"Hannah Dwight Hollister, b. Aug. 24, 1775, in Eastbury Society, Glastonbury, Conn.; was a dau. of Captain and Deacon Elisha Hollister, and his second wife, Mrs. Penelope (Dwight), of Belchertown, Mass., dau. of Jonathan Graves, Jr., of Belchertown, and Margaret (Strong). She married Sept. 14, 1797, as her first husband, Rudolphus Wright Field, of Grass Hill, in Gill, Franklin county, Mass., ... Hannah Dwight Hollister, as the widow of Rodolphus Wright Field, married about 1818, her second husband, Hon. Josiah Pomeroy, Jr., of Warwick, Mass. She being his second wife. She died as his widow, June 16, 1867, at the venerable age of nearly ninety-three years. Her death occurred in Providence, R.I., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gratia Electa Hawkes. She was taken for burial to Gill, Mass., and in its cemetery, within her own family lot, her remains were placed, surrounded by a numerous kindred. She was liberally educated, having been a pupil at the Academy of Rev. Dr. Timothy Dwight, in Northampton, Mass., a renowned institution of learning in its day. Dr. Dwight became later, the illustrious president of Yale College. In her girlhood Hannah D. Hollister is said to have been a 'a belle in Glastonbury'. She was gifted with remarkable physical strenth, possessing likewise, great mental strength. She is remembered as a woman of high moral worth, and integrity. By all classes of society she was esteemed and respected, her fine judgment and large benevolence rendering her the center of the circle in which she moved. Coming into the place, when it was comparatively new, which for more than fifty years became her home, she identified herself with its best interests, 'the moral, educational and social enterprises of the times, receiving her prompt and full sanction'. Having fervent piety, her earnest prayers were largely for the younger portion of the community, desiring particularly for them, the greatest possible benefits. In stature she was taller rather above medium height, and of commanding presence. She had large brown eyes, dark hair, and fair complexion. Her features were prominent, and bore the Puritan characteristics."
