Hannah (Horton) Trevally (abt. 1632 - aft. 1700)

Born about 1632 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Jonas Bower — married after 1657 in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony

Wife of Thomas Trevally — married about 1675 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony

Descendants

Died after 1700 after about age 68 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony

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Biography

Hannah (Horton) Trevally immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

In Search of Barnabas Horton by Jacqueline Dinan and published in 2015 states that Hannah Horton was the daughter of Barnabas Horton and Anne Smith. She married three times to men of Southampton, New York. The Dinan book shows no marriage to a man named William Mapes, as has been found in some historical stories, which include a later Hannah Horton, daughter of Caleb, to a Mapes.

She was named as eldest daughter Hannah Trevalle in her father's 1680 will.^[1]

Hannah Horton was born in the early 1630's^[2]in England, most likely in Leicestershire or Warwickshire.^[2]and died after 1700.^[2] She was the daughter of Barnabas Horton^[2]and his first wife Anne Smith.^[2]

Hannah married first Thomas Hildreth ^{[3] [2]}of Southampton,^[2]who died in 1657.^[2]

Children of Hannah Horton and Thomas Hildreth:^[2]

1. James Hildreth born about 1649.He was rated at 30 pounds in 1683, 48 pounds in 1696, and 46 pounds in 1700.
2. Joseph Hildreth born about 1651. He married Hannah Jessup on September 11, 1678. He was chosen to serve as constable for Southampton in 1687 and a town trustee in 1694, but refused the office of collector in 1697, choosing to pay the 40 shilling fine penalty instead.
3. Jonathan Hildreth. He was rated at 30 pounds in 1683 in one of the few public records, which confirms his existence.
4. Hannah Hildreth was born about 1654.

Hannah married second Jonas Bower^{[3] [2]} who was a weaver of Southampton who died in 1671.^[2]

Children of Hannah Horton and Jonas Bower^[2]:

1. Jonah Bower born about 1660 and died by April 7, 1712. He married Ruth Howell on April 12, 1686.
2. Isaac Bower born in 1668 and died January 20, 1746. His will was proved on February 10, 1745.
3. Mary Bower married William Terbell/Tarbill.
4. [daughter] Bower

Hannah married third Thomas Trevally. Thomas was a cooper of Southampton and died in January 1687/8. There are no known children of this marriage.^[2]

Hannah survived 3 husbands and died after 1700.

Witchcraft

Hannah (Horton) Trevally was accused of being a witch by a neighbor. In 1683 her husband Thomas Trevally filed a complaint against Edward Lacy, saying “the Defendant injuriously called the Complainant’s wife a witch and said she set his corn on fire and sat upon his house in the night” and that “he was bagridden 3 nights by her”. The case was apparently withdrawn and Trevally paid court costs of three shillings and six pence ^[2][4]

Research Notes

Henry B. Hoff, in his "Additions and Corrections" (See Sources) is explaining who Hannah ( - ) Hildreth Bower was. He summarizes by saying "The children of Barnabas Horton appear to have been born between 1625 and 1650, and as Hannah was eldest daughter, the chronology would be appropriate for her to have married (1) Thomas Hildreth, who died by 6 October 1657, (2) Jonas Bower, who died by 6 June 1671, and (3) Thomas Travally who died by 13 January 1687--and to have had children by the first two husbands."

Sources

1. ↑ William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Vol. I 1655-1707, Collections of the New York Historical Society, 1892. https://archive.org/stream/abstractswillso03kellgoog#page/n128/mode/2up/search/Barnabas
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Dinan, Jacqueline. "In Search of Barnabas Horton" Pynsleade Books, New York. 2015, pp. 175-177, 279-280.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior To 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004); digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed May 27, 2014)
4. ↑ Howell, George Rogers, The Early History of Southampton, L.I., New York, with Genealogies, Second Edition (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1887, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/404944-the-early-history-of-southampton-l-i-new-york-with-genealogies?offset=451995, p.95-96

• Henry B. Huff, "Additions and Corrections to "Peter Hildreth of Southampton, Long Island" by Emma D. Morris, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 123, #4, Oct. 1992, p.210, FindMyPast.com.

• Sheppard, Jr., Walter Lee. Origin of The Bowers, Leeks and Crosthwaits of South Jersey, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 211.