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Hannah Bullard (Riddan)

Also Known As: "widow of Henry Dyer"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Death: after 1711
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thaddeus Riddan and Elizabeth Riddan
Wife of Henry Dyer and Augustine Bullard
Mother of Henry Dyer
Sister of Mary Keyes; John Riddan; Abigail Riddan, Reading (DNA) and Elizabeth Riddan

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Hannah Bullard

Hannah Riddan, daughter of Thaddeus Riddan and Elizabeth King, b. 11 Nov. 1662, m. 1st Henry Dyer (3), m. 2d Augustine Bullard

From "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis (Portland, ME; 1928):

“Henry [Dyer], mariner, was at Portsm. 23 Mar. 1679-80, a wit. with Joshua Fryer 1681, master of the ketch 'Prosperous' 1684. Wife Hannah Riddan, dau. of Thaddeus, was a wid. taxed in Portsm. 1690, vict. lic. 1692, m. 2d 12 Oct. 1693 Augustine Bullard(1)."
"Augustine, Portsm., shipmaster, taxed 1690, retailer's lic. 1693. Lists 335a, 330d, 96. He m. 12 Oct. 1693 Hannah (Riddan), wid. of Henry Dyer(3). Will 24 Oct. 1706-8 Sep. 1709 gave his est. to his w. to bring up his son, except the real est. to his son Benj. and steps. Henry Dyer. 5 s. each to bros. Benj. and Jasper of Barbadoes. Wid. here in 1711. Ch: Benjamin, in 1729 was of Bridgetown, Barb., merchant."


On April 25, 1692, " Hannah Dyer of Portsmouth widdow & Relict of Henry Dyer (dec?)," quitclaimed to her brother, John Riddan,of Marble. head, for "fifty pounds in silver," all right in the estate of "my honoured ffather mr. Thadeos Riddan (dec?) . . . is in Marblehead." At the same time, her sisters, Mary Hoddy, of Portsmouth, "widow of John Hoddy decd," and Elizabeth Riddan quitclaimed their rights for the same amount, £50, each.*

References

  • Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the Allied ..., Volume 3 By Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill. Page 1196. GoogleBooks
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Hannah Bullard's Timeline

1662
November 11, 1662
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1677
1677
1711
1711
Age 48
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Colonial America