Person:Hannah Post (1)

Hester Hyde born Abt. 1631 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn, died November 13, 1703 in Norwich, New London, Conn was her mother. (Rebeccar Bruen is also suggested as the mother, reason being shown by Savage below). John Post, born September 16, 1629 in Otham, Kent, England and died November 27, 1711 in Norwich, New London, Conn was her father.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

JOHN, Saybrook, s[on]. of Stephen, b[orn]. prob[ably]. in Eng[land]. m[arried]. in the last of Mar. 1652, Esther, d[aughter]. of William Hyde, had Margaret, b[orn]. 21 Feb. 1653; Elizabeth 22 Feb. 1655; John, 12 Apr. 1657; and Sarah, 6 Nov. 1659; rem[oved]. with first sett[ler]. to Norwich, there had Abigail, 6 Nov. 1664, d[ied]. at 11 y[ea]rs.; Samuel, 8 Mar. 1668; Hannah, Oct. 1671; and Lydia, 11 Mar. 1674; was in 1663, accept[ed]. to be made free, yet seems to have missed for sev[eral]. y[ea]rs. of taking the o[ath]. wh[ich]. the Dept[uty]. Gov[ernor]. was requested to admin[ister]. in 1686 and again in 1668. In the list of 1669 he is includ[ed]. and his w[ife]. d[ied]. 13 Nov. 1703. He d[ied]. 27 Nov. 1710. Lydia m[arried]. Abel Moore, and next, Joseph Harris, both of New London.

STEPHEN, Cambridge 1634, rem[oved]. 1636 to Hartford, an orig[inal]. propr[ietor]. had John, Thomas, and Abraham, prob[ably]. Catharine, wh[o]. m[arried]. Alexander Chalker, in 1649 was of Saybrook, where he d[ied]. 16 Aug. 1659.

THOMAS, Saybrook, s[on]. prob[ably]. of the preced[ing]. m[arried]. Jan. 1656, Mary Andrews, had Sarah, b[orn]. Nov. 1657; and a[bout]. 1660 rem[oved]. to Norwich, where his w[ife]. d[ied]. 1661; and he m[arried]. 2 Sept. 1663, Rebecca, d[aughter]. of Obadiah Bruen, had Thomas, Dec. 1664; Hannah, Feb. 1666; Mary, June 1669; Obadiah; and Joseph. He d[ied]. 5 Sept. 1701, and his wid[ow]. d[ied]. 15 Apr. 1721.

Children of Jeremiah Chapman and Hannah Post are

i. Jeremiah Chapman, born January 23, 1695/96 (baptized 26 Jan 1694 [1696] N.S. by Gurdon Saltonstall; died Aft. 1742. ii. Hannah Chapman, born 1698; died in young. iii. Hannah Chapman, born July 30, 1700, baptized August 4, 1700 by Gurdon Saltonstall. iv. Elizabeth Chapman, born November 22, 1702. [Baptized 1 Nov 1702 by Gurdon Saltonstall but unnamed in the records?) She married (1) ? Male Comstock Aft. November 09, 1748 in published 11 9 1748. She married (2) Jno Ward Aft. September 12, 1772 in published 9 12 1722. She married (3) Ebe Waterman Unknown. (Elizabeth is not proven) v. Gideon Chapman, born November 01, 1704, baptized 29 [Oct] 1704 by Gurdon Saltonstall at First Church, New London; died September 17, 1739. vi. Ezeliel Chapman, born December 09, 1706. [Baptized 1 Jan 1707 by Gurdon Saltonstall but unnamed in the records?) vii. James Chapman, born February 08, 1708/09. viii. Stephen Chapman, born Bef. 1711 (not proven) ix. Sarah Chapman, born September 20, 1711; died 1717.

1. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 3, p. 465.