Hannah DICKINSON

1648 - 1705  (56 years)

• Birth	6 Dec 1648  [1, 2]
  Note	19 Sep 1677  [2]
  	Hannah, married Samuel Gillet in 1668 and had 4 children. While they were all very small, Hannah's husband was killed in the great fight with the Indians at Turners Falls on the Connecticut River, May 19, 1676. The next year Hannah married Stephen Jennings, and a few months later she was captured by the Indians and taken to Canada. The poor woman - soon to be a mother - left three little children at home, the oldest but six. (Her first baby had been burned to death). Hannah was rescued in a few months, then her baby was born and named Captivity. some years later they moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts. One day in July Hannah's husband Mr. Jennings was in the meadow, with five other men, making hay, when some Indians sprang upon them suddenly and killed them. The husband of her daughter Captivity was also slain by the Indians.
  Death	1705	Brookfield, Worcester, MA   [2, 3]

  
  

  Father	John DICKINSON,   b. 1630, Watertown, Middlesex, MA d. 19 May 1676, Hadley, Hampshire, MA (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Frances FOOTE,   b. 1629, ENGLAND d. 3 Feb 1678, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F1584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel GILLET,   b. 22 Jan 1641/42, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 19 May 1676, Turners Falls on the Connecticut River (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1668  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Hannah GILLET,   b. 20 Sep 1669   d. Feb 1671 (Age 1 year)   2. Mary GILLET,   b. Dec 1670   3. Samuel GILLET,   b. 24 May 1672   4. Hannah GILLET,   b. 5 Sep 1673
  Family ID	F2209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Stephan JENNINGS   d. 22 Jul 1710, Brookfield, Worcester, MA
  Marriage	15 May 1677  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Captivity JENNINGS,   b. 14 May 1678, Hadley, Hampshire, MA   2. Stephen JENNINGS,   b. 16 Jun 1680, Hadley, Hampshire, MA d. 22 Jul 1710, Brookfield, Worcester, MA (Age 30 years)   3. Joseph JENNINGS,   b. 23 Aug 1682, Hadley, Hampshire, MA   4. Sarah JENNINGS,   b. 29 Aug 1684   d. 24 Jul 1748, Wallingford, New Haven, CT (Age 63 years)   5. Benjamin JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1686, Hadley, Hampshire, MA d. 22 Jul 1710, Brookfield, Worcester, MA (Age 24 years)   6. John JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1688, Hadley, Hampshire, MA   7. Jonathan JENNINGS,   b. 24 Nov 1692, Hadley, Hampshire, MA d. 19 Jul 1754 (Age 61 years)   8. Ebenezer JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1694
  Family ID	F2210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1705 - Brookfield, Worcester, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S130] King, Mrs. James A. (Nellie Clark), Some New England Families, (J. B. Savage Co., Printers, Cleveland, Ohio, 1922), 130. [S179] Foote, Abram W., Foote Family, (Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1907-1932), 179. [S135] Brown, Rick, Rick Brown FGS, 135.