Person:Hannah Swallow (5)

Hannah Swallow was baptised on 17th September 1769 at Kimpton in Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Swallow, formerly Wilds, and her husband John Swallow. In 1791, when she was 22 years old, she married Thomas Philips at Kimpton, although he was from nearby Harpenden. The following year, they had a son, Thomas, baptised at Harpenden, but he died as a baby. In 1898 they had a daughter who died before she could be baptised. Both children's records describe the family as paupers from the workhouse. No further trace has been found of Thomas.

Hannah appears to have lived to the age of 69, being buried in Harpenden on 28th November 1838. She was again described as having lived in the workhouse.

1. ↑ Church of England. Kimpton Parish Registers.

   Baptised in the Year 1769: Hannah Da[ugh]ter of John & Elizab[et]h Swallow Sept[ember] the 17th

2.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Hannah PHILLIPS, December Quarter 1838, St Albans Registration District, Volume 6, page 277, aged 71 [1766/7]

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Harpenden Parish Registers.

   BURIALS in the Parish of Harpenden in the County of Hertford in the Year 1838
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   945	Hannah Phillips	Union Poor House	28th Nov[embe]r	71 years	J.E. Johnson