Person:Hannah Baxter (1)

Note the will of John Baxter father of Hannah Baxter where it is clear that in 1717/8 Hannah Baxter is both "Hannah Moss, widow" and mother of Benjamin, John, Thomas, Hannah (now caver), Mehitable and Sarah Dyer. This makes it perfectly clear she was married first to Joseph Dyer and second to Joseph Morse:

"To my grand children & three daus. of my dau. Hannah Moss £20 more out of it, equally at wifes deceas"

"to my grand children Benjamin, John, & Thomas Dyer & they to pay their 3 sisters, to Hannah Carver £30, Mehitable Dyer £20, Sarah Dyer £20"

"Daughter Hannah Moss, widow, to have use of £100 before willed my grand children, her children, in case she want it."

Note the other Dyar children of Hannah Baxter predeceased her. And daughter Elizabeth Dyer is named explicitly as the daughter of Joseph Dyer's first wife in his will.

Disputed Death Date

There are two different death dates identified as belonging to Hannah (Baxter) Dyer, The first is unsubstantiated if applied to Hannah [Baxter][Dyer] Morse and in error if applied to Hannah Frary (see below) once probate records are examined. The second date is confirmed by a photo of the original burial monument and is consistent with probate records of Hannah Baxter's father, John Baxter, and of her first husband, John Dyer. and per the marriage intentions filed for widow Hannah Dyer to Joseph Morse. There can be no doubt which is correct.

Weymouth 19 Sep 1726

Note this Find A Grave memorial^[1]) has been removed. This death date is not in Weymouth vital records. Other than the now deleted FindAGrave Memorial there is no record of any such gravestone existing. This date of death is stated Dyar Family for Hannah Baxter without citation. Chamberlain, p. 3:211, and Jacobus, p. 545, both state this is the death date of wife Hannah (Frary) Dyer and completely ignore the fact that Joseph Dyer had a second wife Hannah Baxter (and neither provides a citation). Clearly these last two authors are in error since we know that Joseph Dyer had two wives for he names his daughter Elizabeth daughter of his first wife indicating he was married twice. This memorial is not consistent with Hannah Baxter's second marriage to Joseph Morse and the fact that her father, John Baxter, names her "Daughter Hannah Moss, widow" in his will of 1717/18 (Joseph Morse died 1717). The will of Hannah Baxter's father, John Baxter also names individually all six of her living Dyer children and calling them the children of his daughter "Hannah Moss." Joseph Dyer in his will names "Father Baxter," and "brother Joseph Baxter." This making it abundantly clear that Hannah Baxter in 1717 was both "Hannah Moss, widow" and mother of six living Dyer children. Moreover, the will of Samuel² White son of Thomas White states: "my sister Hannah Baxter" and "Hannah Dyer, daughter unto my sister Hannah Baxter." Therefore we can conclude that Chamberlain, and Jacobus are clearly in error and Dyar Family's date is unsubstantiated.

Sherborn 4 Sep 1727

This Find A Grave memorial has a photo^[2]. Weymouth VRs record the marriage intention of Capt. Joseph Morse of Sherborn with widow Hannah Dyer of Weymouth on 18 Apr 1713. The marriage is reported to be 17 May 1713 by some authors but evidence of the second date has not been seen. That this is the actual burial monument of Hannah [Baxter][Dyer] Morse widow of Joseph Morse is entirely consistent with the available evidence. Joseph Dyer had two wives for he names his daughter Elizabeth daughter of his first wife indicating he was married twice. This memorial is consistent with Hannah Baxter's second marriage to Joseph Morse and the fact that her father, John Baxter, names her "Daughter Hannah Moss, widow" in his will of 1717/18 (Joseph Morse died 1717). The will of Hannah Baxter's father, John Baxter also names individually all six of her living Dyer children and calling them the children of his daughter "Hannah Moss." Joseph Dyer in his will names "Father Baxter," and "brother Joseph Baxter." This making it abundantly clear that Hannah Baxter in 1717 was both "Hannah Moss, widow" and mother of six living Dyer children. Moreover, the will of Samuel² White son of Thomas White states: "my sister Hannah Baxter" and "Hannah Dyer, daughter unto my sister Hannah Baxter." Several sources, accept this identification, including Cutter, p. 2:1080, Mary Lovering Holman, p. 2:23 Memorial of the Baxter Family, p. 11, and Waldo Chamberlain Sprague who cites the will of her father.

Conclusion

This page has been organized to reflect the marriage to Capt. Joseph Morse, but the death date of 1726 has been left as an alternate but is entirely unsubstantiated.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
   819 (original p. 257).

   Hanna Baxter daughter of John and Anna born 3m. 6. 1660.
   [In 1660, the 3rd month was May.]

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Old South Cemetery, Sherborn, in Find A Grave
   Hannah Baxter Dyer Morse.

   [Text in brackets assumed.]
   [HE]RE LYES Y^e BODY
   [OF] M^rs HANNAH MORSE
   [Y^e] WIDOW OF CAP^T JOSEPH
   MORSE DEC[^D] SEP^T
   Y^e 4^th 1727
   IN Y^e 67^th YEAR
   OF HER AGE.

3.   North Weymouth Cemetery , in Find A Grave
   Hannah Baxter Dyer.

   [Note: original cited memorial removed. The current citation appears to the same, suggesting removal of duplicate. Like original, no image, no cemetery named. Appears based not on a gravestone, instead unsourced assertions in secondary sources, which upon more thorough research, appear incorrect.]

4.   Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain, comp. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1640-1850: including the Modern Towns of Randolph and Holbrook and the City of Quincy. (Boston, Massachusetts: Published in cooperation with the Quincy Historical Society by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1983)
   p 174 digital version.

   Note the will of John Baxter father of Hannah Baxter where it is clear that in 1717/8 Hannah Baxter is both "Hannah Moss, widow" and mother of Benjamin, John, Thomas, Hannah (now Carver), Mehitable and Sarah Dyer. This makes it perfectly clear she was married first to Joseph Dyer and second to Joseph Morse:
   
   "To my grand children & three daus. of my dau. Hannah Moss £20 more out of it, equally at wifes deceas"
   
   "to my grand children Benjamin, John, & Thomas Dyer & they to pay their 3 sisters, to Hannah Carver £30, Mehitable Dyer £20, Sarah Dyer £20"
   
   "Daughter Hannah Moss, widow, to have use of £100 before willed my grand children, her children, in case she want it."
   
   Note the other Dyar children of Hannah Baxter predeceased her. And daughter Elizabeth Dyer is named explicitly as the daughter of Joseph Dyer's first wife in his will.
   
   The marriage date of 1683 given by Mary Loving Holman in Stevens-Miiler 2:23 is clearly derived from the date of the first recorded child Hannah Dyer identified in the will of John Baxter. This indicates the demarcation between the children of his first wife and the children of his second wife.
   
   Note below in the will of her father in 1719 she was named Hannah Moss (Hannah Morse). She would have been a widow of her second husband at this time.
   
   [435R] Lieut. JOHN2 BAXTER (Gregory1) Baxter born Dec. 1 1639 at Roxbury; died Apr. 29 1719 ae. 81, or Apr. 20 1719 ae. 80 (GS), Hancock Cem. Married Nov. 24 1659, Anna (or Hannah) White, born ____ at Weymouth, died Feb. 29 1723/4 (record of Joseph3 Baxter), dau. of Thomas & (_____) White of Weymouth. He lived in a house now standing at N.E. corner of Spear & Camel Sts., built about 1650 by his father, and the oldest house now standing in Quincy. He was elected selectman 1693, 1696, 1701, 15, commissioner 1694, fenceviewer 1699, moderator 1697, 8, 1702, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, on committee to seat the meeting house 1697, on the committee of Purchase Lands 1699 etc., Representative 1701-4, constable 1705. He was in King Philip's War 1675 (Reg. 37:28). Children of Lt. John & Anna born at Braintree (Quincy):
   
   i . Hanna, May 6 1660; m 1st about 1683, Dea. Joseph Dyer of Weymouth as
   2nd wife. married 2nd int. Apr. 18 1713 at Weymouth Capt. Joseph Moss or Morse of
   Sherborn. She was a widow in 1718. Capt. Joseph3 Morse (Joseph2, Samuel1), died 1717
   at Sherborn. She died Sept. 4 1727 in 67th year.
   ii . John, Oct. 28 1663; died May 28 1666.
   + iii. John, Feb. 14 1666/7.
   iv. Thomas, Apr. 27 1670; died Jan.7 1692/3.
   + v. Samuel, near 1672.
   + vi. Joseph, June 4 1676, bapt. June 11.
   
   [435] 21:404 Will of John Baxter Mar. 24 1717/8 – June 4 1719: To wife Hannah lower room of newest end of my dwelling house & 1/2 my cellar during life & all money & moveables except £60 & one feather bed & furniture for son Joseph & £20 more for him at decease of my wife. To my grand children & three daus. of my dau. Hannah Moss £20 more out of it, equally at wifes decease, & remainder between my 4 children. To eldest son John my now dwelling house & barn & all upland, salt & fresh meadow adjoining & half my lands in fence field, next to land of John Ruggles & 1/2 upland bot of Joseph Parmenter & John Sanders that half next his own land & 1 ae. salt meadow & 1/2 my three lots of purchase land in the 600 acres. To son Samuel besides already given, 4 ae. salt meadow in Broad Meadows adjoining his own & 1 ae. salt adj. the town's land & Wm. Savel's & rest of land in fenced field & other half of upland at Pumpkin Hill, next to John Ruggles next to said hill & my right in town swamp joining the town's land, between John Beal & Wm. Savel & other half my 3 lots in 600 ae., he paying £160 to my grand children Benjamin, John, & Thomas Dyer & they to pay their 3 sisters, to Hannah Carver £30, Mehitable Dyer £20, Sarah Dyer £20. To sons John & Samuel my lot at Ancients Ordinary & rest of my purchase lands, Samuel's half in Fenced Field to include 7 ae. already given. Daughter Hannah Moss, widow, to have use of £100 before willed my grand children, her children, in case she want it. Sons John & Samuel executors. Witnesses: John Hinds, Peter Newcomb Jr., Joseph Parmenter.

5.   Joseph Morse, in Alicia Crane Williams. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013)
   5.

   link Joseph Morse married 3rd int., Wyemouth, 18 Apr. 1713, perh. in Sherborn, 17 May 1713 [Stevens-Miller, 2:23]to Hannah (Baxer) Dyer dau of John and Hannah (White) Baxter [Stevens-Miller, 2:23], d. Holliston 4 Sep 1727, in 67yh year [Sherborn VR 215, Holliston VR 337]. She m. (1) Joseph Dyer, who m. (1) Hannah Frary. [Stevens-Miller, 2:23]

6.   John Baxter of Weymouth, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
   Suffolk County Case # 4180, 4 Jun 1719.

   Suffolk County Case # 4180 John Baxter of Weymouth 4 Jun 1719 This file contains an image of the will transcribed in Genealogies of the Families of Braintree above. This shows that Joseph Dyer had a second wife Hannah Baxter daughter of John Baxter who was mother to six of Joseph Dyer's living children each individually named by John Baxter in his will. She is called by her father "Hannah Moss, widow" clearly supporting that she married second after Joseph Dyer's death to Joseph Morse. Images of his will are also attached to the profile of John Baxter.

7.   Thomas White 1599-1679, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   2:7:341.

   link
   
   In his will [Thomas White 1599-1679], dated 5 July 1679 and proved 28 August 1679, "Thomas White Senior" bequeathed to "my son Joseph White all my wearing apparel"; to "my son Samuel's wife Mary my great Bible '; to "my granddaughter Lidya White my brass kettle; to "my grandchild Hannah Baxter my brass pot"; to "my grandchild Mary White my pewter platter"; to "all my now grandchildren five shillings in money each of them and all of them as they sl1all come of age"; to "my son Ebenezar White five pounds in money toward the education of my grandchild Ebenezar White provided that my son Ebenezar brings hi1n up to learning fit for the ministry"; to "our reverend Pastor Mr. Samuel Torrey twenty shillings in money"; "that twenty acres remaining in the upper division of Weymouth Town Commons equally betwixt my son Samuel and Ebenezar"; "all my money and moveables of what quantity and quality soever it shall be apprized as money and my five child1·en Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, Ebenezar and my daughter Hannah, shall have equal alike portions"; "in case Elder Edward Bate shall be living when I decease, I give him ten shillings in money"; "my son Samuel White to be sole executor”; "my friend Thomas Dun to be my overseer" [SPR 6:288].
   The inventory of the estate of "Thomas White late of Weymouth now deceased," taken 26 August 1679, totalled £176 17s., of which £5 was real estate: "20 acres of land, £5 [SPR 12:316].
   
   Samuel White, son of Thomas White, died Without surviving issue and, in his will of 2 December 1698, included bequests to his close relatives: "Mary my beloved wife" (land, moveables and "four negro servants, Frank, Ziporah, Charles & Margaret"); "Samuel White, my cousin, son to my eldest brother Joseph White"; "my cousin Ebenezer White, my brother Ebenezer White's son"; "Thomas White, my brother Thomas White's son"; "John White, my brother Joseph White's son"; "Ebenezer White, my brother Joseph's son"; "Experience White, daughter unto my brother Joseph White"; "Hannah, daughter unto my brother Joseph White"; "my brother Joseph White and my brother Thomas White and my brother Ebenezer White and my sister Hannah Baxter and my cousin Joseph White, son to my brother Joseph White, and Mary White, daughter to my brother Thomas White, & Hannah Dyer, daughter unto my sister Hannah Baxter"; "Thomas White & Samuel White and Ann Traske, children of my brother Joseph White"; "Samuel White and Joseph White & Ebenezer White, sons of my brother Thomas white"; "Mr. Ebenezer White and Thomas White and Samuel White and Joseph White and Benjamin White & Hannah White & Abigail White and Experience White and Elizabeth White, children of my brother Ebenezer White"; "Mr. Joseph Baxter and John Baxter and Samuel Baxter, sons of my sister Hannah Baxter"; "Mr. Benjamin Ruggles, my wife' s sister's son"; "my beloved wife Mary White to be sole executrix; "my brother Ebenezer White and my brother Joseph Dyar to be overseers"; "Lidia Cook and Mary Hill, daughters unto my brother Joseph White" [SPR 14:81-82].