Hannah Stodder

Hannah Bryant

• Born 25 Jan 1646 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony
• Died 17 Nov 1702 at age 56 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
• Daughter of John Bryant Sr. and Mary Lewis
• Wife of John Stodder — married 13 Dec 1665 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bryant-748

Hannah was born the 25th of January, 1645/46, at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of John Bryant and Mary Lewis Bryant.[1] She was baptized at the Second Church of Scituate on the 23rd of March, 1650, with three other siblings.[2]

Hannah was married on the 13th of December, 1665, at Hingham, Suffolk (now Plymouth) County, Massachusetts Bay, to John Stodder.[3]

She is mentioned in the 1684 Will of her father, John Sr.:

"... to my daughter Hannah twenty shillings..."[4] No married name was used for Hannah or any of the John's daughters.

Hannah and John resided on Main street near Tower's Bridge, where they had a large family. [5][6]

Known children, verified in Hingham Vitals:[7]

1. Hannah, born, November 25th, 1666. (pg. 10)
2. John, born, June 7th, 1668. (pg. 15)
3. James, born, July 16th, 1670. (pg. 20)
4. Tabitha, born, February 6th, 1671/72. (pg. 25)
5. Jacob, born, February 27th, 1673/74. (pg. 31)
6. Martha, born, November 1st, 1676. (pg. 38)
7. Hezekiah, born, February 11th, 1678/79. (pg. 47)
8. Nathaniel, born, March 22nd, 1680/81. (pg. 53)
9. Benjamin, born, October 23rd, 1683. (pg. 60)
10. Bathsheba, born, April 6th, 1686. (pg. 68)

Her death is recorded at Hingham, the 17th of November, 1702.[8]

Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed, Vol III, pages 1023 & 1024 < Archive.Org >

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bryant-748 cites
   1. Original Town Records of Scituate, MA, Vol. 6, pg. 7, 8th entry from the bottom.
   2. Scituate, Massachusetts: Second Church Records, 1645-1850, compiled by Wilford Litchfield, pg. 2.
   3. Original Town Records of Hingham, MA, Births Marriages Death, pg. 6, 7th entry: "1665 13[th] Decembr m[marriage] John Stodder and Hannah Briant the daughter of John Briant were marryed on the 13 (10m[old calendard, Dec.) 1665."
   4. Plymouth Colony Records & Wills, 1633-1686, Vol. 4, pgs. 86-87, Last Will & Testament of John Briant.
   5. The Stoddard Family: p.30
   6. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.192
   7. Original Vital Records of Higham, MA, Births, Marriage, Deaths, 1635-1780, Pages 10 thru 68. Each child's page number is found after their birth date in the biography.
   8. Original Vital Records of Higham, MA, Births, Marriage, Deaths, 1635-1780, page 124, 7th entry: "D[ied] Hannah Stodder the wife of John Stodder dyed the 17th day of novembr: 1702."
   9. Bryant, Dr. Percy. Descendants of John Briant, Sen., of Scituate, Mass., New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (1894) Vol. 48: pgs. 46-53.

• Further confirmation of this lineage is given in the abstract of the Will of John Stoddard, Sr., dated 4 Nov 1684