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Hannah Rickard (Pontus)

Also Known As: "Churchill", "Hannah Pontus (Potts)", "Hannah Pontus"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Leiden, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
Death: December 22, 1690 (66-67)
Hobbs Hole, Plymouth, Plymouth County, New Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
Place of Burial: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Pontus and Wybra Pontus
Wife of John Churchill, ‘the Colonist’ and Giles Rickard
Mother of Abigail Churchill; Barnabas Churchill; Joseph “Pontus” Churchill; Hannah Drew; Eleazer Churchill and 3 others
Sister of Rachel Pontus; Mary Delano; Sarah Pontus; Elizabeth Pontus and Wybra Pontus

Occupation: Arrive in Massachusetts 1632
Managed by: Esther Rowe Irish
Last Updated:

About Hannah Rickard

Marriage(2): Plymouth Register, in Shurtleff 8:32: "Gyles Rickard, Senir, was married to Hannah Churchill, Senir, the 25th of June, anno Dom 1669."

Death: Ply.Ch.Recs 1:5:20 in Pub.Col.Soc.Mass 22:269: "Hannah Rickard widow (who is formerly Churchel) 22nd December [1690] in her 67th yeare."


Hannah married first John Churchill in Plymouth, MA on 12/18/1644. All issue were with John. Hannah married second Giles Rickard in Plymouth, MA on 06/25/1669.

Children of John and Hannah Churchill (all b. in Plymouth):

  1. Joseph Churchill, b. about 1648.
  2. Hannah Churchill, b. 12 Nov 1649.
  3. Eleazer Churchill, b. 20 Apr 1652;  d. 5 Mar 1716. He m. Mary --?--. They had children Hannah, Joanna, Abigail, Eleazer, Stephen, Jedidah, Mary, Elkanah, Nathaniel, Josiah, and Jonathan.
  4. Mary Churchill, b. 1 Aug 1654.
  5. William Churchill, b. 1656;  d. 5 Oct 1722 in Plympton, MA. He m. Lydia BRYANT 17 Jan 1683/84. They had children William, Samuel, James, Lydia, and Josiah.
  6. John Churchill, d. 1723. He m. (1) Rebecca DELANO 28 Dec 1686 in Plymouth. They had children Elizabeth, Rebecca, John, Sarah, and Hannah. He m. (2) Hanna (--?--) BARTLET 4 Mar 1715.

References

  1. The Churchhill Family in America. Page 5. < Archive.Org >; (document attached)
  2. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smoore/7508.htm
  3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pontus-6
  4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41150731/hannah-churchill_rickard
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Hannah Rickard's Timeline

1623
1623
Leiden, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
1642
1642
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1646
1646
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1647
1647
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1649
November 12, 1649
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1652
April 20, 1652
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
1654
August 1, 1654
Plymouth, New Plymouth Colony, Dominion of New England
1656
1656
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1657
1657
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America