dressed in a doublet, waistcoat and britches. As town constable he walked the dirty streets carrying a six-foot brass-tipped staff, calling the time of night and the weather. He was also responsible for errant animals, public drunkenness and predator bounties entered into the "Animal Book".

Source: Sarah Messer Author of Red House.

posted by Ray Zeller
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Sorry, Raymond, as Bobbie pointed out below, Red House does not cite its sources, so it's not considered reliable.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Zeller-948 Ray Zeller
Walter Hatch's house was owned continuously by his descendents until it was sold by Richard Warren Hatch in 1965 to Dr. Ronald J and Patricia Messer.

Source: Sarah Messer daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Messer.

posted by Ray Zeller
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Could you please clarify what you mean by this source? Thanks!
posted by Jillaine Smith
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
The book can be borrowed on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/redhousebeingmos0000mess
  • Messer, Sarah, Red house : being a mostly accurate account of New England's oldest continuously lived-in house, ( New York : Viking, 2004).

The book does not, unfortunately, cite any sources. There are a few notes and documents in the back of the book.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Zeller-948 Ray Zeller
Sorry, I knew I should of included. She is the Author of the book Red House about the history of a house various branches of the Hatch family of North Marshfield lived in.
posted by Ray Zeller
Zeller-948 Ray Zeller
Walter Hatch had an unusual death. He was struck by lightning and although it's not clear if he succumbed instantly it is presumed the major cause of his death . I feel that just adding this sentence to the "death" portion of his biography would humanize his life.

Source the book Red House Sarah Messer

posted by Ray Zeller
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
What does the author cite for the info about the lightening strike?
posted by Jillaine Smith
Zeller-948 Ray Zeller
She was talking about the the storms with lightning strikes that would occur in the Scituate area
posted by Ray Zeller
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
It's on page 67

https://archive.org/details/redhousebeingmos0000mess/page/66/mode/2up

There is no source for the claim. We need to find independent and preferably contemporaneous documentation of his cause of death.

Generally this red house Book is not reliable. It does not cite any sources.

posted by Jillaine Smith
M Cole
This may be where she got the story: "History of the Briggs Family" (1938)

Still no original source

posted by M Cole
M Cole
I've looked through the sources Torrey provides and I can find no mention of death by lightning, that includes Perley Derby, Descendents of William Hatch of Scituate and also a section on Walter in Walter Goodwin Davis, Joseph Neal Ancestry.

If there were a record of such a death, I believe it would have been included in at least one of them.

posted by M Cole
edited by M Cole
B-404 Anne B
Thanks Chris. Glad someone else agrees with my interpretaion. Changing date to before probate.
posted by Anne B
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Okay, got it -- to me, that reads rather clearly that Walter was alive on 24 May 1699 when the swampland was granted to him, and _still_ alive on 21 Feb. 1700 when he was granted the upland acreage. I don't think this helps ascertain his death date except to let us say that it was _after_ 21 February 1700 (and, _before_ the inventory of 1 April 1701, as Bobbie underscores below). I think "Thomas Hatch of Barnstable" is offering an erroneous interpretation of the text, incorrectly connecting "deceased by" with the May grant date.
posted by Christopher Childs
B-404 Anne B
See the bio I added the exact wording there (should have mentioned it before) and put the link in the citation.
posted by Anne B
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Anne, are you saying that Walter's son John received the grant of land from his father in 1699 (as implied in the footnote at https://archive.org/details/thomashatchofbar00pack/page/38)... or that _Walter_ received the grant?? (Can you post a link to the deed?)
posted by Christopher Childs
B-404 Anne B
We have a source for the 1699 date (a deed). I didn't think I would find said deed but... The language is somewhat ambiguous. There is the date 24 May 1699 when he recd a grant of land and another 21 Feb 1699/1700 (which is after the May date). And it speaks of in the right of Elder Hatch (Walter's father). Thoughts on interpreting this?
posted by Anne B
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Walter's estate was inventoried 01 April 1701, will proved and letters of administration issued 02 April 1701. I've read through the documents (see source under Plymouth County Probate records) and there is no indication of a death in May 1699 in the probate file. There is no death for him in the Scituate VRs that I can find under any variation. The death date should probably be shown as before 01 April 1701, unless another source can be provided for the 1699 date.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
The NEHGS record taken from "Early Marriages and Births at Scituate" confirms the m. date to "Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Holbrook" as May 6, 1650. (See https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21083/219/426694842 .) This also makes sense when the birth of their first child is taken into consideration -- 1651. I'd suggest that the 1650 year be entered in the m. data field as well as the Bio, for consistency's sake.
posted by Christopher Childs
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
In the handwritten original, while the marriages just above it are clearly dated 1646 and 1649, Walter's -- and the marriage below it -- are in a separate group, suggesting a different year. At the extreme right end of Walter & Elizabeth's line, you can just barely make out 165_, apparently 1650. -- Marriages on the next page begin with 1658, so clearly, the dates do jump from group to group!
posted by Christopher Childs
Dexter-600 David Dexter
Scituate Vital Records has Walter's marriage to Elizabeth recorded 06 May 1646

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHY-R4R : 5 November 2017), Walter Hatch and Elizabeth, 06 May 1646; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.

posted by David Dexter
Smith-35023 Sharon Smith
https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Holbrook-of-Weymouth/6000000000229567914?through=6000000001689509536
posted by Sharon Smith

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