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Hannah Thayer formerly Bigelow aka Cheney
Born 6 Mar 1704 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Joshua Bigelow and Hannah (Fiske) Bigelow
Sister of Joshua Bigelow, Nathaniel Bigelow, Lydia (Bigelow) Parkhurst, Elizabeth (Bigelow) Nelson, John Bigelow, Abigail (Bigelow) Parkhurst and Mary Bigelow
Wife of Ebenezer Cheney — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of Ichabod Thayer — married about 1742 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Silence (Cheney) Nelson, Ichabod Thayer and Elijah Thayer
Died [date unknown] in Milford, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 Marriage
1.3 Known Children of the (Bigelow)-Cheney Marriage
1.4 Known Children of the (Bigelow)-Thayer Marriage
1.5 Death
2 Sources
Biography

Birth

Hannah was born on 6 Mar 1704, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, to Josua Bigelow and Hannah (Fiske) Bigelow,[1]

Marriage

Hannah married, first, Ebenezer Cheney, the son of William Cheney III and Margaret Cheney. Ebenezer Cheney died in 1740, in Mendon, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Her second marriage was to Ichabod Thayer. Their marriage took place in 1742.

The 17 year disparity between the ages of widowed Hannah, 38, and her young husband Ichabod, just 21, seems very unlikely, especially back then. But their stone in Milford's Pine Hill Cemetery supports the match. And there is this romantic tale, recorded 140 years after the event, possibly too good to be true: Adin Ballou relates the following in his History of Milford from 1882: "There comes down a bit of traditional romance concerning the courtship that led to this marriage. Ichabod had become of age and was looking around for a sweetheart. He had become slightly acquainted with a prepossessing lass, who dwelt in the extreme northerly part of what is now Milford, and resolved to offer her his hand, should she be willing to accept it. So he started from old Mendon in the early winter, near the close of the week, on his connubial mission. But a driving snow-storm opened upon him; and when he arrived at what is now the homestead of Justin H. Eames, the storm continued with unabated severity for two or three days. Meantime there sprang up a mutual attraction between the widow and her gallant guest. She was twenty yrs. the oldest, but still ruddy and agreeable; and as Cupid is not easily thwarted, he planted his arrows in their hearts so effectually that a match was ere long consummated. The snow-storm gave Mrs. Hannah an acceptable and willing prisoner. He went no further in pursuit of a wife."[2]

Known Children of the (Bigelow)-Cheney Marriage

Hannah (Bigelow) Cheney and her husband, Ebenezer Cheney, had two children while living in Mendon, Massachusetts Bay Colony: [3]

1. John Cheney, b. 27 Nov 1737.
2. Silence (Cheney) Nelson, b. 27 Jul 1739.
Known Children of the (Bigelow)-Thayer Marriage

Ichabod and Hannah (Bigelow) Cheney Thayer had three children while living in the part of Mendon, Massachusetts that became Milford: [4]

1. Hannah Thayer, b. 20 Mar 1742-3.
2. Ichabod Thayer Jr., b. 6 Mar 1745, baptised 7 Apr 1745.
3. Elijah Thayer, b. 4 Jun 1747, baptised 5 Jul 1747.
Death

Sources

↑ Middlesex, , "Vital Records of Watertown,", p. 25, Hannah Biglo, daughter of Joshua and hannah Biglo, 6 March 1704.
↑ Ballou, Adin, History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881. Boston: 1882, Rand, Avery, & co.) [1].
↑ Worcester, "Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts", p. 42.
↑ Worcester, "Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts", pp. 182-183.
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