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Hannah DICKINSON

Hannah DICKINSON

Female 1648 - 1705  (56 years)

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  • Name Hannah DICKINSON  [1
    Birth 6 Dec 1648  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I7627  MM
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2002 

    Father John DICKINSON,   b. 1630, Watertown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1676, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Frances FOOTE,   b. 1629, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1678, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F1584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Samuel GILLET,   b. 22 Jan 1641/42, Windsor, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1676, Turners Falls on the Connecticut River Find all individuals with events at this location (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
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

    Family 2 Stephan JENNINGS   d. 22 Jul 1710, Brookfield, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 15 May 1677  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Captivity JENNINGS,   b. 14 May 1678, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Stephen JENNINGS,   b. 16 Jun 1680, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1710, Brookfield, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     3. Joseph JENNINGS,   b. 23 Aug 1682, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sarah JENNINGS,   b. 29 Aug 1684   d. 24 Jul 1748, Wallingford, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     5. Benjamin JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1686, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1710, Brookfield, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     6. John JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1688, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jonathan JENNINGS,   b. 24 Nov 1692, Hadley, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1754 (Age 61 years)
     8. Ebenezer JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1694
    Family ID F2210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S130] King, Mrs. James A. (Nellie Clark), Some New England Families, (J. B. Savage Co., Printers, Cleveland, Ohio, 1922), 130.

    2. [S179] Foote, Abram W., Foote Family, (Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1907-1932), 179.

    3. [S135] Brown, Rick, Rick Brown FGS, 135.