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Hannah (Wickes) Burton (abt. 1634 - bef. 1701)

Hannah "Anna" Burton formerly Wickes
Born about in Staines, Middlesex, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Wife of — married 1654 (to 1701) in Rhode Islandmap
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Died before before about age 67 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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[Note: the marriage date is estimated based on the marriage of their eldest child Elizabeth in 1674. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y.]

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Biography

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

Anna Wickes was born about 1634, by her age on the ship Hopewell in 1635, daughter of John and Mary Wickes, who originated from Staines, Middlesex, England and first settled at Warwick, RI. (p. 389-90)[1] [2]

She married William Burton by about 1654. [1] [3]

  • 1668: Feb. 1: William Burton and wife Hannah sold a house, land and orchard in Warwick to John Gorton. [3]
  • 1668/9: Jan. 30: John Wickes Sr. deeded to his son-in-law William Burton of Mashantecutt, land consisting of 2 acres and 6 acres in Warwick. [1]
  • 1680: May 17: John Wickes of Oyster Bay, Long Island, deeded to his brother-in-law William Burton and Hannah his wife, lands in Warwick, previously belonging to their father John Wickes Sr. [1][3]

Hannah died prior to Dec. 15, 1701, when William entered an agreement with Isabel Moss (sic), whom he was about to marry, about their estates. [3] Isabel (Potter) Morse, was the widow of Ephraim Morse. (p. 504)[4]

William died on Feb. 20, 1713/4. [5][3]

His will was written March 20, 1703, with a codicil added on July 8, 1713. It was proved on June 25, 1714. In it he left bequests to:

  • only son John, executor
  • wife Isabel
  • daughter Susanna and her husband Samuel Gorton
  • eldest daughter Elizabeth Hedges
  • daughter Hannah Carpenter
  • daughter Rose Fowler
  • daughter Ethalannah Clarke
  • granddaughter Mary Curbit [3]

Children

  1. Elizabeth born ___; married Thomas Hedges on Oct. 30, 1674. (p. 26)[6][3]
  2. ___ daughter born ___; married ___ Curbit. (presumably from granddau Mary Curbit in his will) [3]
  3. Hannah born ___; died in 1726; married Timothy Carpenter, son of William and Elizabeth (Arnold) Capenter. [3]
  4. Rose born ___; married ___ (?Henry/John) Fowler. [3]
  5. Ethalannah born ___; married Jacob Clarke. [3] [7]
  6. Susannah born about 1665; died June 25, 1737; married first Samuel Gorton on Dec. 11, 1684 (p. 26)[6]; married second Richard Harris. [3]
  7. John born May 2, 1667 (p. 152) [6]; died July 15, 1749; married Mary ___, who married Benjamin Searle after John's death. [3]


Source notes

Passengers of the Hopewell Master Thomas Babb: Second Voyage of 1635

Jo. Weekes tanner Age 26 11 Sept 1635
Marie Weekes Age 28 11 Sept 1635
Anna Weekes Age 1 11 Sept 1635 [2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Anderson, Robert C. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1995. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Winthrop Society: Descendants of the Great Migration [https://web.archive.org/web/20160715165102/http://winthropsociety.com/ships/hopewell2.htm "Passengers of the Hopewell, Master Thomas Babb Second Voyage of 1635"] (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 14 Jul 2016.)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Austin, John Osborn. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, Albany, NY, 1887. Reprint: Genealogical Publishing Com, Baltimore, MD
  4. Anderson, Robert C. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 2007. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
  5. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 2: Providence County, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, RI
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 1: Kent County, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, RI
  7. Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985
  • Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) Volume VII, T-Y Page 390
  • Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
  • England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2014)
  • Gorton, Adelos,. The life and times of Samuel Gorton : the founders and the founding of the Republic : a section of early United States history and a history of the colony of Providence and Rhode Island plantations in the Narragansett Indian country now the state of Rhode Island, 1592-1636-1677-1687 : with a genealogy of Samuel Gorton's descendants to the present time. Philadelphia: unknown, 1907.




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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).

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