Friday, July 17, 2020

52 Ancestors - Week 339: #549 Melatiah (Clark) Hamant (1674-1747) of Medfield, Massachusetts

Melatiah Clark (1674-1747)   is number 549 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #548 Timothy Hamant (1667-1718) in 1696 in Medfield, now Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #274 Timothy Hamant (1699-1774) who married #275 Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791) in 1727.
* their daughter #137 Patience Hamant (1735-1780) who married  #136 Moses Smith (1736-1806) in 1762.
*  their son #68  Aaron Smith (1765-1841) who married #69 Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) in 1795.
*  their son #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)   who married  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) 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:                        Melatiah Clark[1–3]    
*  Alternate Name:        Miletiah Clarke[5]
*  Alternate Name:        Melatiah Hammond[4]    
*  Alternate Name:        Melitia Clark Hamant Partridge[6]    
*  Alternate Name:        Miletiah Partridge[7]  

*  Sex:                            Female    

*  Father:                       Ephraim Clark (1646-1699)    
*  Mother:                     Mary Bullen (1642-1726)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                         4 August 1674, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[5–6]    

*  Distribution:             23 January 1707 (age 32), father's administration closed; Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[4]    

*  Death:                      23 November 1747 (age 73), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[6–7]    
*  Burial:                     after 23 November 1747, non-cemetery burial, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[6]  

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

*   Spouse 1:                      Timothy Hamant (1667-1718)    
*  Marriage 1:                    19 January 1695/6 (age 28), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1,6–7]    

*  Child 1:                         Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)    
*  Child 2:                         Samuel Hamant (1701-1755)    
*  Child 3:                         Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751)    
*  Child 4:                         Mehitable Hamant (1706-1727)    
*  Child 5:                         Abiel Hamant (1708-1783)  
            
*  Spouse 2:                      William Partridge (1669-1750)    
*  Marriage 2:                   1726 (about age 52), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]  

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

 "Miletiah Clarke" was born 4 August 1674 in Medfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Bullen) Clarke[5-6].  

Her father, Ephraim Clark, died in May 1694, but his estate was not administered until 1703 and settled in 1707.  She was identified as Meletiah, wife of Timothy Hammond, and was to receive her share of 3 pounds, 2 shillings, 8 pence from the estate. as her share[4].

"Melatiah Clark" married Timothy Hamant (1667-1718) on 19 January 1695/6 in Boston, Massachusetts[1.6-7].  He was the son of Francis and Sarah (--?--) Hamant of Medfield. Timothy and Melatiah (Clark) Hamant had five children, all recorded in Medfield:

*  Timothy Hamant (1699-1744), married 1727 Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791).
*  Samuel Hamant (1701-1755), married 1728 Hannah Partridge (1702-1780).
*  Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751), married 1728 Michael Metcalf (1706-1771).
*  Mehitable Hamant (1706-1727).
*  Abiel Hamant (1708-1783), married 1733 Joseph Smith (1709-1760).

Timothy Hamant died in Arrowsic, Maine in 1718.  There is no known probate record for Timothy Hamant in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.  

Melatiah and her children probably resided in the Medfield house until Melatiah married again.  

She married, secondly, William Partridge (1670-1750) in 1726, probably in Medfield[1].  They had no children.

"Miletiah Partridge" died 23 November 1747 in Medfield at age 73[6-7].  The death record indicates she was the wife of William.  

There is no probate record for her, and there is no burial record available for her.  There is, however, a Find A Grave memorial for her which provides her birth and death date[6].

5)  SOURCES:


1. William S Tilden and John A S Monks, History of the town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 : with genealogies of the families that held real estate or made any considerable stay in the town during the first two centuries (Boston, Mass.: G.H. Ellis, 1887), page 402, Timothy Hamant sketch.

2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Boston Marriages, 1689-1720," page 44 (image 23 of 96), Timothy Hammant and Melatiah Clark entry, 19 January 1695/6.

3. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, "Boston > Births, Marriages, and Death," image 3041 of 60705," Timothy Hammant and Melatiah Clark marriage entry, 19 January 1695/6.

4. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case 2796 Ephraim Clarke of Medfield, administration granted 19 March 1702/3; "Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 16 July 2020).

5. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Births, page 40, Miletiah Clarke entry, 4 August 1674.

6. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), non-cemetery burial, Melitia Clark Hamant Partridge (1674-1747) memorial #95762071.

7. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Deaths, page 227, Miletiah Partridge entry, 23 November 1747.

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NOTE:  In 2014, 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 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.


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