Person:Hannah Barrett (12)

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Hannah Barrett
b.Abt 1681 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.16 Oct 1765 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1680
  1. Mary Barrett1679/80 - 1679/80
  2. Hannah BarrettAbt 1681 - 1765
  3. Mary Barrett1684 -
  4. Jonathan Barrett1687 - 1773
  5. Deliverance Barrett1689/90 -
  6. Experience Barrett1694/95 - 1694/95
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 May 1699
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Hannah Barrett
Gender Female
Birth[4] Abt 1681 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 17 May 1699 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Capt. Jonathan Bowers
Death[2][3] 16 Oct 1765 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Barrett, Joseph Hartwell. Thomas Barrett of Braintree, William Barrett of Cambridge and their early descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1888)
    Vol. 42, p. 260.

    Children of Jonathan Barrett and Sarah Learned: "?" Hannah, m. 17 May 1699 Jonathan Bowers, d. 16 Oct 1765, "a. 86".

  2. ↑ Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
    p. 344.

    BOWERS, Hannah, wid. Capt. Jonathan, [died] Oct. 16, 1765, a. 85. GR1

  3. ↑ Find A Grave: Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Mass., in Find A Grave
    Hannah Barrett Bowers.

    Here lyes ye Body of
    Mrs HANNAH BOWERS
    Widow of Capt.
    JONATHAN BOWERS
    Who departed this life
    Octor ye 16th 1765 in ye
    86th Year of Her Age.

  4. ↑ [The birth date is set to 1681 so it will sort after the first of the first Mary.]
    Note that there is no birth record for Hannah so her birth date and parentage are somewhat speculative (note the question mark in the NEHGR article). Her father does not seem to have a probate. The first mention of her seems to be her marriage in 1699 to Jonathan Bowers. And while placing her into this family appears to represent a reasonable guess, she is not a perfect fit into this family either.
    The article cited conveniently ignores the birth and death of a daughter Mary in 1679-1680 [year torn but apparently this range determined by context of surrounding records}. This is exactly when Hannah would need to be born if her age at death is correct (age 86 would be 1679; "in the 86th year", or 85, would be 1680). One secondary source even pushes Hannah's birth to 1677 to compensate, but that seems unlikely. It would be typical for a colonial couple, after losing a child in infancy, to have another in short order, roughly a year, so depending on what Mary's year actually was, that would mean Hannah could be as early as 1680, or assuming some inflation in the age at death (often observed), even 1681. The long gap until the second daughter Mary would be unusual following a child who dies in infancy, so this arrangement is very plausible, but evidence, beyond an educated guess, that Hannah belongs in this family has yet to be located.
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