1st wife of William Hedge

Family

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Capt. William Hedge, born ca. 1612 in prob. Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England; died 1670 in Yarmouth?, Massachusetts.He was the son of Elisha Hedge and Ann Ward.

MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1640 _____ _____; she died after about 1658 and by about 1667.

(2) After 1667 Blanche (_____) Hull, widow of Tristram Hull; she deserted him before 30 June 1670.

CHILDREN:
With first wife

• iABRAHAM, b. say 1640; named in father's will, 30 June 1670; sued by Francis Baker, 27 October 1680 [PCR 7:230; see also PCR 5:111]; no further record.
• iiELISHA, b. about 1642 (d. Yarmouth 17 May 1732 "in his 91st year" [YarVR 809]); m. by 1666 Mary _____ (eldest child b. 30 November 1666 [YarVR 6]). (Mary is said to be daughter of Edward Sturgis, but see COMMENTS below.)
• iiiSARAH, b. say 1645; m. by about 1668 James Matthews (although the birth dates of his children, and therefore his approximate marriage date, are quite uncertain).
• ivELIZABETH, b. Yarmouth 21 May 1647 [PCR 8:3]; m. Plymouth 4 January 1665[/6] Jonathan Barnes [PCR 8:31], son of JOHN BARNES .
• vMARY, b. Yarmouth 24 [February?] 1648[/9?] [PCR 8:7]; m. (1) by about 1667 Samuel Sturges; m. (2) Yarmouth 1 October 1679 as his third wife John Coggeshall [YarVR 17], son of JOHN COGGESHALL . Mary died Newport 22 August 1731 in her 83rd year.
• viWILLIAM, b. say 1651; m. by 1682/3 Elizabeth _____. (Elizabeth is said to be daughter of Edward Sturgis, but see COMMENTS below.)
• viiJOHN, b. say 1653; named in father's will, 30 June 1670; no further record.
• viiiLEMUEL, b. say 1655; named in father's will, 30 June 1670; no further record.
• ixMERCY, b. say 1658; on 4 July 1673 Plymouth court authorized Lt. Thomas Howes of Yarmouth as guardian of "Marcye Hedge" [PCPR 5:124]; no further record. (Some sources state that Mercy married first Elkanah Watson and second John Freeman. In 1935 George Ernest Bowman demonstrated that the widow of Elkanah Watson did marry John Freeman, but he could find no evidence that she was Mercy Hedges [MD 33:100-14].)

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From Eugene W. Hubbard:

William Hedge did not have children by Blanche (???) Hull despite the popular notion of many genealogists. Blanche's 1st husband, Capt. Tristram Hull, made his will in 1666. He was a selectman for 6 years before his death ending in 1666/7. See pps 251-2 Hull Genealogy for more details.

One must conclude, therefore, that William Hedge had a 1st wife (the mother of his children), and that Blanche was his 2d wife (who by the way, he divorced almost immediately because of her ill behavior which she carried over from her 1st marriage.)