Hannah Brigham
Female, #13192, (9 March 1650/51 - 8 December 1719)
Hannah Brigham|b. 9 Mar 1650/51\nd. 8 Dec 1719|p13192.htm|Thomas Brigham|d. 8 Dec 1653|p11536.htm|Mercy Hurd|d. 28 Dec 1693|p593.htm|||||||||||||
Hannah Brigham was born on 9 March 1650/51 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1,4,2,3 She was the daughter of Thomas Brigham and Mercy Hurd.1,2,3 Hannah married Gershom Eames.4,5,6,3 On 4 August 1679 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Hannah married William Ward, son of Deacon William Ward and Elizabeth unknown. Ward (1851) gives their marriage date as 4 September 1679.1,4,2,7,6,3 Hannah Brigham left a will on 30 October 1714 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which reads:
FIRST: I will that all those debts and duties as I do owe in Right or conscience to any person or persons whatsoever shall well and truly be paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor hereafter named.
Item: I give to my well beloved son Gershom Ward whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my onely and sole executor of this my last will and testament and all my lands and other
Estate which I shall dye seazed by him freely to be possessed, he fulfilling those things hereafter specified: First I will that he the aforesaid Gershom doe take the sole care of my daughter Hannah Eames and provid for her both in sickness and in health with the help of what Estate she hath and what of right belongs to her during her Natural Life. And further it is my plesuer that the Bed and Bedding which she uses and a white cow and all the puter that I shall leve that is marked with Eames leters with all her other things be called hers: it is my will also that his heirs or administrators stand obliged to the performance hereof and her funeral to be at his charge.
Item: I will that there be paid unto my four other children by my Executor above named to wit: to William and Nahum Ward and to Mary Keyes and Bethiah Brigham twenty shillings apiece within one year after my Decease and if Elisha shall ever come again that my executor pay him twenty shillings also and if any of my children should dy before the time of payment then to their heirs also. I apoint my well beloved kinsmen Samuel Goodenow and Joseph Straten to be the over seer of this my will, Ratifying and confirming this to be my last will and testament in witness hereof I have set my hand and seal the Day and yeare above written.
her
Signed Sealed Published Hannah H Ward (Seal)
pronounced and Declared mark
by the said Hannah Ward
as her last will and testament
in the presents of us the
subscribers viz:
John Brigham (original signature.)
Joshua Rice
Joseph Straten
Will filed Dec. 1719.
Record of Probate 27 June 1720
Inventory 2 Feb. 1721.
The inventory of her personal estate showed £85 15s. 9d. Her real estate was valued at £160, and consisted of 11 acres of pasture in Marlboro, 54 acres "wast" land and 5 acres of swamp and meadow in Marlboro.6,3
She died on Friday, 8 December 1719 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 68 years, 8 months and 29 days. In the vital records, her death date is recorded as 8 December 1719/20.2,3,8,7,6
FIRST: I will that all those debts and duties as I do owe in Right or conscience to any person or persons whatsoever shall well and truly be paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor hereafter named.
Item: I give to my well beloved son Gershom Ward whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my onely and sole executor of this my last will and testament and all my lands and other
Estate which I shall dye seazed by him freely to be possessed, he fulfilling those things hereafter specified: First I will that he the aforesaid Gershom doe take the sole care of my daughter Hannah Eames and provid for her both in sickness and in health with the help of what Estate she hath and what of right belongs to her during her Natural Life. And further it is my plesuer that the Bed and Bedding which she uses and a white cow and all the puter that I shall leve that is marked with Eames leters with all her other things be called hers: it is my will also that his heirs or administrators stand obliged to the performance hereof and her funeral to be at his charge.
Item: I will that there be paid unto my four other children by my Executor above named to wit: to William and Nahum Ward and to Mary Keyes and Bethiah Brigham twenty shillings apiece within one year after my Decease and if Elisha shall ever come again that my executor pay him twenty shillings also and if any of my children should dy before the time of payment then to their heirs also. I apoint my well beloved kinsmen Samuel Goodenow and Joseph Straten to be the over seer of this my will, Ratifying and confirming this to be my last will and testament in witness hereof I have set my hand and seal the Day and yeare above written.
her
Signed Sealed Published Hannah H Ward (Seal)
pronounced and Declared mark
by the said Hannah Ward
as her last will and testament
in the presents of us the
subscribers viz:
John Brigham (original signature.)
Joshua Rice
Joseph Straten
Will filed Dec. 1719.
Record of Probate 27 June 1720
Inventory 2 Feb. 1721.
The inventory of her personal estate showed £85 15s. 9d. Her real estate was valued at £160, and consisted of 11 acres of pasture in Marlboro, 54 acres "wast" land and 5 acres of swamp and meadow in Marlboro.6,3
She died on Friday, 8 December 1719 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 68 years, 8 months and 29 days. In the vital records, her death date is recorded as 8 December 1719/20.2,3,8,7,6
Children of Hannah Brigham and Gershom Eames
- Hannah Eames5,6,3 (3 Feb 1675 - )
- Mary Eames5,6,3 (Feb 1677 - 16 Apr 1772)
Children of Hannah Brigham and William Ward
- William Ward5,2,7,6,3 (27 May 1680 - 9 Jan 1767)
- Bethiah Ward5,2,7,6,3 (a 1683 - 15 Apr 1765)
- Col. Nahum Ward5,2,7,6 (6 Dec 1684 - 7 May 1754)
- Elisha Ward5,2,7,6,3 (12 Jan 1686/87 - Aug 1703)
- Bathsheba Ward2,7,6,3 (16 May 1689 - 6 Oct 1693)
- Gershom Ward5,2,7,6,3 (3 Jan 1693 - 24 Nov 1739)
Citations
- Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register. 1877. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
- Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
- Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler. The History of the Brigham Family, a Record of several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. New York: The Grafton Press, 1907.
- Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. 1930. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
- Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, with Other Matter Relating thereto Not Before Published, Including an Extensive Family Register. 1847. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989.
- Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
- Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough. Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862.
- Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin. P. Rice, 1908.