Hannah Fish

HANNAH PALMER was born in Charlestown, Mass. in 1634, daughter of Walter Palmer and his 2nd wife, Rebecca Short. The First Church of Charlestown recorded Hannah's baptism on 15 Jun 1634. Walter moved his family to Rehoboth, Mass. and by 1653 had settled in Stonington, Conn. Thomas Hewitt married Hannah Palmer on 26 Apr 1659 a Stonington. (Wheeler).

Thomas continued his coastal trading business and extended it to include the West Indies. In May 1662, he sailed from Mystic River with a cargo of livestock and poultry, which he purchased to trade for goods in the West Indies. The ship was lost at sea and Thomas was never heard from again. Hannah and their two infant sons waited months and years for his return. It was finally concluded that the ship floundered and sank during a storm. Before the General Court of Conn. in 1670, Hannah presented a petition to allow her, as a widow, the liberty to marry again. She and neighbors testified that not a word had been heard of Captain Thomas Hewitt or his vessel or his company from the time they left eight years before. The court granted Hannah's petition. The following year, on 27 Dec 1671, she married Roger Sterry. Two children were born to them. Roger died sometime prior to 1680 and Hannah married a 3rd time, on 25 Aug 1681, to John Fish as his 3rd wife. Hannah lived in Stonington the rest of her life. No report has been found of her date of death.

Pending the session of the General Court of Connecticut in 1670, a hearing was had for the consideration of a petition of Mrs. Hannah Hewitt, the widow of Thomas Hewitt, for liberty to marry again, setting forth that she had not heard from her late husband for the space of eight years, and better, and her neighbors also testifying that the said Hewitt had so long been absent and that they had not heard of him, or the vessel or company he went with since their departure. "The court having. considered the premises, declare that the said Hannah Hewitt is at liberty to marry again if she see cause." So on the 27th day of Dec., 1671, she was united in marriage with Roger Sterry. He d. before 1680; she m. 3d, John Fish Aug. 25, 1681, she being his 3d wife.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 418

Sources:

• Vital Records of Stonington, Connecticut
• HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 418, 419, 508
• Doris Palmer Buys, WALTER PALMER OF STONINGTON, CONN., Fallbrook, Ca., 1986, p. 77.
• James Savage, GENEALOGY DICTIONARY OF NEW ENGLAND, Baltimore: 1909, Vol. II, pp. 490 & 491.

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Biography

Hannah was born about 1634. She is the daughter of Walter Palmer and Rebecca Short. HANNAH, bp. 15 June 1634; m. (1) 26 April 1659 Thomas Hewitt [Minor Diary 34]; m. (2) Stonington 27 December 1671 Roger Sterry; m. (3) Stonington 25 August 1681 John Fish. (The precise dates for the second and third marriages of Hannah are given in many secondary sources [e.g., Stonington Hist 418-19, 508], but do not appear in the Stonington vitalrecords. Wheeler does provide clues pointing to the location of the evidence for these marriages [e.g., "An interesting jointure between them is preserved in our old Stonington records," Stonington Hist 508].)

Events

• Birth 15 JUN 1634 Charlestown, Suffolk, MA Source: Record for Benjamin Hewitt Record for Thomas Hewitt Record for Hannah Palmer Record for Walter PALMER
• : Christening 15 JUN 1634 Charlestown, MA
• Marriage 26 APR 1659 Stonington, New London, Connecticut Source: Record for Thomas Hewitt</ref>
• : Husband: Thomas Hewitt
• : Wife: Hannah Palmer
• : Death 25 AUG 1681 Stonington, New London, CT Source: Page: Database online. Text: Record for Benjamin Hewitt Record for Thomas Hewitt Record for Hannah Palmer Record for Walter PALMER</ref>

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References

• Source: #S4 Record for Benjamin Hewitt Record for Thomas Hewitt Record for Hannah Palmer Record for Walter PALMER
• Title: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33; Author: Robert Charles Anderson.
• Source: #S4 Record for Thomas Hewitt
• Source: #S4 Page: Database online. Text: Record for Benjamin Hewitt Record for Thomas Hewitt Record for Hannah Palmer Record for Walter PALMER
• Source: S190 Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 236
• Source: S192 Title: see Walter Palmer notes
• Source: S334 Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;
• Source: S343 Title: Genealogy of New England, Vol. 1
• Source: S-0120 Ancestry.com. Ancestry-Brown. Hannah Palmer, daughter of Walter and Rebecca. Wife of Thomas Hewitt, Roger Sterry, Joe Fish. Mother of Hannah Sterry.
• History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900), p. 371, and p. 508, no. 7: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n530/mode/1up
• The Fish family in England and America (1948); p. 252-255: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757&view=1up&seq=315

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