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Hannah Hall - William Wetherell & Joseph Sears

Started by Private User on Saturday, May 4, 2013
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Private User
5/4/2013 at 6:43 PM

There are many online trees that show Hannah Hall married to William Wetherell & Capt. Joseph Sears. The death dates tend to be the same, but birth dates can vary slightly (between 1680-1682). However when we get into the shared tree, things just don't line up. Children overlap with birth dates, different sources offer different possible parents. We have two profiles for Hannah, both currently MP to prevent merging.

* Hannah Hall Wetherel, daughter of Samuel Hall & Elizabeth Pratt
* Hannah Sears, daughter of Capt. John Hall, of Medford & Priscilla Hall

So, it seems we have a couple possibilites - they are the same Hannah and one set of parents is wrong. Or, and I think this is more likely given dates and such, their are two Hannah Hall persons, one married Joseph, another married William. So, which is which... Any help you can provide would be helpful. Let's get it right on Geni!

So far, it is my guess, that Hannah that married Joseph, was the daughter of John & Priscilla. And that the Hannah that married William was the daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth, but this is just based on a mix of online trees and is based on no real research.

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Dan Cornett C
5/4/2013 at 6:56 PM

... if you haven't done so yet, seek location info -- land records may help with the children, at least, and that might lead back to info on the location of the parents -- and hopefully not all of them in the same town during the years of the births of the Hannahs!

Private User
5/4/2013 at 7:32 PM

Some sources have the Hannah that married William as being born c1686, in Freetown, Briston, MA. This would line up with their children. The other Hannah appears to be born in Barnstable, MA, where their children were born. I'll update it with this info, but it's still early..

Private User
5/4/2013 at 7:58 PM

Actually, the other sources have Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, which is the same area for 4/8/1682.

Private User
5/4/2013 at 8:20 PM

Good sources... has media attached.
http://www.nicholsonclan.com/getperson.php?personID=I557&tree=N...
* http://nicholsonclan.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=80&medialinkID=231
* http://www.nicholsonclan.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=79&medialink...
Erica Howton C
5/4/2013 at 10:01 PM

May I suggest this site?

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/

They've transcribed & scanned the Birth / Marriage / Death records for much of Mass before 1850. There's also an ebook.

Barnstable county & Bristol county are very different - Barnstable is Cape Cod.

Private User
5/5/2013 at 4:29 PM

Thanks Erica, I haven't found them on that site yet but some of the links are not working.

I think the death date of Jul. 28, 1753 is best attributable to Hannah Hall that married Joseph Sears. The grave is in Barnstable along with other Sears family. So I'm going to update that. It looks like the birth date of 4/8/1682 is best attributed to the Hannah Hall, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth that looks to be married to William. She was born in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, which best fits with that family.
Erica Howton C
5/5/2013 at 4:52 PM

No death date but confirms parents, spouse & birth date

http://archive.org/stream/nicholaswhitefam03loth#page/16/mode/2up
Erica Howton C
5/5/2013 at 5:13 PM

Hannah's not listed in Taunton Birth VR, but her siblings are:

http://MA-VitalRecords.org/MA/Bristol/Taunton/Images/Taunton_B195.s...

Sam Reckford
9/15/2016 at 10:26 AM

Here's an intriguing addendum, I'm descended from the Hannah Wetherell line, but I got a DNA match with a Hannah Sears descendant. The estimated relationship was consistent with the two Hannahs being the same person. I'm not sure what to make of it, since I would have bet that the two Hannahs were separate individuals. Maybe we have a separate, undiscovered, relationship.
Dan Cornett C
9/15/2016 at 10:49 AM

... or, one or the other of the branches is 'crossed-over' incorrectly ... or, depending on the specifics, the two DNA tests may not be sufficient to distinguish them.

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