52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 30: #37 Hannah (Sawtell) Hildreth (1789-1857)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #30:

Hannah (Sawtell) Hildreth (1789-1857) is #37 on my Ahnentafel List, and is my 3rd great-grandmother. She married #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) in 1810.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)who married #19, Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.

*  their daughter, #9 Harriet Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.

*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), in 1942.

*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                 Hannah Sawtell [1–3]    
*  Sex:                    Female   
*  Father:                Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)   
*  Mother:              Hannah Smith (1768-1827)   


*  Alt. Name:          Hannah Sartell [5]    
*  Alt. Name:          Hannah Hildreth [3, 6–7]    
*  Alt. Name:          Hannah Sawtelle [9]   


2)  TIMELINE (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                 6 November 1789, Brookline, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States [4-5]   
*  Census:              1 June 1850 (age 60), Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [6]
*  Census:              1 June 1855 (age 65), Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [7]  *  Death:               13 January 1857 (age 67), of paralysis; Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  [3]
*  Burial:               after 13 January 1857 (after age 67), New Cemetery, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [8]
   
3)  SPOUSES AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   
  
*  Spouse 1:           Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)   
*  Marriage:           21 October 1810 (age 20), Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [1–2, 9]   

*  Child 1:              Aaron Hildreth (1811-1884)   
*  Child 1:              Clarissa Hildreth (1814-1819)   
*  Child 1:              James Hildreth (1817-1892)   
*  Child 1:              Clarissa Hildreth (1820-1852)   
*  Child 1:              Elizabeth Hildreth (1822-1910)   
*  Child 1:              Milo Hildreth (1824-1893)   
*  Child 1:              Moses Hildreth (1828-1893)   
*  Child 1:              Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)   
*  Child 1:              Harriet Augusta Hildreth (1835-1850)   
  
4)  NOTES  (with source citations as indicated in brackets) - revised July 2025:    

Hannah Sawtell was born on 6 November 1789 in Brookline, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, the first child (of 9 children) of Josah and Hannah (Smith) Sawtell, who married in 1789. Her siblings were Josiah Sawtell (1791-1871), Mary Sawtell (1793-1833), Chester Sawtell (1795-1872), Esther Sawtell (1797-1859), Horace C. Sawtell (1799-1825), Neuma Sawtell (1803-1826), Walter Sawtell (1806-1857), and Price Sawtell (1810-1891).

The birth record for Hannah Sawtell in the Brookline, New Hampshire town records reads:[5]

"Hannah Sartell daughter of Josiah Sartell and his wife Hannah born November 6th 1789."

The Josiah Sawtell (sometimes Sartell) family resided in Mason, New Hampshire in 1800, and bought land in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1804.

Hannah Sawtell married Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) on 21 October 1810 in Townsend, Massachusetts. The Townsend town record provides the marriage intention for Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtell as:[2]

"1810 Sept. 5th rec'd of Mr. Zachriah Hildreth Jr. and Miss Hannah Sartell of this Town, with their intention of Marriage"

The Townsend town record also provides the marriage record for Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtell as:[2]

"Return of Marriages of Rev'd David Palmer and as follows:
October 21 [1810] Zachariah Hildreth Jnr to Hannah Sartell"

Zachariah and Hannah (Sawtell) Hildreth had nine children, all born in Townsend:

• Aaron Hildreth, born 11 Mar 1811, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Sophia Adams, 9 Apr 1833, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 11 Jun 1884, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
• Clarissa Hildreth51 was born on 18 Aug 1814 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She was buried after 16 Sep 1819 at Hillside Cemetery in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 16 Sep 1820 at the age of 6 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
• James Hildreth, born 3 May 1817, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Nancy Jane Shattuck, 26 Aug 1840, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 13 Apr 1892, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
• Clarissa Hildreth, born 24 Jan 1820, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Samuel Dana Baldwin, 15 May 1840, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 24 Jul 1852, Mont Vernon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
• Elizabeth Hildreth, born 26 Apr 1822, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married David C. Wilder, 20 Mar 1844, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Joseph Chaffin, 26 Mar 1856, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 7 Aug 1910, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
• Milo Hildreth, born 17 Aug 1824, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Frances Jane Hooker, 31 Dec 1846, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 3 Jun 1893, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
• Moses Hildreth, born 27 Dec 1828, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Lurenia Amanda Whitcomb, 22 Jun 1853, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 Jun 1893, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
• Edward Hildreth, born 30 Apr 1831, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Sophia Newton, 25 Dec 1852, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 Apr 1899, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
• Harriet Augusta Hildreth was born on 25 Jul 1835 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1850 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 7 Jul 1850 at the age of 14 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Harriet was buried after 7 Jul 1850 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

A list of the family of Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtell was found in a Bible owned by the Northborough Historical Society. The "Milo Hildreth Family Bible Records" shows the following:[9]

“Zachariah Hildreth married Hannah Sawtelle Oct-21-1810
Zachariah Hildreth born April 10th-1783 died Jan 22d 1857 Agd 73-9-12
Hannah Sawtelle            Nov 6-1789            " Jan 13th 1857    " 67-2-7

The list of children includes:

* Aaron Hildreth March 11th 1811 died June 11th 1884 Agd 73-3
* Clarissa Hildreth Aug 18th 1814 " Sept 16th 1819 Agd 5-0-29
* James Hildreth May 3d 1817 " April 13th 1892 - 74-11-10
* Clarissa Hildreth Jan 24th 1820 " July 24th 1852 agd 32-6-0
* Elizabeth Hildreth April 26 1822
* Milo Hildreth Aug 17th 1824
* Moses Hildreth Dec 27th 1828
* Edward Hildreth April 30th 1831
* Harriet Augusta Hildreth July 25th 1835 " July 7th 1850 Agd 14-4-1

In the 1850 US Census, the Zachariah Hildreth family resided in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[6] The family included:

• Zachariah Hildreth, age 61, male, a farmer, $1000 in real property, born MA
• Hannah Hildreth, age 57, female, born NH
• Harriet A. Hildreth, age 14, female, born MA, attended school.

In the 1855 Massachusetts State Census, the Zechariah Hildreth household resided in Townsend, Middlesex County (indexed as Lechariah Hildreth), and included:[7]

• Zechariah Hildreth - age 72, male, white, a farmer, born in Massachusetts
• Hannah Hildreth - age 65, female, born Massachusetts
• Elisabeth Wilder - age 33, female, born Massachusetts
• Nancy Wilder - age 10, female, born Massachusetts

Hannah (Sawtell) Hildreth died 13 January 1857 in Townsend, Massachusetts. The death record states that she was married, age 67, and a paralytic when she died, and was born in Brookline NH, the daughter of Josiah and Hannah Sawtell.[3]

Hannah was buried in New Cemetery in Townsend, Massachusetts. The Townsend Vital Records book contains a burial record of Zachariah Hildreth, Hannah Hildreth and two of their children in New Cemetery.[8] The record says for the family group:

• Hildreth, Clarissa, d. Zachariah & Hannah, Sept. 16, 1820,a. 5y. 29d.
• Hildreth, Harriet A., July 7, 1850, a. 14y. 11m., 12d.
• Hildreth, Hannah, w. Zachariah, Jan. 13, 1857, a. 67y.
• Hildreth, Zachariah, Jan. 22, 1857, a. 73y.

There were no probate records for Hannah (Sawtell) Hildreth in the Middlesex County Probate Court records.

5)  SOURCES:

1. Townsend, Massachusetts, Certificate of Marriage, Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtell, 21 October 1810; Town Clerk's Office, Townsend, Mass. (certificate dated 12 January 1995).

2. Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), page 62, Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sartell marriage entry.

3. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Deaths: Volume 112, Page 173, Townsend, 1857; Hannah Hildreth death entry.

4. Edward E. Parker, History of Brookline, Formerly Raby, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (Brookline, N.H. : Town of Brookline, N.H., 1914).

5. "New Hampshire Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 12 November 2012), Hillsborough County, Brookline Town, "Town Records, 1769-1833," Page 526 (stamped), Hannah Sartell birth entry, 6 November 1789 (daughter of Josiah and Hannah Sartell); citing New Hampshire Town Clerk Records.

6. 1850 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule; Townsend town, Page 312, Zachariah Hildreth household, online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 796.

7. "Massachusetts State Census, 1855,"  indexed database and digital image, FamilySearch.org  (https://www.familysearch.org), Middlesex County, Townsend, image 16 of 31, dwelling #1, family #1, Zachariah Hildreth household.

8. Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), page 355, New Cemetery, Townsend, Mass., Hannah Hildreth burial entry.

9. Richard C. Fipphen, "Bible Records - Northborough Historical Society," The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 35, No. 2 (July 1985), page 157, Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtelle entry.

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