Christian Hathaway

Christian Potter

• Born about 1665 [location unknown]
• Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
• Wife of Samuel Maxfield — married 11 Dec 1691 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
• Wife of John Hathaway, Jr. - married between 1713 & 1719
• Mother of Richard Maxfield, Margaret (Maxfield) Hathaway

John Hathaway’s wives

http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/hathaway/johnhathway2.htm

Hannah and John are mentioned in the will of her father James Burt. John and his second wife Christian deeded property to John's son Jacob on 24 June 1726, and she is named in John's will. She was very likely Christian Maxfield, widow of Samuel Maxfield. She was Maxfield's widow as late as 1713. John's son Thomas Hathway married Christian's widowed daughter Margaret (Maxfield) Ingraham in 1719. Margaret was living in Bristol with her first husband Timothy Ingraham when their son Timothy was born in 1712. There's no certain death record for Timothy, Sr. Her marriage record to Thomas says she was from Freetown. This strongly suggests that John Hathway's second wife was Christian (Potter) Maxfield, and that when they married some time between 1713 and 1719, Margaret, with her baby, and Margaret's youngest brother and only full sibling, Richard Maxfield, moved to Freetown to live in the Hathway household.

Sources

1. http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/hathaway/johnhathway2.htm
   1. 1713 Will of John Hathaway
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-7036
   1. Dorchester, MA Vital records: Maxfeld, Samuel and Cristian Potter married Dec 11, 1691 by Mr. Sewall