Friday, December 22, 2017

52 Ancestors - Week 206: #285 Hannah (Atwood) Horton (1686-1771) of Eastham, Massachusetts

Hannah (Atwood) Horton (1686-1771)  is #285 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #284 Samuel Horton (1686-1778) in 1714 in Eastham, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #142  Nathaniel Horton (1721-1771) who married #143 Eunice Snow (1722-1816)  in 1742.
*  their daughter, #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) who married #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1836), in 1782. 
*  their daughter, #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869), who married  #34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) in 1826.
*  their daughter #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884)who married  #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)  in 1851.
*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) 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 Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*  Name:                       Hannah Atwood[1–5]    

*  Sex:                           Female    

*  Father:                      Stephen Atwood (1653-1722)    
*  Mother:                    Apphia Bangs (1651-1722)  
   
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*  Birth:                         about 1686, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States    
*  Distribution:             12 July 1722 (about age 36), will of father proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5]    
*  Death:                       before February 1771 (before about age 85), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                   Samuel Horton (1686-1778)  
*  Marriage 1:               28 January 1713/4 (age 27), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–4]    

*  Child 1:                    John Horton (1715-    )    
*  Child 2:                    Hannah Horton (1717-    )    
*  Child 3:                    Nathaniel Horton (1720-1771)    
*  Child 4:                    Susanna Horton (1723-    )    
*  Child 5:                    Abigail Horton (1725-1765)    
*  Child 6:                    Elizabeth Horton (1727-1760)    
*  Child 7:                    Samuel Horton (1729-1799)    
*  Child 8:                    James Horton (1730-    )    

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Hannah Atwood was born in about 1686 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the 6th child (of 7) of Stephen Atwood and Apphia Bangs.  There are no known records for her birth or baptism.

Hannah married Samuel Horton on 28 January 1713/4 in Eastham, Massachusetts[1-4].  They had eight children between 1715 and 1731, all recorded in the Eastham town records.

Hannah's father, Stephen Atwood, wrote a will on 20 May 1715, which was proved on 12 July 1722[5].  In the will, Hannah is to receive a portion of the moveable estate, and is referred to as Hannah Atwood.

Hannah died in Eastham, probably before February 1771, when her husband married Thankful (Snow) Mayo.

There is no known burial record for Hannah (Atwood) Horton.  
 
5)  SOURCES
 
1. Margaret Horton Weiler, "Descendants of John Horton (Haughton) of Eastham," Bulletin of the Cape Cod Genealogical Society (Harwich, Mass. : Brooks Free Library), Vol. XI, No. 3 (September 1983), pages 57-64., page 58, Samuel Horton sketch.

2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County, Orleans > Orleans and Eastham Records,  page 339 (image 178 of 185), Samuel Horton and Hannah Atwood marriage entry, 1714.

3. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), page 18, Samuel Horton and Hannah Atwood marriage entry.

4. The Mayflower Descendant (Boston, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants), Volume 5, "Eastham and Orleans Vital Records," page 195, Samuel Horton and Hannah Atwood marriage entry.

5. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, Barnstable County, "Probate Records, Vol. 4-5, 1721-1741," Volume 4, pages 67-68, Stephen Atwood probate papers.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 
 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks.

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