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 1584 - 1658 (74 years)
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| Name |
Hannah Mead |
| Birth |
1584 |
Speldhurst, Kent, England  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
- Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent , England . The parish is 15 miles (24 km) to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is 3 miles (5 km) west of the town.
Click here to view its map and history... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speldhurst
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| Gender |
Female |
 Emigration |
1637 [1, 4] |
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| Death |
5 Apr 1658 |
New Haven, Connecticut [1, 2] |
| Probate |
5 Apr 1659 |
New Haven, Connecticut [2] |
| Religion |
Quaker [2] |
- History of the Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends began as a movement in England in the mid 17th century in Lancashire.
Members are informally known as Quakers, as they were said "to tremble in the way of the Lord".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Quakers
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| Person ID |
I33770 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Father |
John Mead, b. 0___ 1560, Speldhurst, Kent, England d. 19 Sep 1657 (Age ~ 97 years) |
| Mother |
Cisley Love, b. 0___ 1559, Buckinghamshire, England d. 0___ 1636, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Marriage |
(Kent, England) [3] |
| Family ID |
F12390 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
John Potter, b. 1579, Speldhurst, Kent, England d. 2 Oct 1623, (Speldhurst, Kent) England (Age 44 years) |
| Married |
~ 1595 |
(Speldhurst) Kent, England [2] |
| Marriage |
1607 |
(Speldhurst, Kent) England [5] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F12387 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- ?Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Hannah Mead
Alt Name Hannah Hawes Potter Beecher
Gender Female
Birth[3] 1584 Spaldhurst, Kent, England
Marriage ABT 1595 Kent, England,
to John Potter (add)
Death[4] 5 APR 1659 New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Conn.
Burial[5] UNKNOWN New Haven, New Haven, Ct
Other[6] 8VFX-R7
Ancestral File Number
The brothers John and William Potter were born in England in 1607 and 1608. Both signed the Plantation Covenant in New Haven, Connecticut on June 4, 1639, just nineteen years after the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. John and William appeared in New Haven along with their mother, Hannah Potter Beecher (remarried). Her first husband, Potter, died in England. John married Elizabeth Wood in Chesham Co., Bucks, England on April 14, 1630. Together they had sons John Jr. (b. 1636) and Samuel, both of which were baptized in New Haven in 1641. John Sr. died as early as 1643 with an estate of 25 English pounds.
Individual: From notes of Dlora Hall Dalton.
DHD says: "Her [Hope Potter Robins] grandmother on her paternal line was the widow Hannah Potter-Beecher. William and his mother [Hannah] were some of the first settle r s in Connecticut." Shepard, James, "The New Haven (Conn.) Potters 1639. in "Genealogies of Connecticut Families, from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" Vol III Painter-Wyllys, selected by Gary Boyd Roberts,Genealogical Pub. Co., inc, Baltimore, 1983 p 150-154 "Hannah [Potter] Beecher was the mother of the New Haven Potters,who appeared early in New Haven as a widow with sons: i. John, ii.Williamand iii. Isaac Beecher, the ancestor of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.Her first husband, Potter, died in England, where she married a Mr.Beecher . "It is generally supposed that her husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eaton sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. She has been considered to be the mother of Isaac Beecher, for she calls hem her son in her will and gave him one-third of her property ;but recent investigations, it is claimed, show conclusively that Isaac was only a step-son, the son of her second husband by a former wife. "There was in New Haven, says G.F. Tuttle, as early as 1641, a widow Hannah Potter, known as widow Potter the midwife. In 1643 she had two persons in the family, thirty pounds estate and twenty and one qurter acres of land.She is called 'Sister Potter the midwife,' in seating the meeting house in1646.She is supposed to have been akin to the other Potters, but there is no record to show it. She has often been confounded with the widow Hannah Beecher, but the records clearly show that they were two different persons.
"The will of Hanna Beecher was proved April 5 1659, and is recorded in first part, vol i, p 80 of New Haven Probate Records, as follows:
"I Hannah Beecher of New Haven, expecting my great change do make this my last will and testa m ent, I bequeath my soul unto the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ by whose meritt I hope to be saved and my body to be burried at the discretion of my Son William Potter my Executor. And for my worldly goods I give unto John Potter my Grand Child twenty shillings and to Hannah Blackly, my Grand child, wife to Samuel Blackly,twenty shillings, And to Samuel Potter my Grand chi ld twenty shillings to be paid to them within three months after my decease. And for the rest of my estate I give one third part to my son Isaac Beecher and two thirds to my eldest son William Potter, making him my Executor, desiring him to be as a father to his younger brother and his children. And in dividing my goods my will is that my son William should have my feather bed with that belongeth to it, unto his part and that the rest be divided at the discretion of my Overseers with the assistance of Sister Wakeman and sister Rutherford and I desire my loving freinds Mr. Mathew Gilbert and John Wakeman to be overseers of this my last will whereunto I have set my hand this 13th day of June, Anno 1657.Donald "Witnesses the mark of Mathew Gilbert, Hannah Becher John Wakeman, Sarah Rutherford.
"Her children were: John Potter, died 1643. William Potter, born about 1608; died 1662." Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven" (First 9 volumes of TAG in three vols) Vols IV-VI, Genealogical Pub. Co.inc, Baltimore, 1974,pp1459-1476 and 1518. Gives her surname as Hawes. More notes: [29] From Jacobus: Hannah was the widow POTTER before she married Mr. BEECHER whose name was probably John. She was known as the Widow POTTER or Widow BEECHER the mid-wife. Hannah was the mother of William and John POTTER. She died in 1659. From Dictionary of Ancestral Heads of New England Families by Holmes: Hannah, widow of John of Kent, England, came to Boston 1637 with her family, the only son being Isaac who became identified with New Haven, CT.
[30] William Potter came to Massachusetts as an adult with his mother Hannah, his wife Frances , and his son Joseph aboard the "Abigail"in1635. Hannah's husband, Potter (first name unknown) had died in England and she married Beecher there. It is believed that her second husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eaton (governor?religious leader?)sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. There were, apparently, two Hannah Potters in New Haven and the two have been frequently confounded. It isclear, however, ( according to James Shepard in the New England Historical Genealogical Register) that one is Hannah Potter Beecher.
[31] It is not clear whether the Beecher child Isaac was hers by birth or was a step child.
[32] THE NEW HAVEN (CONN.) POTTERS, 1639. by James Shepard, ofNewBritain, Conn.
[33] [from "Genealogies of Connecticut Families from The NewEnglandHistorical Genealogica l R egister" vol III Painter--Wyllys,selected and introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,Baltimore, 1983, p 150-151.
[34] 1. Hannah [Potter] Beecher was the mother of the New Haven Potters, who appeared earl y i n New Haven as a widow with sons: i. John,ii.William and iii. Isaac Beecher, the ancestor of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.Her first husband, Potter, died in England, where she married a Mr. Beecher.
[35] It is generally supposed that her husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eato n sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. She has bee n considered to be the mother of Isaac Beecher, for she calls him her son in her will and gav ehim onethird of her property; but recent investigations, it is claimed,show conclusively th at Isaac was only a step-son, the son of her second husband by a former wife.
[36] There was in New Haven, says G. F. Tuttle, as early as 1641, a widow Hannah Potter, know n as widow Potter the midwife. In 1643 she had two persons in the family, thirty pounds estat e and twenty and one quarter acres of land. She is called "sister Potter the midwife," in seating the meeting house in 1646. She is supposed to have been akin to the other Potters, but ther e is no record to show it. She has often been confounded with the widow Hannah Beecher, but th e records clearly show that they were two different persons
?References
? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R)AFN: QW26-G2. (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004
? Hatton-Exley Family Tree Updated: Mon Mar 1 07:47:06 2004 Contact: Ernest Hatton.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004
? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004
? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004
? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004
end of biography [2]
- Hannah came to America with her second husband, John Beecher, and her children to join her son, William. Her husband was one of the party to settle New Haven, and he died in the first winter. She joined the group later with her sons John and William Potter and Isaac Beecher (ie. Harriet Beecher Stowe). She came to America following her minister, John Davenport, and his first sermon in New Haven was delivered on her property.
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- [S46351] http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/c/Buff-Seirup-Bachenheimer/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0733.html.
- [S10320] "Hannah Mead" profile, abstracted, downloaded and published Monday, January 30th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, info@class.
- [S11310] "John Mead (1560-1657)", Profile, https://www.geni.com/people/John-Mead/6000000003858563688, retrieved, recorded & uploa.
- [S13590] The PEDIGREE of Harriet Elizabeth BEECHER (STOWE), http://fabpedigree.com/s009/f999991.htm, abstracted by David A. Henne.
- [S10319] "John Potter (b. 1579, d. October 02, 1623)" profile, revisited, abstracted, downloaded and published Monday, January 30.
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