Eglin Hatherly

Eglin (Eglyne) Hatherley, bapt. 8 June 1586 at Winkleigh (Devon), dau. of Robert and Elinor (---) Hatherley, died after January 1653/4, when she was named in the will of her 3rd husband and before 1656.

She md (1) before about 1609 --- Downe; (2) 21 March 1611 at Fremington, Devon, England, Jeffrey Hanford, who was buried 12 May 1626 at Alverdiscott Devon, England (3) 15 December 1637 at Scituate, Massachusetts Richard Sillis.

Various Internet sites show a first name for her first husband. However, we know nothing about him. We just know that she was Elgin Downe at the time of her second marriage.

A few Internet sites also incorrectly show her as wife of either Timothy Foster or Hopestill Leland. She never married either of these men.

Eglin (Hatherly) Hanford and her daughters Margaret and Elizabeth arrived in Boston on thePlanter in 7 Jun 1635 according to The Great Migration Begins p 880. There is no record of her parents or a spouse arriving with her see the Winthrop Society website She was also with two of Thomas Hanford's siblings on the ship "Planter." Margaret was sixteen, and Elizabeth was fourteen. The ship's captain was Master Nicolas Travice and sailed from London England April 8, 1635. The passenger list identified her as being 46 years old of Fremington, Devon. It has been written that the Rev. Thomas Hanford followed his mother Elgin at a later date in order to finish his studies in England. Elgin is named in historical documents as one of the Pioneers of Massachusetts.

Elgin Hanford's brother was Timothy Hatherly, a founder of Scituate, MA who came to America on the ship 'Anne' in 1623. He traveled back and forth from England and Plymouth on several occasions, settling permanently in Scituate in 1634. Hatherly was one of a group of investors who helped to finance the maiden voyage of the Mayflower. The group is referred to as the "Merchant Adventurers".

Elgin Hatherly Hanford, with Thomas' sisters, Margaret, and Elizabeth departed from London aboard the ship Planter on April 8, 1635. They arrived in Boston, on June 7, 1635.

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Sources

• Mary Lovering Holman (and Winifred Lovering Holman), Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller, 2 volumes (n.p. 1948, 1951) 485-91
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3F4-Q5M
• http://winthropsociety.com/ships/planter.htm
• Four American Ancestries, 873-4
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2018, 6:58:44 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2018, 6:59:06 UTC

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2018, 6:58:44 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2018, 6:59:06 UTC