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- ↑ Estimated marriage about 1671 is based on Source:Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, p. 67:
Eames, Hannah, d. Gershum, [born] Feb. 3, 1671.
- ↑ NEHGR, p. 66:235 (1912) (probably citing the 1861 History of the town of Marlborough), identifies the Hannah who m. (1) Gershom Eames and (2) William Ward, as Hannah Johnson, d/o Solomon Johnson and first wife Hannah ---, b. 1656. No proof is given, and he died intestate 1691, so there is no will giving his daughter's married name. This particular pairing would have Hannah having her first child before she turned 16. This seems like a bad match.
Source:Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, in article on "Thomas Brigham" identifies this Hannah as his daughter. However, no proof is given, and the will of Thomas Brigham in 1653 mentions a daughter Hannah who would have been a small child, so it can offer no information about who she married.
Source:Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, p. 502, offers this evidence that seems to confirm the Brigham theory: There is a lawsuit 28 Sep 1695 by
"Thomas Brigham,
John Brigham,
Samuel Brigham,
Hannah Ward, and
John Fay and Samuel Fay, children of Mary Fay,
all of Marlborouogh, in the County of Middlesex, being the children and heirs of their father Thomas Brigham late of Cambridge" to recover part of their father's homestead. Also on 27 Dec 1681, Thomas, John, and Samuel Brigham, and William Ward, all of Marlborough, sold land in Cambridge to Nicholas Fessenden.
- Source:Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, among other sources, list the two surviving children of this marriage as Hannah, b. 1675, and Mary, born posthumously in 1677. It is not clear where these come from, as they are not recorded in Marlborough or Watertown. These appear to be in addition the Hannah and Martha recorded in Marlborough, who appear to have both died young, if Hudson and others are correct. On the other hand, Hudson missed the two earlier children. As a result, he may have mis-estimated the marriage date, which in turn may have played a role in mis-identifying Hannah as Hannah Johnson, instead of Hannah Brigham.
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