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About Susanna Brooks
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34716553/john-whiston
Susanna Hatherly aka Hanford was born in 1615 in Devon, England
Susanna Hanford was born circa 1615 in Devonshire, England, and probably came to New England with her uncle Timothy Hatherly.2 She married (1), before 1640, John Whiston, with whom she had 6 children.3,1 She married (2), as his 2d wife, by 1664, William/1p Brooks.4,5 12 Dec 1664, "Susanna Brooks, wife of William Brooks of Scituate" and her children received £12 and a heifer in the will of Timothy Hatherly of Scituate, who added, "I acquitt her of her first husband's debt to mee."5,6 In 1665 "father-in-law" William Brooks and uncle Edward Jenkins (husband of Susannah's sister Lettice Hanford) assisted Joseph Whiston (eldest son and heir of John Whiston) in settling some of the realty of his father's estate. Joseph died in 1666, and Edward Jenkins was appointed guardian of John Whiston, Joseph's younger brother.7
Mentioned as wife Susanna in the will of her husband William Brooks, 6 Mar 1682/83.8
William married (2), by 1665, Susanna Hanford, daughter of Jeffrey Hanford and Eglin Hatherly, and widow of John Whiston, with whom she had had 6 children.17,18 12 Dec 1664, Susanna and her children received £12 and a heifer in the will of her uncle Timothy Hatherly of Scituate, who added, "I acquitt her of her first husband's debt to mee." 18 Feb 1666/7, William and Susannah Brookes gave a receipt to Joseph Tilden, administrator of the estate, for their share.18,19 In 1665 "father-in-law" William Brooks and uncle Edward Jenkins (husband of Susannah's sister Lettice Hanford) assisted Joseph Whiston (eldest son and heir of John Whiston) in settling some of the realty of his father's estate. Joseph died in 1666, and Edward Jenkins was appointed guardian of John Whiston, Joseph's younger brother.20
His undated will, signed by mark and proved 6 Mar 1682/3, bequeaths to son Nathaniell half my upland and half my meadow land, also half the upland which is on the island within the meadow and half the fruit of my orchard forever; to son Thomas the other half of my land & meadow with the housing thereon, with instructions for providing for the testator during his life, but if Thomas die without issue, this land to return to Nathaniell, who shall pay to each of his six sisters or their children £12-40. Wife Sussannah shall live in my house during her widowhood, with provision for her maintenance by Nathaniel and Thomas, and with a bequest of some moveables and of all those things which she brought with her when she became my wife; "my grandchild Beriah shall be at my wife's dispose"; to wife's youngest daughter Bathshebah Dunham 40s;
See The Great Migration, 1634–1635, 1:412–15.2
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Susanna "Susan" Brooks formerly Hanford aka Whiston
Born about 1615 in Alverdiscott, Devon, England
Daughter of Jeffrey Hanford and Eglin (Hatherly) Sillis
Sister of Lettice (Hanford) Jenkins, Margaret (Hanford) Robinson, Elizabeth (Hanford) Wade and Thomas Hanford
Wife of John Whiston — married 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth
Wife of William Brooks — married 1665 in Scituate, Plymouth
Mother of Sarah (Whiston) Nichols, John Whiston, Susanna (Whiston) Perry and Bathsheba (Whiston) Dunham
Died after 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony
Profile last modified 9 Dec 2019 | Created 18 Feb 2011
Susanna (Hanford) Brooks migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
Biography
Susanna Hanford was the daughter of Jeffrey and Eglin (Hatherley) (Downe) Hanford, and niece of Timothey Hatherley[1] [2] [3] [4]
By about 1641, she married John Whistone, who emigrated 1632 on the William & Francis, as a servant of her uncle Timothey Hatherley, and settled in Scituate[3] [5] [6], and their children included:
Joseph, born around 1641 - he was an adult when his father died in 1664, who died in Boston in 1666[3] [5] Sarah, who married Thomas Nichols in 1663[3] [5] [7] John, born circa 1648 (he was 18 when his brother Joseph died, and his uncle Jenkins was appointed his guardian), and who married Abigail Lombard[3] [5] Susanna married Thomas Perry in 1671[3] [5] [8] Increase, baptized August 10, 1656[3] [5] [9] Bathsheba, baptized July 1, 1660[9] [3] [5], who married Elezear Dunham[10] He died before October 4, 1664, when the court noted that he had died without a will and recognized his eldest son Joseph was his heir[3] [11].
After his death, his widow remarried a widower, William Brookes[4] [3] [12]. No more children are noted in thse sources
Susanna survived her husband who died in March 1682[4]
Sources
↑ Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller, 2 vols, by Holman, Mary (Lovering), (Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1948–52); also Torrey, C.A., Notes and Corrections to Stevens-Miller Genealogy (1948), typescript (n.p., 1949). See Volume 1, page 485 ↑ Timothy Hatherley Volume 1-3, page 876 of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 John Whiston Volume 1-3, page 1975 of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 William Brooks Volume 1-3, page 412 of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1831 by Deane, Samuel, 1784-1834; Publication date 1831; Publisher Boston, J. Loring ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 3, page 1645 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states WHITSTONE, John (-1664) & Susanna [HANFORD], m/2 William BROOKS ?1665, 1666; by 1640?, by 1645; Scituate {Swift (1955) 79 has Jenkins; Bartlett-Jenkins 51; Scituate 380; Stevens-Miller 486; Gen. Bulletin 1:55 has John Wiston; Tingley-Meyers 57; TAG 17:49} ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Scituate Volume 2, page 323, also found in NEHGS, which states WHISTON Sarah and Thomas Nicholles, May 25, 1663. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Volume 2, page 235, also found in NEHGS, which states PERRY, Thomas and Susana Wheston, May 2, 1671. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Massachusetts Vital Records Scituate Volume 1, page 407, also shown in NEHGS, which states: WHETSTONE, Bathsheba, d. John, bp. July 1, 1660 Increase, s. John, bp. Aug. 10, 1656 ↑ Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass , by Mrs. John E. Barclay, published in Volume 30 (1954), page 143 of The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) See page 154 for Eleazar and Bathsheba. This source explains the evidence for Bathsheba's LNAB and parents. It also states that there is no evidence for Eleazar's death ↑ Att the Generall Court held att Plymouth the 4th of October 1664, page 75-76, Volume 4 of the Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England by New Plymouth Colony; Massachusetts. General Court; Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, 1810-1874, ed; Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894, ed; Publication date 1855; Publisher Boston : Press of W. White ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 3, page 1645 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states BROOKS, William (1615-) & 2/wf Susanna (HANFORD) [WISTON/ WHISTON], w John; by 6 Mar 1665/6; Scituate {Pope's Pioneers 71, 491; TAG 17:49; Reg. 6:187, 30:466; MD 16:159; Stevens-Miller 485-6; Bartlett-Jenkins 51}
Source: ancestry.com:
Susanna Hanford
Born in Fremington, Devon, England on 1614.
Susanna married John Whiston and had 5 children.
She passed away on 1688 in Scituate Barnstable.
Parents
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Spouse(s)
John Whiston 1610-1666
Children
John Whiston 1663-1693
Joseph Whiston 1646-1666
Susanna Whiston 1652-1715
Increase Whiston 1656-Unknown
Bathsheba Whiston 1660-1682
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Susanna Brooks's Timeline
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1615
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Alverdiscott now Huntshaw Parish, Devonshire, England
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| 1641 |
1641
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Scituate, MA
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1643
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Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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1648
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony
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1650
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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August 10, 1656
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Scituate, MA
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July 1, 1660
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony
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1688
Age 73
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Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
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