Is Hannah Hawley Beard the Sister of Captain Joseph Hawley?

From The Hawley Society:

"There were believed to be two sisters, Hannah and Elizabeth. Hannah married twice, in 1655 to John Ufford, whom she divorced shortly thereafter, and then to Capt. John Beard, 25 March 1657. They lived at Milford (est 1639) on the Long Island Sound a bit west of the Housatonic River from Stratford, where Joseph ultimately settled. Elizabeth married in 1641 to Richard Booth who later came and settled in Stratford at the same time as Joseph."

"A third possible sister, Miriam Hawley, claimed kinship to Joseph although Elias Sill Hawley in THE HAWLEY RECORD, does not support this claim. Miriam married Moses Wheeler and originally lived in the New Haven plantation but left after Moses was cited for a violation of that community’s strict laws regarding the Sabbath. It seems that he returned home on the Sabbath after an out-of-town absence and greeted his wife and children with kisses. Apparently, he was or felt compelled to leave. They settled in Stratford where his sister was wife to the settlement’s minister Adam Blakeman."

Hannah Hawley, married John Ufford, divorced him on the grounds he was "not suited to the marriage relationship" and she married Capt. John Beard. They resided at Milford. The New Haven Court felt a bit ill-used when John Ufford sought permission to marry Martha Nettleton, who, if my dates are correct, was pregnant at the time. John and Martha had eight children.

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Findagrave Claims, Unproven

Findagrave gives no reliable source and we prefer The Hawley Society (link above). So take the following with a large grain of salt.

According to Findagrave:

• Birth: 1625
• Walton on Trent, England
• Death: 1698
• Milford
• New Haven County
• Connecticut, USA

Findagrave: "The daughter of my ancestors, JOSEPH & KATHERINE (BOOTH) HAWLEY, she married first John Ufford, son of my ancestors, THOMAS & ISABEL (BRYAN) UFFORD, and shortly after their marriage, she petitioned the court to divorce him on the grounds that he was "unqualified for the marital relation". They had no children and the court granted their divorce."

"She married second, Capt. John Beard, son of my ancestors, JAMES & MARTHA BEARD. They were the parents of at least 10 children. John Ufford later married Martha Nettleton and fathered eight children."

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