Hannah (Rogers) Bayley (abt. 1644 - 1721)

Born about 1644 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Samuel Pratt — married 19 Jul 1660 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 29 May 1721 at about age 77 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Rogers was born about 1644 based on her gravestone, perhaps in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of John and Judith Rogers.^[1][2]

She, recorded as Hannah Rodgers, married Samuel Pratt on 19 September 1660 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[3]

Her father, "John Roggers of Weymouth", named her in his will, dated 8: 12: 1660 and proved 30 April 1661, as Hannah Paratt, she to receive £5 within two years, as well as her husband Samuel Pratt to recceive £8.^[1]

Samuel died between 12 April 1679 when he wrote his will, and 16 October 1679 when his will was proved.^[4] He named Hannah in his will along with his "brother John Rogers" as his executors. In his will he named his sons John, Samuel, Ebenezer, and unnamed daughters. He named as overseers his "brother Joseph Pratt," John Richards and Samuel White.

Her gravestone in Weymouth was recorded in 1869:^[2]

Here Lyes Ye Body Of

Hannah Baley Formerly

Wife To Samuel Pratt

Aged 77 Years

Departed This Life

May Ye 29th

1721

Children of Hannah by first husband Samuel Pratt born Weymouth:

1. Judeth or Judah Pratt, b. 25 Jun 1661 or 01 Jul 1661
2. John Pratt, b. 17 Aug 1663^[4]
3. Hannah Pratt, b. 21 Dec 1665
4. Mary Pratt, b. 03 Mar 1668
5. Samuel Pratt, b. 15 Nov 1670^[4]
6. Experience Pratt, b. 08 Jan 1672^[5]
7. Ebenezer, b. ?, named in father's will^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Trask, William B., "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass.," NEHGR Vol. 10(1856):265-6, Deacon John Rogers.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Loud, John J., "Epitaphs from the Older Half of "Burying Hill," Weymouth, Mass." NEHGR Vol. 23(1869):121.
3. ↑ NEHGS,Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910), Volume 2: 154.

   "Pratt, Samuel and Hannah Rodgers, Sept. 19, 1660"

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Suffolk Co Probate Records file #1117, Will of Samuel Pratt of Weymouth.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45Y-YF5 : 4 December 2014), Hannah in entry for Experience Pratt, 08 Jan 1672; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 158; FHL microfilm 2,031,513. Parents: Samuel Pratt and Hannah

• Bailey, Gertrude E; Ellsworth, Abbie F; Reed, William H; Bailey, Hollis R (Hollis Russell), Bailey Genealogy: James John, and Thomas, and their descendants: in three parts, Bostonpubliclibrary; americana, 1899
• Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889. Tower genealogy: an account of the descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. / compiled under the direction of Charlemagne Tower. Cambridge [Mass.] : John Wilson and Son, 1891-2003. p. 88
• Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1910) Vol. 2, Page 154.

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