Hannah (Howland) Wood (1708 - aft. 1743)

Born 10 Sep 1708 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Wood — married 10 Sep 1728 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1743 after age 34 in Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

Birth

Hannah Howland was born 10 July 1708, to father, Nicholas Howland, at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. ^[1]. Her mother, Hannah (Woodman) Howland was referred to in Hannah's marriage record.

In her mother's Last Will, dated September 3, 1734, she mentions children: "Samuel, Nicholas, Daniel, Job, Benjamin, little daughter Edith, Abigail Russell, Mary Tucker, Rebecca Sanford, and Hannah Wood”. ^[2]

Marriage & Children

Marriage Record Anomaly & Spouse William Wood
In a copy of Dartmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records, Marriages is:

Hannah, Jr., and William Wood, Jr., both of D., Sep 10, 1728 [Intention not recorded]." ^[3] The William Wood profile attached [prior to the current PM adoption] is the son of Daniel Wood.

"William Wood, Jr. and Hannah Howland, Jr., both of Dartmouth, entered into the state of marriage ye 10th day of September, 1728, before me, Samuell Willis, Justice of the Peace." ^[4][5][6]The Howland family history source records they married 10 March 1728, but cites no reference for this date. ^[2] It may be the marriage intention. Hannah and William Wood, Jr. had the following known children ^[7]

• Josiah Wood, b. 27 Feb 1729 ; m. 11 Jul 1753, Hannah Tucker ^[8] ; his Will was probated 22 Jan 1801, Bristol, MA.
• Luthan Wood, b. 16 Jan 1736/7 ; m. 1st Sarah ____ at Dartmouth; m. 2nd Susannah Wing 8 Sep 1773, Dartmouth ; residence yr 1800, Dartmouth ; Will probated 7 Jul 1806, Bristol county, MA.
• Cynthia Wood, b. 9 Jul 1742

Death

Her death record has not been located at this time.

Research Notes

CAUTION: Note the number of contemporary Hannah Howlands' born in Dartmouth abt the same time frame as this profile.

• Hannah (Howland) Wood, b. 10 Jul 1708, dau. Nicholas & Hannah, [this profile]; m. William Wood of Dartmouth (b. 1706).
• Hannah (Howland) Allen, b. 2 Feb 1708, Dartmouth, dau. John & Joanna (Shove) Howland ; m. John Allen, 28 Dec 1732, Barnstable, Bristol, MA.
• Hannah (Howland) Briggs b. 17 Sep 1711, Dartmouth, dau. Henry, & Deborah (Briggs) Howland ; m. Edward Briggs, 10 Sep 1732, Dartmouth, Bristol, MA.
• Hannah (Howland) Gifford, b. 1 Aug 1715, Dartmouth, dau. John & Mary (Cook) Howland ; m. Joseph Gifford, 2 Jul 1761, Dartmouth ; QUAKERS
• Hannah Howland, b. 27 Dec 1726, Dartmouth, dau. Zoeth & Sarah Howland ; m. James Sisson, 6 Dec 1750, Dartmouth she was his 1st wife ; No WikiTree profiles. Refer to her father Zoeth Howland

CAUTION: Other William Wood identities who married at Dartmouth [Dartmouth VRs]:

• William Wood, b. 19 Apr 1692, New Bedford, Bristol, Plymouth, son of William & Mary (Allen) Wood; QUAKER m. Keziah Hedger abt 1730; Note New Bedford is abt 4 miles from Dartmouth.
• William Wood, b.7 Feb 1700, Little Compton, R.I.; m. 1st Hannah Shaw (b. 7 Mar 1699-d.1734, Little Compton, R.I.) abt 1719; he removed to Fairhaven (part of Dartmouth) & m. 2nd Patience (Ellis), the widow Wing, 29 Sep 1737 at Dartmouth dau of Freeman Ellis.
• Wood, William of Warrentown, R.I. m. Sarah Pettis of Dartmouth., int. 16 Apr 1751 No WikiTree profiles

Location Comment

Her birth location lies in the southernmost coastal area of Massachusetts. Dartmouth, Bristol, Mass. borders the complete eastern side of Rhode Island. Newport and Bristol, RI (relatively large colonial developments) being about equidistant from Dartmouth.

Old Dartmouth’s town borders were originally named in the land purchase from the Wampanoag Indian Chief, Massasoit, as the lands of "Acushnea, Ponagansett, and Coaksett”; the present-day municipalities of Dartmouth, New Bedford, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Westport, Tiverton and Little Compton.

In 1789, the towns of Westport and New Bedford, which included Fairhaven and Acushnet, separated from Old Dartmouth and were incorporated as towns themselves.

Sources

1. ↑ "Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850" p.124. NEHGS; Boston, Massachusetts. Reprinted (subscription online db) Lehi, UT., USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2018. Accessed 15 Jul 2021.

   https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24947919?h=e98853

   https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24948861?h=9a906e

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Howland, Franklyn "A Brief Genealogical & Biographical History of Arthur, Henry & John Howland and their Descendants of the United States & Canada" p.83-84. Pub. New Bedford, Massachusetts by the Author, 1885. Accessed 15 Jul 2021.

   p.83 https://archive.org/details/briefgenealogica00howl/page/167/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Hannah

   p.84 https://archive.org/details/briefgenealogica00howl/page/169/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Hannah

3. ↑ "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850: Dartmouth: V2, Marriages" p. 253/576. (Subscription Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2001-2016). Accessed 22 Jul 2021. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7690/253/140849507
4. ↑ Transcribed ledger: https://www.westport-ma.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif1441/f/uploads/38._marriages_1728-1729.jpg
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-CWYY?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DC-T32%3A353350701%2C353554501%2C353556701 : 22 October 2020), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 393 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
6. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. "Massachusetts Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850" Reprinted by Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0883792. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 15 Jul 2021.
7. ↑ "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1/2" pg. 384 [Warren] quoting from Dartmouth VRs:148. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2013,Accessed 15 Jul 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24949449?h=9cff2c
8. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880 p.399 "Josiah Wood, son of William & Hannah his wife, m. Hannah Tucker 11th d. 7th mo. 1753", Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 399.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-CWYY?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DC-T32%3A353350701%2C353554501%2C353556701 : 22 October 2020), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 393 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, pages 184 to 186; compiled under the supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M.; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1913

• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Name Hannah, Jr. Howland Gender Female Spouse William, Jr. Wood Marriage Date 10 Sep 1728 City Dartmouth County Bristol Source Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0883792.

Acknowledgements

• 15 Feb 2017 profile created by Wilbur-403, a grand-niece descendant.