| BIRTH, DEATH & POSSIBLE BURIAL | Thomas was born circa 1586. Probably in probably London, Middlesex, England. Previous sources have claimed that Thomas was born in Ipswich, England; however, it is more likely that Thomas only SAILED from Ipswich to New England[2]. His birth year is estimated from a deposition of 7 March 1636/7, aged 50, concerning his brother-in-law Daniel Paul of Ipswich, England and later Kittery, York co., ME. Thomas died in Dover, Strafford co., NH circa 1666; he was 80[1,3,]. It is assumed (only assumed!) that Thomas and his wife are buried in unmarked graves in the "Waldron Cemetery" on Route 4, in the second block east of Main Street, Dover, Strafford co., NH[2]. | |||||||||||||||
| MISCELLANEOUS | There is the "Hanson Memorial Tablet" in Dover - on the west side of Knox Marsh Road, just before the Madbury/Dover line in honor of Thomas Hanson. This monument provdies the connection to John2 Hanson and Mary Frances Pritchard as his parents and refers to Halifax, Yorkshire and Hans de Rastrick, father of John de Rastrick[2]. The Hanson Plot is at the north end of Wentworth Street[4]. | |||||||||||||||
| MIGRATION & RESIDENCES | Thomas emigrated first to Salem, Essex co., MA. He then removed to Kittery, York co., ME and finally to Dover, Strafford co., NH in 1639[1]. Thomas had a Land Grant of 100 acres of land near Salmon Falls, NH bounded by Joseph Austin, Nathaniel Twomly, Job Clements and Jeremy Tebbets[5,8]. This parcel was granted him on 2s:11m:1658[1] and remained in the Hanson family until 1913. He was taxed at Cochechae 12d:8m:1658[2]. He bought marsh and upland there from Richard Cutt, John Tuttle and Ralph Twombly on 9d:2m:1660[9]. Cochechae or Cocheco was the settlement that grew up around the Cocheco River - it is now the City of Dover. At this time, "Dover" was considered all of the area around present-day Dover - Somersworth, Rollinsford, Madbury, Durham (Oyster River), Dover Point and Lee[2]. He lived in Nock Marsh, Cocheco (now Knox Marsh, Dover), Strafford co., NH in 1664 and 1665, where he was on the tax rolls as "Thomas Sr." We know he died ca. 1666 because he disappears from the tax rolls after that, but his widow's name appears in its stead in 1666 and 1672[1,5]. | |||||||||||||||
| FREEMAN | Thomas made Freeman on 4 May 1661[1,5] and took the oath of Fidelity on 5 April 1661[2]. | |||||||||||||||
| TOWN SERVICE | He did considerable town service: as Constable from 1663-1664; Grand juror in 1662; and petit juror, highway supervisor and others town officers[2]. | |||||||||||||||
| CHURCH MEMBERSHIP | Thomas was the founder of a family of Quakers in the U.S. Ironically, Thomas himself was not known as an active Quaker. The influence seems to have come from his wife, Mary. His progeny became prominent Quakers in the Seacoast area. Thomas spent his life as a Farmer and lumberman[2]. Thomas could apparently write[2]. | |||||||||||||||
| ESTATE |
Thomas' will was written in 1666[1,2] and proved on 27 June 1666, naming his wife Mary as
executrix[6]. The full text of Thomas' will reads:
"These presents wittnesse that I Thomas Hanson Being in perffect mind & memory though weak in Body doe make this my Last Will & testament, ffirst I Bequeath my soul to God that gave itt & my body to ye Earth to bee decently Buried. My Will is thatt affter my debts are paid with my funerall Charge I doe give To my Loving Wife (duering her Naturall liffe or soe long as shee keeps herselfe a Widdow) all My housing with the Improved Ground thereunto Belonging at Cutchecho with all my Cattell and moveables withall my . . . . stuffe, she paying to my two daughters when they Come to the age off eighteen years old twenty pound a peece. But in case shee shall marry again then my will is that she shall have Butt one third off houses & improved Lands with all moveables and the other two thirds I give to my son' Tobias with all ye Rest off that threscore acres off Land lying in Com'on & nott improved given mee in two grants ffrom ye Town one off fforty acres another off twenty acres all which affter my decease I Give to my son' Tobias, except whatt is Beffore given to my wife Likewise I Give to my son' Thomas thatt thirty acres off Land I Bought off William Hackett & thatt fifty . . . off Land thatt I Bought off Capt Bearffoott with ffive pounds in Cattell. also I Give to my two youngest son's Isaac & Timothy ten' pounds a peece When the Come off age withe thatt six score acres of land Granted my By ye town & laid outt to mee Between ffresh Creek and Nechowoneck River Be equaly devided Between them and doe apoint my Loving Wiffe Mary Hanson my soule Exequetrix to see all this my last will to Be perfformed and to pay outt all these Legacies when my children Come off age : outt off ye Chattells and if there is more in any Goods or Chattels or any bils Bonds or amounts due to mee ffrom any man affter my debts are paid an all ye abovesd Legacies. I Give & Bequeatth to my Wife with third off houses & lands to Bestow upon any off her Children that shall Be most Obedient as shee shall see Cause. in Witnesse heroff I have putt to my hand & seale.
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| MARRIAGES |
Before 1636 when Thomas was 50, he first married a woman about whom we know nothing. Circa 1641 when
Thomas was 55, he second married Mary PAUL, in Dover, Strafford co., NH[3,10,11,12,13] by
John Ham. Mary died on 28 June 1689 in Dover, Strafford co., NH at the assault of the Waldron Garrison
House[1,2,3,5]. Her death record refers to her as "Old Widow Hanson". Mary had a
brother named Daniel who was a mariner from Ipswich, England. He married a woman named Elizabeth and had
many children[14].
Mary was the prime religious influence in the house and was an ardent Quaker. She was fined in 1659 for being "delinquent" (absent) from meeting for 13 days and for attending Quaker meetings instead. In 1663 she was absolved from meeting[2]. |
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| CHILDREN | 30. | i. | Tobias HANSON | Tobias was born circa 1640, as he was of age in his father's 1666 will. He was taxed as "Tobey" in Cocheco from 1662-1672[26]. He married Elizabeth [surname not known]. His wife was captured by Indians on 28 June 1689 and he himself was killed by Indians on 10 May 1693[26]. |
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31. | ii. | Thomas HANSON | Please see his own page. |
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32. | iii. | Isaac HANSON | Isaac was born after 1646, as he was still underage at the time of his father's 1666 will. |
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33. | iv. | Timothy HANSON | Timothy was born after 1646, as he was still underage at the time of his father's 1666 will. |
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34. | v. | Elizabeth HANSON | Elizabeth was born after 1648. She was not 18 at the time of her father's will. |
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35. | vi. | Mary HANSON | Mary was born after 1648. She was not 18 at the time of her father's will. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 1800 |
| SOURCES |
1. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David,
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire,
(Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972),
[GDMNH], 1821. 2. Nicely, Charlotte, Hanson Relatives, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1977), [Hanson-Nicely]. 3. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey]. 4. Scales, John, Colonial Era History of Dover, NH. 5. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 6:329. 6. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], 32:85. 7. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol. 1 1635-1717, State Papers Series Vol. 31, Albert Stillman Batchellor, Otis Grant Hammond, Ezra Scollay Stearns, (Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907), [NHProbV1], 85-6. 8. Rockingham co., NH Deeds, [RockDeed], 6:242. 9. Ibid. 10. [NEHGR], 6:329; 58:94; 78:427. 11. [GDMNH], 307. 12. Lawrence, Ethel Viola, Tripp Family with Collaterals, ([East Northfield?, Mass.], 1948), [Tripp (1948)], 60. 13. Trask, William Blake, Capt. William Traske and Some of His Descendants, (Boston: D. Clapp & Sons, 1904), [Trask (1904)], 14. 14. Stackpole, Everett S., Old Kittery and Her Families, (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Press, 1903), [Kittery]. 15. [NHStatePapers], 3:191. 16. [NHProbV1], 659-661. 17. Ham, John R., Dover, New Hampshire Marriages, 1623-1823, (Dover, NH., 1880-1902), typescript, [DoverNHMar], 87. 18. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 3:32. 19. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR], III:464 [Ct. R.]. 20. Ibid. I:496 [C. R. 1]. 21. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:494. 22. Waters, Henry F., The Newhall Family, (Salem: Essex Institute, 1882; repr., Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books), [Newhall(1882)], 55. 23. [NHProbV1], 32:341. 24. ??????, "First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn", Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff. 25. [LynnVR], II:169 [C.R. 1]. 26. [NEHGR], 6:329-330. 27. Dover, Rockingham co., NH Vital Records, [DoverNHVR]. 28. [LynnVR], Flyleaf of book 6. 29. [Newhall(1882)], 102. 30. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], Waters Newhall Listings, #112, v. 18, p. 259 & v. 16, p. 259. 31. [LynnVR], II:169. 32. Ibid. C.R. 2. 33. [Newhall(1882)], 55, 52. 34. [EIHC], Waters Newhall Listings, #315, v. 19, p. 52. 35. Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750. (New York: Vintage Books, 1980, 1982, 1991), 204. 36. Ibid. 179-80. 37. Ibid. 206. 38. Ibid. 212. 39. Ibid. 226-7. 40. Ibid. 230-4.
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