Hanson

Thomas Hanson

b.1523 Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England; parents ukn
d.Oct. 22, 1592 Eland, Yorkshire, England
m.Sept. 8, 1573 of Mowsley, Leicester, England; Janet Gledhill
b.1525 Barkisland, Yorkshire, England
d.Oct. 22, 1597

CHILDREN included:

1. John Hanson b.March 26, 1586

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John Hanson

b.March 26, 1586 Elland, Yorkshire, England; s/o Thomas Hanson and Janet Gledhill
d.1611
m.abt.1614 Frances Pritchard
b.bef.1590

CHILDREN:

1. John Hanson b.1612
2. Edward Hanson b.1618
3. Thomas Hanson b.1622/23 Dover, NH d.June 27, 1666 Will proved, Dover, NH
4. Elizabeth Hanson b.March 13, 1622 St. Nicholas, Acons London, London, England

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Thomas Hanson

b.aft.1586 Ipswich, England; s/o John Hanson and Frances Pritchard
d.June 27, 1666 in Dover, N.H.
m.abt. 1636 in Dover, N.H. Mary Paul
d.June 28, 1668 Killed by Indians "Old Widow Handson" in assault on Waldron's garrison A Gen. Dict. of the 1st Settlers of New England by James Savage

CHILDREN:

1. Tobias Hanson b.1641 d.May 10, 1693 m.Elizabeth Boyce Killed by Indians.
2. Thomas Hanson
3. Isaac Hanson b.1648 d.bef.Oct. 17, 1683 m.(1)bef.1679 Mary Evans m.(2)b.1679 Mary Heard
4. Timothy Hanson b.abt.1651 d.bef.Sept. 4, 1711 m.bef.1679 Barbara Bowers
5. Elizabeth Hanson b.1645 d.1732 m.1669 John Hance
6. Mary Hanson b.aft. 1645 d.aft.1666

NOTE: From Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623-1660 by POPE page 90: HANSON: Thomas, Dover, came before 1660(?); his will proved June 27, 1666; wife Mary, sons Thomas, Tobias, Isaac, Timothy, some lands bought of William Hackett and Captain Barefoot, and others granted him by the town.

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Thomas Hanson

b.abt.1643; s/o Thomas Hanson and Mary Paul
d.bef.Nov. 8, 1711 in Dover, N.H.
m.Jun. 3, 1669 in Salem, MA; Mary Kitchen
bapt. Apr. 23, 1648 in Salem, MA; d/o John Kitchen and Elizabeth Grafton
d.aft.1711

CHILDREN:

1. Mary Hanson b.Dec. 3, 1670 in Salem, MA d.aft.1710
2. Thomas Hanson b.1680 d.abt.Jan. 13, 1729 in Lynn, MA m.(1)Oct. 9, 1701 in Salem, MA Margaret Maule m.(2)Jun. 12, 1719 in Lynn, MA Hannah Peirce
3. John Hanson b.abt.1682 d.abt.Jun. 16, 1727 in Canada m.Jul. 23 1703 Elizabeth Meader in Dover, N.H.
4. Mercy Hanson d.1711 m.(1)Dec. 1, 1699 John Church m.(2)bef. 1713 Nathaniel Young
5. Abigail Hanson d.aft. 1710 m.May 12 1709 Jonathan Young
6. Nathaniel Hanson d.Jan. 25, 1749 in Dover, N.H. m.abt.1715 Martha Bickford
7. Elizabeth Hanson b.Jan. 9, 1687 d.1755 m.1715 Ebenezer Downs
8. James Hanson d.aft. 1710 m.Ruth ______
9. Isaac Hanson d.Oct. 22, 1706

NOTES: Occupation planter.

His son, John, died on 2nd trip to Canada to ransom a dau. ca.Apr. 19, 1727, halfway between Albany & Canada. Family taken captive Aug. 27, 1724. From "Newsletter" of 1725, Newport Aug. 27: "Mr. John Hanson of Dover...w wife, 3 [or 4] children [Sarah, Elizabeth, Daniel and a babe], a servant woman, also one Ebenezer Downs having a wife & chil. at Piscataqua, also one Miles Thomson, a boy--who where all taken captives about 12 mos since by enemy Indians (excluding Hanson). Cost him 700 lbs [600 livres] for ransom..."

From Directory of Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: THOMAS, b.Eng.,1623, came from Sutton parish, Bedfordshire, Eng., 1629, with his relations; to Salem, Mass., granted lands near Salmon Falls, N.H., 1658, afterwards lived at Dover, N.H., and at Kittery, ME, 1678. [This Thomas?-haw]

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