Hannah (Wiseman) Anstey (abt. 1823)

Born about 14 May 1823 in Twillingate, Newfoundland Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

A Hannah and William Anstey moved from Twillingate to Little Bay Islands ca 1851.^[1] Many accounts have a Hannah's maiden name as "Wiseman".^[2]

Their family history is described her:^[1]

William Anstey and John Locke came here the same year, 1851 or 1852, Anstey from Twillingate and Locke from Tizzards Harbour. They both settled at Anstey's Cove, but later moved to this harbour. They both had large families, one fourteen and the other thirteen. William Anstey had the following sons: George, who married Maria Jones daughter of the first George Jones; He is the father of our present Alex Anstey; Richard married John Campbell's daughter and Henry married Mary Taylor and settled at Pilleys Island, and is the grandfather of our present minister, Rev. R. Rowsell; Peter had no descendants. The following are some of the many daughters: Virtue, who married Thomas Jones, Esther who married John Jones, (about whom we shall have more to say later).

It's unclear for certain who Hannah's parents were. But there was a Hannah Wiseman born May 14, 1823 in Tizzard's Harbour, the daughter of Phillip and Virtue Wiseman^[3] It seems very possible that these were her parents, since it appears Hannah named her daughter after her mother.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} A Brief History of Settlement and People of Little Bay Islands, by H.T. Burden (Teacher). Little Bay Islands U.C. School Magazine 1942. "Little Bay Islands. Past, Present and Future. An Historical Review." by United Church School Pupils, 1942 - p. 3-7. Accessed online, 2017.
2. ↑ FamilySearch online tree, profile of Hannah Wiseman, b. 1823. Accessed 2021.
3. ↑ Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site Baptisms Solemnized in the Parish of Twillingate in the Island of Newfoundland 1816 through 1823. Amalie Lewis Tuffin, 2002. Accessed 2017.