Hannah Colburn (1673-1741) is #599 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #598 Joseph Farwell (1670-1740) in 1696 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #297 Mary Farwell (1709-1804) , who married #296 James Stone (1702-1783) in 1726.
* their daughter #149 Abigail Stone (1737-1800), who married #148 Ephraim Sawtell (1735-1800) in 1757.
* their son #74 Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847) who married #75 Hannah Smith (1768-1827) in 1789.
* their daughter #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) who married #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) in 1810.
* their son #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie 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 Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Hannah Colburn[1–3]
* Alternate Name: Hannah Colburn Farwell[4]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Thomas Colburn (1649-1728)
* Mother: Hannah Rolfe (1650-1681)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 1673, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]
* Death: after 10 March 1741 (after about age 68), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Burial: after 10 March 1741 (after about age 68), unknown location, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Joseph Farwell (1670-1740)
* Marriage 1: 23 January 1695/6 (age 22), Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3]
* Child 1: Joseph Farwell (1696-1772)
* Child 2: Thomas Farwell (1698-1731)
* Child 3: Hannah Farwell (1701-1762)
* Child 4: Elizabeth Farwell (1703-1762)
* Child 5: Edward Farwell (1706-1775)
* Child 6: Mary Farwell (1709-1804)
* Child 7: John Farwell (1711-1771)
* Child 8: Samuel Farwell (1714-1757)
* Child 9: Daniel Farwell (1717-1808)
* Child 10: Sarah Farwell (1721-1721)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
A Colburn family genealogy manuscript indicates that Hannah Colburn was born in 1673 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Rolfe) Colburn[1]. There is no birth entry for Hannah in the Chelmsford vital records book.
Hannah married Joseph Farwell (1658-1740) of Chelmsford on 23 January 1695/6 in Chelmsford[1-3]. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Learned) Farwell of Chelmsford. They had ten children, all born and recorded in Chelmsford, and listed in the Farwell genealogy book[2]:
* Joseph Farwell (1696-1772), married 1719 Mary Gilson (1703-1774).
* Thomas Farwell (1698-1731), married 1723 Elizabeth Pierce (1698-????).
* Hannah Farwell (1701-1762), married (1) 1719 Eleazer Gilson (1695-1754); (2) 1755 Ephraim Sawtell (1685-1768).
* Elizabeth Farwell (1703-1762), married 1722 John Stone (1699-1784).
* Edward Farwell (1706-1775), married 1728 Hannah Russell (1708-1775).
* Mary Farwell (1709-1804), married 1726 James Stone (1702-1783).
* John Farwell (1711-1771), married (1) 1735 Jane Lakin (1715-1755); (2) 1755 Susanna White (1735-????).
* Samuel Farwell (1714-1757), married 1737 Elizabeth Moors (1719-1797).
* Daniel Farwell (1717-1808), married 1739 Mary Moore (1718-1800).
* Sarah Farwell (1721-1721).
The Joseph Farwell family resided for several years after their marriage in Chelmsford, and then removed to Groton. They attended the church in Groton[2].
Joseph Farwell died intestate in 1740, and his heirs settled his estate by deeds amongst themselves. Hannah Farwell, his widow, conveyed her dower rights in Joseph's estate to her son Joseph Farwell on 10 March 1740/1[2].
Hannah (Colburn) Farwell died some time after 10 March 1740/1, probably in Groton. There is no entry for her death in the Groton vital record book. There is a Find A Grave memorial for her but there is no extant grave stone[4].
5) SOURCES
1. Kenneth L. Bosworth, "Edward Colborne of Ipswich, Massachusetts, (1618-1712) and Five Generations of his Descendants," manuscript (at Huntington Beach Central Library, OCGS No 14,674, Jan 1995), page 54, #4 - Thomas Colburn family sketch.
2. Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson (from the records of John Dennis Farwell), Farwell Family, Volume I, A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. 1605-1927 (Orange, Tex.: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929), page 50, #11 Joseph Farwell family sketch.
3. "New England Marriages to 1700," online database with digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008, page 531, Joseph Farwell and Hannah Colburn marriage entry, 23 January 1695/6.
4. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com), unknown burial location, Groton, Mass., Hannah Colburn Farwell memorial #104743431.
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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 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 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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