Hanson Family of
Generation #3
This is the third generation of New Hampshire Hansons, descendants of
Thomas Hanson. I have not been able to trace all the branches into the fourth
generation, and will therefore only continue with those branches that I am
relatively certain of, leading up to the Hanson branch that moved to
(III.5) Tobias3 Hanson
(Jr.), eldest son of Tobias2
Hanson, Thomas1;
married 1.) Lydia Canney, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (
On 4 Feb. 1698/9 Tobias Hanson (Jr.)
gave a power of attorney to his uncle, John Hance, of
Tobias Hanson (Jr.) was a Quaker,[8] and he
died testate in ca. 1745 in NH. His will was dated 1 June 1742 in
In the Name of God Amen. The first Day of June Anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred & forty Two; I Tobias Hanson of Dover in the Province of New-Hampshire in New England Husbandman, being advanced in Years, and Labouring under Infirmities of Body
Imprimis, I Give to my Beloved Wife Ann Hanson the free & Sole use & Improvement of the one half of my Dwelling House which half She Shall Chose, & also the free & Sole use & Improvement of one Third Part of my Barn, During her Natural Life, or so long as She Shall Continew my Widow. I also Give to my said Wife the one half part of ye Produce of my home Place, to be Delivered, & well & Seasonably Housed, by my Son Isaac Hanson Yearly & every Year During her Natural life or the Term of her Continuing my Widow, Except the Produce of Such Part of Said Place as I have given to my Sons Tobias & Joseph Hanson, my Will also is that my Sd Son Isaac Hanson Shall Provide Good & Sufficient fire-wood, for my Sd Wife, at her Door, During the abovesd Term; I also Give to my sd Wife all my Household Goods, as also Two Cows, & Six Sheep, & one Horse or Horse kine to be at her own Disposal.
Item I Give to my Son Tobias Hanson & To his Heirs & Assigns forever Two Acres of Land in the South West Corner of my field, on the opposite Side of the Road to his Dwelling House and Adjoyning to his Mault House, and also all my Right in the Town of Rochester, both in the Divided & in the undivided Lands of Said Town.
Item, I Give to my Son Joseph Hanson & To his Heirs & Assigns for ever a Piece of Land where his Dwelling House now Stands, be it more or less, Beginning at a white-Oake-Stump Standing upon the Hill near to Sheffields Land, & from thence Runing on a Streight Line to the South East Corner of his Ware-House, & from thence Westerly as his fence now Stands, to his Barn, & Sixteen feet beyond, or to ye Westward of his Sd Barn, Runing the Same Course, Containing all my Land lying on the Northerly Side of Said Line, and all the Buildings Standing thereon; as also the Garding Spott of Land which he now Improves, Lying on the Southerly Side of the aforesd Line, and the Land which his Building Stands upon before the front Door of his Dwelling House Also allowing him the Priviledge of Passing & Repassing to & from the Spring of Water, which he now makes use of for Water, Provided he Shall alwayes keep a Sufficient fence, so that my Land Shall not Receive Damage therby; but Reserving also a Privilege to my Self my Heirs & Assigns, of Passing & Repassing between his Sd Dwelling House & Ware House to & from my Land, with Such Creatures as they Shall have occation to Drive. I also Give to my sd Son Joseph Hanson Two Acres of Land Lying in the South East Corner of my Homestead Land, between the Meeting House on Pine Hill, & Brother Benja Hansons Land; And also Thirty Acres of Land at Malligo, So Called, which was Layd out as my Common Right; Together with all my Right Title & Interest in and unto the Common or undivided Lands in the Township of Dover.
Item, I Give to my Son Isaac Hanson & To his Heirs & Assigns for ever, all the Remaining Part of my Homestead Land, that is to Say, all my Homestead Land, Excepting Such Parts of it as I have, by this my last Will Given to my Two Sones Tobias & Joseph Hanson before mentioned; and also one quarter of an Acre more which I Reserve for the Privilege of a Buring Place in that Part of my field where it hath been usual to Bury, for any of the family of the Hansons to Bury their Dead, if they Shall See fitt, with a Priviledge of Passing and Repassing to & from Sd Burying Place, when & so often as they Shall have occation. And I Give to my sd Son Isaac Hanson & To his Heirs & Assigns for ever my Dwelling House & Barn, & all the Orchard, or Orchards Standing upon the aforesd Land; And also Sixty Acres of Land that was Granted me by the Town of Dover, & Lyes in sd Dover on the Southerly Side of the Road that leads from Cochecha to Rochester. I also Give To my sd Son Isaac Hanson all my Stock of Cattle of every kind, except so many of them as I have by this my last Will Given to my Wife Ann Hanson. I also Give To my Three Sons before mentioned, viz: Tobias, Joseph & Isaac Hanson all my farming Tackling, as Carts, Plows, Sleads, Yokes, Chains &cra To be Equally Divided among them, or to be used & Improved in Partnership by them as they Shall See fitt:
Item, I Give To my Three Daughters, viz: Elisabeth Buckston Mercy Varney & Judith Twombly Twenty Pounds apice, or to each of them Twenty Pounds in Cash to be Paid them or their Heirs by my Son Isaac Hanson within the Term of Two Years after my Decease.
Item, I Give to my Grand Son John Hanson Twenty Shillings.
Item, I Give to my Grand Son Timothy Hanson five Shillings.
Item, I Give to my Grand Daughter
And I do hereby Constitute & Ordain my sd Wife Ann Hanson Executrix & my sd Son Isaac Hanson Executor of this my Last Will & Testament, utterly Disallowing & Disannulling all other former Wills Testaments & Executors, by me in any ways before made or named; Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above Written.
Signed Sealed Published & Tobias Hanson
Declared by the sd Tobias Hanson
As his last Will & Testament in
Presence of us
Jona. Cushing
Ichabod Canney
Jos Hanson Tarts
Tobias Hanson (Jr.) supposedly had 3 children by Lydia Canney, and 8 more children by Ann Lord:
A. Love Hanson,[11]
marriage not found, probably died young, not mentioned in his fathers will in
1742.
B.10 Benjamin4 Hanson,
married Mary4 Horne,[12]
daughter of John3 and
Mary2 (Ham)
Horne, by 1720. (Continued in New
Hampshire Generations 4-6.)
C. Elizabeth4 Hanson, born ca. 1694, married
Samuel Buxton, of
D. Mercy4 Hanson, born on 4 Aug. 1699 in
In the Name of God Amen the Second Day of March Anno Domini one thousand Sever Hundred & Seventy one I Stephen Varney of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman being in a weak & Declining State of body
Item I Give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mercy a yoke of four year old steers six sheep & one swine to be at her own disposal forever also one fourth Part of the yearly Income of my Homestead Estate to be housed free of Charge Viz Corn hay Cyder roots & fruits of all sorts Pasturing for one Horse two Cows six sheep & the Increase of the sheep the following Sumer fire wood for one fire Cutt up at the Door all my Household goods Any two Room in the barn for her Hay & Cattle During her remaining my Widow & No longsr but In lieu thereof one third of my Said farm afterwards During her Life.
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Well beloved Sons Stephen Varney Nathan Varney & Daniel Varney & to Each of their Heirs & assigns forever Equaly Divided between them all my right in Easttown (So Called) adjoyning to Salmon fall River not heretofore disposed of all my right in the Estate of my Hond Father Ebenezer Varney Deceased Either in Dover or Rochester & any other Lands I have or ought to have in Said Dover in Posession of my brother John Varney also seven pounds ten shillings lawful mony & three Quarters of my wearing apparrel which together with what I have heretofore given them is to be for their full shares of my Estate.
Item I Give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Moses Varney five shillings lawful mony which with what I have heretofore given him is to be for his full share of my Estate.
Item I Give & bequeath to my well beloved son Joshua Varney five shillings lawful mony & one fourth part of my wearing apparrell which whith what I have heretofore given him is to be for his full share of my Estate.
Item I Give & bequeath to my Well beloved Daughters Mercy Damm & Judith Hoag all my Household Furniture of Every Sort & Kind Immediately after the Decease of their mother to whom I have given the use of it During her Natural life which Said Household furniture together with what I have heretofore given them (is hereby Equaly Divided between them &) is for Each of their full shares of my Estate.
Item I Give & bequeath out of my homestead half an acre of land in a Square Piece (where two children are already buried) to all my children as a family burying Place also free Egress & Regress thereto as Well as through my said Homestead as they may have occasion where the Path or Paths now are used.
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Aaron Varney a comfortable maintainance both in Health & Sickness & a decend Burial out of the Incomes of my Homestead Estate at the discretion of my Executors my will & meaning is that my Said Son Aaron shall live & labour with them & be by them maintained & treated as he used to be in my life time by my self.
Item I Give & bequeath to my well beloved Sons Tobias Varney & Joseph Varney & to their Heirs & Assigns forever Equaly Divided between them all my Estate Real Personal or mixd In the town of Dover or Else where not heretofore Disposed of in this Will.
Lastly I Constitute ordain & appoint my said sons Tobias & Joseph Executors of this my last will & testament who are to pay all the mony Legacies therein mentioned in Six months after my decease & to perform all things for their mother in this will to be Done for her & at her Death to give her a Decent burial & I Do hereby Revoke Disanull & Disallow all & Every Testament by me heretofore made Ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last will & testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Day & year first before Written.
his
Stephen X Varney
Mark
(Witnesses) Sarah Kimball, Ephm Kimball, Thos Wk Waldron
Mercy (Hanson) Varney died on 4 Nov. 1790 in
1. Stephen5 Varney
(Jr.), born on 13 Sept. 1723 in Dover, married Deliverance Lamos,[20]
daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Giles) Lamos (Jr.), on 10 July 1751 in
Dover.[21]
Stephen Varney (Jr.) died intestate on 30 Mar. 1787 in
2. Nathaniel5
Nathan Varney, born on 31 May 1725 in
3. Daniel5
Varney, born on 28 Jan. 1726/7 in
4. Aaron Varney, born on 15 Aug.
1728 in
5. Mercy5
Varney, born on 15 May 1730 in
6. Judith5
Varney, born on 14 Jan. 1731/2 in
7. Moses5
Varney, born on 10 Nov. 1734 in
8. Joshua5
Varney, born on 7 Apr. 1737 in
9. Tobias5
Varney, born on 10 Oct. 1738 in
10. Joseph5
Varney, born on 7 Oct. 1740 in
E.11 Tobias4 Hanson
(3rd), born
in Mar. 1702 in
F. Judith4
Judey Hanson, born on 7 Feb. 1703/4 in
1. Ann Twombly, born on 15 Aug. 1724
in
2. Samuel Twombly (Jr.), born on 18
Mar. 1726 in
3. Jonathan Twombly, born on 21 Oct.
1727 in
4. Tobias Twombly, born on 24 Dec.
1728 in
5. Judith Twombly, born on 25 Sept.
1730 in
6. Rebecca Twombly, born on 31 May
1737 in
7. Isaac Twombly, born on 23 May
1739 in
G.12 Joseph4
Hanson, Esq., born on 10 Jan. 1703/4 or 1704/5 in
H. Nathaniel Hanson, probably died young,[69] not
mentioned in his fathers will in 1742.
I.13 Isaac4 Hanson, born,
say ca. 1710, probably in
J. Samuel Hanson, probably died young,[72] not
mentioned in his fathers will in 1742.
K. Aaron Hanson, probably died young,[73] not
mentioned in his fathers will in 1742.
(III.6) Benjamin3 Hanson,
youngest son of Tobias2
Hanson, Thomas1; born
ca. 1671,[74]
married
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Trask)
Hanson had children:
A. Anna Hanson, born on 23 July 1703 in
B.14 William4 Hanson, born
on 11 Sept. 1705 in
C. Elizabeth4 Hanson, born
on 12 Sept. 1707 in
1. Benjamin Evans, who settled in
2. Joseph Evans (3rd), who settled in
3. Solomon Evans, born in Aug. 1743,
married Catherine5
Hanson, daughter of John4 and
Phebe (Austin) Hanson (Jr.), on 7 Dec. 1768 in
4. Marcy Evans, married Samuel
Hussey, son of Joseph Hussey, on 3 May 1769. He was born in 1742, and died in
1814. She died in 1828 in
5. Elizabeth Evans, never married,
died on 1 Nov. 1829.
6. (Unnamed child), born in 1731,
died young.
D.15 Benjamin4 Hanson
(Jr.), born on 26 Oct. 1709 in
E. Esther Hanson, born on 26 Apr. 1711 in
F. Joseph4 Hanson, born on 15 Oct. 1714 in
G. Mary Hanson, born on 14 June 1717 in
H. George4 Hanson, born
on 13 Oct. 1719 in
1. George5 Hanson
(Jr.), married Judith Howard, of
2. (Probably others)
(III.7) Thomas3 Hanson
(3rd),
eldest son of Thomas2 Hanson
(Jr.), Thomas1; born
ca. 1679, married 1.) Margaret Maul/Maule, daughter of Thomas Maule,[99] on 9
Oct. 1701 in
Thomas Hanson (3rd) died testate on about
13 Jan. 1728/9 in
In the name and fear of God Amen. The Eighteenth Day of September one thousand Seven hundred twenty Eight 1728 I Thomas Hanson of Dover in his majesties province of new Hampshire in New England being Sick and much discompoased in body
Impris I give and bequeath to Thomas Hanson my well beloved Son the whole farm where on he now Dwells how Soever the Same is or may be bouned or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenences privileges and advantages to my Said Son Thomas Hanson and his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Robert Hanson the whole farm where on he now Dwells how Soever the Same, is, or may be bounded, or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said Son Robert Hanson his heirs and assigns for EverItem I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Timothy a grant of Sixty acres of Land in barbados woods So called how Soever the Same is, or may be bounded or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said Son Timothy Hanson his heirs and assigns for Ever. ItemI give and bequeath to my well beloved Sons Maul Hanson and Jonathan Hanson ninty Seven Acres of Land over the river near mast bridge how Ever the Same, is, or, may be bouned or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said two Sons maul and Jonathan Hanson theire heirs and assigns for Ever my mind will and meaning is that if Either of my Said two Sons maul or Jonathan Hanson die without Isue Lawfully gotten of his body that the Surviver Shall possess the whole but if they have children Equally to be Divided between them or their heirs both in quantity and qualityItem I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Samuel Hanson a pasture or percel of Land on cochecho bounded by James Hanson or how Soever the Same is or may be bounded, or reputed to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said Son Samul Hanson his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to my afore Said Son Samuel Hanson ninty Pounds money or bills of credit to be paid to my Said Son Samuel Hanson his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Sons Solomon and Ebenezer Hanson theire heirs and assigns for Ever all my home Estate where I the Said Thomas now Dwells how Soever the Same is or may be bounded or reputed to be bounded to gether with all houses out houses Barns Edefices fences orchards Gardens trees Stones and all other things Standing Lying, or being on the premisses to them my mind and meaning is that they the Said Solomon and Ebenezer Hanson Shall Equially possess and Injoy without any Devision of the home Estate but Shall Equially and Lovingly maniage it to gether and So Devid the produce and in come between them and if Either of my Said two Sons Die without Isue Lawfully gotten of his body that the Sarviver Shall Injoy the whole. Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Abigail Hanson three hundred pounds of currant money or passiable bills of credit to be raised and Levied out of my Estate when She comes to the age of Eighteen years or her marriage which Shall happen first my mind will and meaning is that if Either of my Said Sons Shall or may Die without a child or children that the Surviving brothers Shall have his or their parts Equially Devided between them that is to Say Thomas Hanson Robert Hanson Timothy Hanson maul Hanson Jonathan Hanson and Samuel Hanson but maul and Jonathan if Either of them Dy without Isue that the Surviver Shall Injoy the whole. Item I give and bequeath to Hanah my Dearly beloved wife whom I Like wise Constitute, make and ordain my Sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament all and Singular the yearly profets and Income of my home Estate to her the Said Hanah for and During her natural Life or the time of her being my widow but if She Do marry to Injoy her thirds and no more as also all and Singular my goods and chattels of what kind or nature or kind Soever they be as also all my money bills or bonds and to Receive all Debts which is owing to me and to pay and Satisfie Debts which I Do in right and Equitty ow to any and as for my black Slave pegg my will is that Shee Shall be Set free in the Speace of two whole years after my Decease if She Do be have her Self well and Dutiful to wards her mis which if not her mis Shall have Liberty to Sell her time to any person for and During the Expiration of Two years and no Longer and my other two black Slaves with the rest of my Estate to my wife Hanah as afore Said as also all my mills privilidge with sawes Doggs and all other Impliments belonging to my Said mills with my Six Sons Thomas Robert Timothy maul Jonathan and Samuel to be Equial in their Shears In the Said mills and that they make use of my privilige on the commons till They all are of age and that my Said Sons Deliver to my wife Hanah Eight thousd feed of good and marchantable pine boords Every year During the time of her continuing my widow and no Longer and that the common rights when the tember is all made use of if the Land be Sould they may have an Equial Shear of the prise and Equially to be Devided between my Said Six Sons but if Either of them Die without Isue Lawfully gotten of his body his part Equally to be Devided between the rest of the said brothers and all and Singular my home Estate after the Decease of my wife Hanah to be Joyntly & Equially between ye two Sons as afore Said Solomon and Ebenezer and the movable Estate to my wife hanah During her Life of what kins Soever they be to be wholly at her Dispoasing that they Shall have nothing to Do with it till after her Decease as also what is coming to me from my father mauls Estate to be Equially Devided between my Six Sons as afore Said and also what is coming to me from my father Hansons Estate to be Devided between my Six Sons as a fore Said and I Do hereby utterly Disallow, revode and Disannul all and Every other former Testaments, wills, Legacies and bequests and Executors, by me in Any ways before named, willed and bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming This and no other to be my Last will and Testament in witness where of, I have here unto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above written as also all my right in Rochester to be Equially between my Eight Sons.
Signed, Sealed, published pro- Thomas Hanson
nounced and Declared by the
Said Thomas Hanson As his
Last will and Testament In the
presence of us the Subscribers
John Houlden
John Carter
Joseph Estes
Hannah (Peirce) Hanson remarried to
Joseph Chesley, son of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Chesley. He died
intestate in 1740 in
Thomas Hanson (3rd) had 6 children by
Margaret Maule, and 3 more children by Hannah Peirce, including:
A.16 Thomas4 Hanson
(4th), born
in 1702, probably in
B.17 Robert4 Hanson, born,
say 1705, probably in
C.18 Timothy4 Hanson, born
ca. 1708,[108]
probably in
D.19 Maul4 Hanson, born
probably before 1711,[111]
married 1.) Sarah Twombly, daughter of John and Sarah (Dame) Twombly, on 28
Nov. 1733 in
1. Josiah5 Hanson, named in his fathers
will.
2. (Possibly a daughter who married
Thomas Footman before 1790.)
F. Sarah Hanson, evidently died young, not named in her fathers will.
G. Samuel4 Hanson, born
on 19 July 1717 in
1. Andrew5 Hanson, mentioned in the
description of the dowry set off to his mother, Sarah Hanson, widow of Samuel
Hanson, of Epping, marriage not found.
2. (Probably others)
H.20 Solomon4 Hanson, born
on 29 Jan. 1719/20 in
I. Abigail4 Hanson, born on 23 Dec. 1721 in
J.21 Ebenezer4 Eben
Hanson, born on 16 Apr. 1726 in
(III.8) John3 Hanson,
second son of Thomas2 Hanson
(Jr.), Thomas1; born
ca. 1681, married Elizabeth3 Meader,
daughter of John2 and Sarah3 (Follett) Meader Jr., of
The Settlement of the Estate of John Hanson late of Dover in the Province of New-Hampshire in New-England Deceasd, Made Concluded & Agreed upon, this Tenth Day of May Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Seven, & in the Tenth Year of his Majests Reign; By & between John Isaac & Daniel Hanson Israel Hodgdon & Hannah his Wife, Ebenezer Varney and Elisabt his Wife, being the Children of the aforesd Jno Hanson Deceasd, and Joseph Meader of the Island of Nantucket Yeomen, Gardian to Mercy and Abigail Hanson the Children of the aforesd Jno Hanson Deceasd, being in their Minority; is as follows, vis:
Impris That Elizabeth Hanson Relict Widow of the aforesd Jno Hanson Deceasd, Shall have ye whole of her Right of Dowry in and unto the aforesd Estate in the Homestead Land During her Natural Life, and at her Decease the one half Part of her sd Dowry in Land, Shall be to & for the Sole use & behoof of the aforesd Jno Hanson his Heirs and Assigns for ever; and the other half Part of her sd Dowry Shall be to & for the sole use & behoof of ye aforesd Israel & Hannah Hodgdon Ebenezer & Elizabt Varney Marcy & Abigail Hanson their Heirs & Assigns for ever
2ly That, after the aforesd Widows Dowry & ye Parts of Proportion Justly belonging to the aforesd two minors, vis: Mercy and Abigail Hanson, Shall be Deducted out of the aforesd Estate then the Remainder of the sd Homestead Land Shall be to and for the Sole use & behoof ot ye sd John Hanson his Heirs & Assigns for ever
3ly That all the Land Lying by Salmon-fall River in Dover aforesd and also all ye Land in Rochester in the Province aforesd which doth any ways Appertain unto ye aforesd Estate of sd Jno Hanson Deceasd Shall Be to the Sole use & behoof of the aforesd Isaac and Daniel Hanson their Heirs & Asigns for ever And the sd Isaac and Daniel Hanson Shall also have the liberty of Cutting & Carrying off four Loads of Hay from their Brother John Hansons Part of the aforesd Homestead Land Yearly or every Year Sucsesively for the Term of four Years next Ensuing the Date herof and no longer
4ly That the aforesd Jno Hanson Shall Pay or Cause to be Paid unto the aforesd Israel & Hannah Hodgdon their Heirs Exect or Adminirs the Sum of one hunderd & Thirteen Pounds Six Shillings Eight Pence in good Province Bills of Credit at or before the Tenth day of November next Ensuing the Date hereof
5ly That the aforesd Jno Hanson Pay or Cause to be Paid unto the aforesd Ebenezer Varney and Elisabeth his sd Wife their Heirs Exectrs or Administrs the Sum of one hundred & Thirteen Pounds Six Shillings & Eight Pence in good Province Bills of Credit within the Term of five Years from the Date hereof
6ly That the aforesd Mercy & Abigail Hanson Shall have their Just Part or Proportion of their sd fathers Estate in the aforesd Homestead Land And that the sd Jno Hanson their Brother Shall have the Sole use & Improvement of their sd Part until they Shall Arrive at ye Age of Twenty one years, he Paying or Causing to be Paid unto the aforesd Joseph Mead their sd Gardian, or his order, for the use of the sd Mercy and Abigail Hanson the Sum of Nine Pounds Yearly or every Year till they Shall Respectively arrive at the aforesd Age of Twenty One Years, and Shall be Legally qualified to Improve or Dispose of their Interest in the sd Estate themselves
And it is further Agreed & Concluded by & between the parties to these Presents, that if any of the sd Parties shall be Legally Deprived or Dispossessed of any part of the Estate herein Assignd them for want of a Legal Title to the Same, as not being properly part of, or Legally Appertaining unto the Estate of ye aofresd Jno Hanson Deceasd then Each of the abovesd Parties Shall bear an Equal Part of the Loss or Damage Sustained by Such a Dispossession. In Testimony of the free & full Consent herin Containd, they have hereunto Set their Hands and Seals the Day & Year first above written.
Signed Sealed & Delivered In John Hanson
the Presence of us.-- Isaac hanson
his
Daniel X Hanson
mark
hannah hodgdon
Ebenezer varne
Joseph Meader as garden
Elizabeth (Meader) Hanson died in
1737 in
John and Elizabeth (Meader) Hanson
had children:[136]
A. Hannah4 Hanson, born
on 11 June 1705 in Dover, NH,[137]
carried to Canada by the Indians in 1724, redeemed by her father, and married
Israel Hodgdon (3rd), son
of Israel and Ann (Wingate) Hodgdon/Hodsdon (Jr.), of Dover, on 9 Aug. 1725 in
Dover.[138] He was
born on 25 Mar. 1697/8 in
1. Sarah Hodgdon, born
on 12 Nov. 1725 in
2. Timothy Hodgdon, born
on 22 May 1726? in
3. Capt. Caleb
Hodgdon, born on 27 Jan. 1732/3 in
a.
Hanson Hodgdon, married Mary Caldwell on 19 Feb. 1784 in
b.
Caleb Hodgdon (Jr.), born ca. 1767, died on 6 Nov. 1800 in
c.
(Possibly others)
4. Hannah Hodgdon, born on 1 Jan.
1737/8 in
B. Sarah4 Hanson, born
on 13 Nov. 1707 in
1. Capt. Paul Sabourin, baptized on 4 May 1731 in the Mission Chapel
at Lac des Deux Montagnes, near the present town of Oka, Quιbec, married Marie
Josθphe Sιguin, daughter of Louis and Marie-Anne (Raizenne) Sιguin, on 4 Nov.
1752 in the Mission Chapel of the Lac des Deux Montagnes, Quιbec.[158] He was
buried on 15 Mar. 1798 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec, and she was buried on 31 Dec. 1814
or 1815 in Riguad, Quιbec.[159] They
had children:[160]
a. Jean Paul Sabourin, born and died
in 1754.
b. Marie Catherine Sabourin, born in
1757.
c. Franηois Paul Sabourin, born and
died in 1758.
d. Marie Madeleine Sabourin, born in
1760, married 1.) Simon Villeneuve on 6 Nov. 1775 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec, and 2.)
Jean Toupin on 26 Nov. 1804 in Rigaud, Quιbec. She died in 1824.
e. Paul Vincent Sabourin, born in
1761, married Scholastique Sabourin, daughter of Jean Baptiste and Amable (
f. Hyacinthe Sabourin, born in 1762,
married Angιlique Brasseur, daughter of Franηois and Angelique (Jιrτme)
Brasseur, on 15 Feb. 1790 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec. He died in 1824.
g. Marie Elisabeth Sabourin, born
and died in 1763.
h. Andrι Sabourin, born in 1765,
married Madeleine Brasseur, daughter of Franηois and Angelique (Jιrτme)
Brasseur, on 7 Mar. 1791 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec. He died in 1819.
i. Jean Baptiste Sabourin, born and died
in 1766.
j. Marie Louise Amable Sabourin,
born in 1767, married Antoine Sauvι on 25 Oct. 1784 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec.
k. Charles Sabourin, born in 1769,
married Marie Anne Bιdard on 13 Aug. 1792 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec. He died in
1839.
l. Marie Charlotte Sabourin, born
and died in 1769.
m. Pierre Paul Sabourin, born in
1770.
n. Antoine Sabourin, born in 1773,
married Angιlique Condon on 14 Oct. 1799 in Vaudreuil, Quιbec. He died in 1820.
o. Ιtienne Ignace Sabourin, born and
died in 1774.
2. Jean Baptiste Sabourin, baptized
on 22 Mar. 1734 in Ste Anne de Bellevue,
3. Marie Anne Sabourin, born on 25
Dec. 1735, became a nun known as Sister St. Barthιlemy in 1756.[162]
4. Catherine Sabourin, born on 25
Sept. 1737, buried on 4 Oct. 1737.[163]
5. Catherine Lorette Sabourin, born
in 1739, a nun know as Sister Ste Ursule in 1756.[164]
6. Marie Charlotte Sabourin,
baptized on 18 Feb. 1741 in the Mission Chapel at Lac des Deux Montagnes,
married Jean Baptiste Jιrome Raizenne, son of Ignace/Josiah and
Abigail/Elizabeth (Nims) Razienne/Rising, on 15 Feb. 1762,[165] and
they had children.[166]
7. Pierre Sabourin, baptized on 12
Mar. 1743 in the Mission Chapel at Lac des Deux Montagnes, buried there on 1
Oct. 1743.[167]
8. Ιlisabeth Sabourin, baptized on
26 Apr. 1745 in the Mission Chapel at Lac des Deux Montagnes, became a nun
known as Sister St. Vincent de Paul in 1769.[168]
9. Amable Thιrθse Sabourin, baptized
on 26 Nov. 1746 in Oka, married Jean
10. Jean Baptiste Guillaum Sabourin,
born on 31 Jan. 1752, died on 24 May 1752 in
C. Elizabeth4 Hanson, born
on 13 Nov. 1709 in Dover,[171]
carried to Canada by the Indians in 1724, redeemed by her father, and married
Ebenezer4 Varney
(Jr.), son of Ebenezer3 and Mary3 (Otis) Varney, on 24 Feb. 1729/30 in Dover. He
was born on 31 Mar. 1704 in
1. Abigail5
Varney, married James5
Hanson, son of Robert4 and
Lydia4
(Varney) Hanson, on 24 Nov. 1756 in
2. Jedediah5
Varney, born in 1732, married Mary5
Hanson, his first cousin, daughter of Tobias4 and
Judith (Varney) Hanson (3rd). She was a granddaughter of Tobias3 and
Ann (Lord) Hanson (Jr.) She died on 16 Mar. 1798 in Dover,[179] and he
died on 25 Sept. 1799 in Dover, of dropsy, aged 67 years,[180] but no
probate records were found for him in Strafford Co., NH, through 1799.
3. Ebenezer5 Varney
(3rd),
married Mary Hussey in ca. 1754, and settled in
4. Thomas5
Varney, married 1.) Sarah Varney, daughter of Samuel and Mary Varney. She was
born on 25 Mar. 1739, and died on 29 Feb. 1772.[182] He
remarried to 2.) Mary Canney on 21 Oct. 1772. She also died, and he remarried
again to 3.) Deborah Canney on 26 Jan. 1774, and to 4.) Margaret (___). He died
on 11 Aug. 1796,[183] but no
probate records were found for him in Strafford Co., NH, through 1799.
5. Nicholas5
Varney, settled in
6. Susannah5
Varney, born on 20 May 1744, married Benjamin Austin Jr., on 28 Nov. 1759 in
7. John5
Varney, married Miriam6
Hanson, daughter of Thomas5 and
Hannah (Sawyer) Hanson (5th), on 29 May 1782 in
8. Hanson5
Varney, married Elizabeth Jenkins, daughter of Elijah and Mehitabel (
9. Isaac5
Varney, born in 1752, married Lydia5
(Hanson) Rogers, probably daughter of Timothy4 and Kezia
(Chesley) Hanson, and widow of Aaron Rogers, on 28 Nov. 1781 in
10. Hannah Varney, born in 1754,[195] was still
living when her father wrote his will in 1773, marriage not found.
D.22 John4 Hanson
(Jr.), born on 17 Mar. 1712/13 in
E.23 Isaac4 Hanson, born on 25 Feb. 1714/15 in
F. Daniel4 Hanson, born
on 26 Mar. 1718 in
1. Lt. Aaron5 Hanson, was administrator of
his fathers estate in 1775, possibly married Ruth Colwell on 23 Sept. 1772 in
2. (Other children)
G. Ebenezer Hanson, born on 27 Feb. 1720 in
H. Caleb Hanson, born on 8 Feb. 1721 in
I. Mercy4
Hanson, born on 13 Aug. 1724 in
J. Abigail Hanson, born ca. 1726 in
(III.9) Nathaniel3 Hanson,
fourth son of Thomas2 Hanson
(Jr.), Thomas1;
married Martha Bickford, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tibbetts) Bickford, of
In The Name of God Amen, The Twenty fifth Day of December Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & forty Eight, I Nathanael Hanson of Dover in ye Province of New Hampsr in New England Carpenter Being very Sick & weak of Body
Imprimis, I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Martha Hanson the one Third Part of all my Homestead Land in Littleworth so Called where I now Live, that is to say ye Use Profit Produce & Income of ye one Third Part of my sd Homestead Land both Mowing Tillage & Pastureing Land, to be Managed for her, by my son Silas Hanson, & ye Crops to be Seasonably & well Secured & housed by him Yearly & every Year for her During ye term of her Continuing my Widow, but in Case she shall Marry again, then I Give her what ye Law Allows. I also Give to my sd Wife Martha ye free Use & Improvement of ye Westerly Lower Room in my Dwelling House & ye one half part of ye Celler under my House, & also ye Use & Improvement of ye one Third Part of my Barn During her Natural Life. And also ye one Third Part of my Household Goods During her Natural Life. I also Give to my sd Wife Two Cows, & Three Sheep, & one Swine to her own Disposal.
Item I Give to my son Nathanael Hanson & to his Heirs and Assigns for ever, all ye Land where he now lives which I Purchased of Pumfret Whitehouse be ye Same more or less & all ye Buildings, & orchard, fruit Trees & all other Trees standing or Being upon ye sd Land. And also Thirty Acres of Land at Mount Misery, so Called, which I Purchased of Zechy Leech, & half ye Timber standing & being upon sd Land & also half my saw mill standing at sd Mount Misery.
Item I Give to my Son Silas Hanson & to his Heirs and Assigns for ever, all my Homestead Land, Dwelling House & Barn, at Little worth where I now live, and all other Buildings, & orchards Standing upon ye said Land, Except what I have Given herein to my Wife, & at her Decease I Give ye whole of sd Land Buildings & orchards to him my sd son his Heirs & Assigns for ever. And also I Give to my sd son Silas his Heirs & Assigns for ever fifteen Acres of Land Lying at Barbadoes, so Called, being Part of my Common Right. And I also Give to my sd son Silas his Heirs & Assigns for ever, all my Right in ye Saw Mill at Tole End, & also in my Saw Mill at Towaw so Called. I also Give unto my sd Son Silas, all my Stock of Cattle Sheep Horses and swine, Except Such of them as I have Given to my Wife. And also I Give to my sd son silas all my House hold Goods, Except such a Part of them as I have Given to my Wife. And my wareing Aparil I Give to my Two Sons Nathaniel & Silas Hanson to be Equally Divided between them. I also Give to my sd son Silas Hanson all my farming Tackling and utencils, as Chains, Wheels, Carts Plows &c: I also Give to my Son Silas Hanson his Heirs & assigns for ever, all my Land in ye Township of Rochester.
Item I Give to my Three Daughters Mary Evens, Abigail Church, & Elisabeth Daniel, Twenty Pound Each, that is to Say, I Give to Each of my sd Daughters Twenty Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid to them or their Heirs, by my Executor hereafter Named, within ye Term of four Years after my Decease.
And I do hereby Nominate Constitute & appoint my sd Son Silas Hanson to be sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament.
And I do hereby Revoke Disannul and Disallow all other Wills, Testaments and Executors by me heretofore, in any wise made or Named; Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have here unto Set my Hand and Seal the Day & Year first above Mentioned.
Signed Sealed Published & his
Declared by ye sd Nathanael Nathanael X Hanson
Hanson, to be his Last Will & mark
Testament in Presence of
James Young
Isaac Hanson
Timothy Hodsdon
Nathaniel and Martha (Bickford)
Hanson had 7 children, 2 of whom died young:[210]
A. Nathaniel4 Hanson (Jr.), born on 26 Apr. 1716 in Dover,[211]
married Mercy4 Hanson, his first cousin, daughter of John3 and Elizabeth3 (Meader) Hanson, of Dover. She was born on 13
Aug. 1724 in
B. Mary4
Hanson, born on 13 Aug. 1717 in
C. Abigail4 Hanson, born on 26 May 1721 in
1.
2. John Church, born on 30 Oct. 1745
in
3. James Church, born on 20 Jan.
1747/8 in
4. Anna Church, born on 6 Oct. 1749
in
5. Nathaniel Church, born on 28
Sept. 1741 in
6. Hannah Church, married Charles
Babb after 1 Aug. 1776, when she gave a receipt to her brother, James Church,
for her share of her fathers estate.
7.
8. Abigail Church, married (___)
Scribner after 23 July 1776, when she gave a receipt to her brother, James
Church, for her share of her fathers estate.
9.
10. Benjamin Church, born on 31 Dec.
1766, married Martha Nute. He moved to
D. Paul Hanson, born on 17 Aug. 1723 in
E. Elizabeth4
Hanson, born on 30 Apr. 1725 in
F.24 Silas4 Hanson, born
on 5 Apr. 1727 in
G. Paul Hanson, born on 26 May 1729 in
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[1] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 342.
[2] Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1988, [hereinafter Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary], p. 127, under 4 THOMAS (3).
[4] Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 308; Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire, 1686-1850, Heritage Books, 1977, from Collections of the Dover, N.H., Historical Society, Vol. 1, Dover, 1894, [hereinafter Dover VRs], p. 130, married by Rev. John Pike; Ham, John R., Dover New Hampshire Marriages, 1623-1823, Dover, NH, reprinted by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Ham, Dover Marriages], p. 88, married by Rev. John Pike.
[6] Scales, John, Colonial Era History of Dover, New Hampshire, Manchester, NH, 1923, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1989, [hereinafter Scales, Dover], p. 257.
[7] Batchellor, Albert S., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 1, 1635-1717, 1907, pp. 669, 672.
[8]
Quint, Alonzo H., Genealogical Items Relating to
[10] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 3, 1741-1749, 1915, pp. 118-121.
[13] Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 308, intentions recorded 7 Jan. 1815/16 in Salem; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 22.
[17] Otis, Horatio N., The Otis Genealogy, New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 5 [Apr. 1851], [hereinafter Otis, Otis Genealogy], pp. 185, 197, 212.
[18] Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 9, 1767-1771, 1941, pp. 474-476.
[21] Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 409, under 2 NATHANIEL LAMMOS; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 214.
[23]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[43] Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 308; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 88, which has the date as 1st month of 1702.
[46] Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 210, which
has the date as 7 12th
month 1703. Her birth record was not found in the vital records of
[49] Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 701, under 1 JOHN (2); Quint, Dover, Vol. 8, [July 1854], p. 263; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 210, which has the date as 10 Mar. 1699; Dover VRs, p. 37.
[50] Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 9, 1767-1771, 1941, pp. 337-338.
[58]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[62] Dover VRs, pp. 3, 43, which conflicts with the birth year of his sister Judith Hanson; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 88, which has the date as 10 Jan. 1704-5.
[75] Trask, William Blake, Capt. William Traske and Some of His Descendants, New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 55 [Oct. 1901], [hereinafter Trask, Traske Genealogy], pp. 324-325, 387.
[78] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 23 July 1703; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 23 July 1703.
[79] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has his birth date as 11 Sept. 1705; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 88, which has the birth date as 9 Nov. 1705; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has his birth date as 11 Sept. 1705.
[80] Ham,
[81] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 12 Sept. 1707; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 12 Sept. 1707.
[83] Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387; Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 225; Scales, Dover, p. 411; Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 61.
[87] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 26 Oct. 1709; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 26 Oct. 1709.
[88]
Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical
Dictionary, p. 308, intentions recorded at
[89] Dover VRs, p. 209: Mercy Watson, wife of Benjamin Hanson, joined the First Church of Dover on 20 June 1742.
[90] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 26 Apr. 1711; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 26 Apr. 1711.
[91] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 15 Oct. 1714; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 15 Oct. 1714.
[92] Ham, Dover Marriages, p. 89, which has the date as 9 10th month 1754; Canney, Robert S., Early Marriages of Strafford County, New Hampshire, Supplement, 1630-1870, 1997, p. 89.
[95] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 14 June 1717; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 14 June 1717.
[96] Quint, Dover, Vol. 6, p. 330; Trask, Traske Genealogy, p. 387, which has 13 Oct. 1719; Dover VRs, p. 28, which has 13 Oct. 1719.
[104] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume 2, 1718-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, pp. 341-345.
[105] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume 2, 1718-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, p. 789. Timothy Hanson filed the final accounting on 20 July 1791, with a note explaining why the accounting took so long: Memorandum the coadministrator had the Vouchers of this Account in keeping & lost them many Years which was the reason the Settlement was many Years delaydafter his death they were found which was about two Years since.
[109] Ham, Dover Marriages, pp. 88; Canney, Robert Sayward, Early Marriages of Strafford County, New Hampshire, Supplement #2, 1630-1870, 2000, p. 112.
[111] Was evidently 21 or over on 20 Mar. 1728/9 since no guardian was appointed for him at that time.
[115] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 2, 1717-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, p. 345.
[116]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[117]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[122] Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 8, 1764-1767, 1940, pp. 377-378.
[124] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 2, 1717-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, p. 345. Evidently the ages of Solomon Hanson and his brother Ebenezer were mixed up in the guardianships. Solomon was over 14, and Ebenezer was just turning 14 in 1740 when Thomas Millett was appointed as their guardians.
[129] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume II, 1717-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, p. 345. Evidently the ages of Ebenezer Hanson and his brother Solomon were mixed up in the guardianships. Solomon was over 14, and Ebenezer was just turning 14 in 1740 when Thomas Millett was appointed as their guardians.
[130] Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 4, 17501753, 1933, p. 152.
[131] Quint, Dover, Vol. 7, [Apr. 1853], p. 156; Canney, Robert S., Early Marriages of Strafford County, New Hampshire, Supplement, 1630-1870, 1997, p. 88.
[134] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume II, 1717-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, p. 323.
[135] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume II, 1717-1740, Bristol, NH, 1914, pp. 632-635.
[146] Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 8, 1764-1767, 1940, p. 386.
[148]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[152] All
from Ham,
[157] Originally from Mary Hawkers Hanson Family Tree typescript, 1997, with additional information supplied by Mariette Hogue, taken from Notarial and Town Records.
[158] Per Mariette Hogue from the Notarial Records.
[159] Per Mariette Hogue.
[160] All per Mariette Hogue, taken from Notarial, Town and Burial Records.
[161] Per Mariette Hogue.
[162] Per Mariette Hogue from the Notarial Records.
[163] Per Mariette Hogue.
[164] Per Mariette Hogue from the Notarial Records.
[165] Per Mariette Hogue.
[166] Her children are listed in Mary Hawkers Hanson Family Tree typescript, but I did not include them here.
[167] Per Mariette Hogue.
[168] Per Mariette Hogue from the Notarial Records.
[169] Per Mariette Hogue.
[170] Per Mariette Hogue.
[175]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[188]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[200]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[205]
Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical
Dictionary, p. 91, under 17 JOHN (22); Quint,
[209] Metcalf, Henry Harrison, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 3, 1741-1749, 1915, pp. 621-623.
[217]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of
[223]
Evans, Helen F., Abstracts of the Probate Records of