Hannah (Wright) Stebbins (1626 - 1660)

Born Aug 1626 in Wrightsbridge, Essex, England

Wife of Thomas Stebbins — married 16 Nov 1645 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1660 at age 34 in Springfield, Hampshire (now Hampden), Massachusetts

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Hannah (Wright) Stebbins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

[Note: Some online sources list Hannah's birthplace as Springfield, Massachusetts, which does not make sense for someone born in 1626, since Springfield was not established until 1636]

Biography

Hannah Wright, the daughter of Deacon Samuel and Margaret Wright ^[1] was born in England in 1626,[citation needed]. Hannah, Samuel, Margaret, and other family members were part of the Puritan Great Migration to New England. The family settled along the Connecticut River in Western Massachusetts.

Hannah married Thomas Stebbins in November 1645 in Springfield, Massachusetts. ^{[1] [2]} Thomas was born about 1619/20, at Bocking, Essex, England son of Rowland and Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins. ^{[3] [4]}

They had nine children together: Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph, Sarah, Edward, Benjamin, and Hannah. ^[5]

Hannah, the mother, died two weeks after her youngest child's birth, on October 16, 1660 in Springfield. ^{[6][7] [1] [4] [8]}

After Hannah's death, Thomas married second Abigail (Burt) (Dall) Munn on September 14, 1676. ^{[1] [3] [8]}

Thomas died at Springfield on September 5, 1683. ^[8]

Children

1. Samuel born on September 19, 1646; married first, Joanna Lamb on July 22, 1679; married second Abigail Brooks on December 10, 1685. ^[4]
2. Thomas born on July 31, 1648. ^{[4] [8]}
3. Joseph born on May 18, 1650; died November 29, 1651. ^{[4] [8]}
4. Joseph born on October 24, 1652. ^{[4] [8]}
5. Sarah born on August 6, 1654; married Samuel Bliss. ^{[4] [8]}
6. Edward born on April 14, 1656; died on October 31, 1712. ^{[4] [8]}
7. Benjamin born on April 11, 1658. ^{[4] [8]}
8. Hannah born on October 1, 1660. ^{[4] [8]}
9. Rowland born on October 2, 1660; died on October 21, 1661. ^{[4] [8] [8]}

Burial

Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Coddington, John I. The Stebbing Family of Co. Essex England, and Rowland, Martin, Edward and Editha Stebbing or Stebbins of New England in: The American Genealogist, Volume 31: No. 4, New Haven, Connecticut, 1955 p. 197 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
2. ↑ "Tho: Stebbins & Hannah Wright Joined t[torn]ther in mariage November 1645..." from Springfield, Massachusetts Vital Records, Book 1, page 13
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Anderson, Robert C. Rowland Stebbins in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009, p. 497 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Stebbins, Daniel. Memoir of the Stebbins Family in: The The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 5, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1851 p. 351-2
5. ↑ "Tho: Stebbins & Hannah Wright Joined t[torn]ther in mariage November 1645..." from Springfield, Massachusetts Vital Records, Book 1, page 13
6. ↑ Stebbins genealogy, p. 60.
7. ↑ "Stebbin... Hannah, w. Thomas, 16: 8m: 1660." Springfield Vital Records, Book 1, Deaths, p. 47. Alternate death date from headstone record in Springfield Vital Records: "Stebbin... Hannah, w. Thomas, Aug. 16, 1660."
8. ↑ ^{8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11} Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Burt, and William Pynchon, The First Century of the History of Springfield; the Official Records from 1636 to 1736, with an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Founders (Springfield, Mass., H.M. Burt, 1898), Page 639.

See also:

• Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee. The Stebbins Genealogy. Chicago, 1904. Page 60.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #113684440