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Hannah Plympton see FAMILY TREE
Born: 1 Mar 1645 Dedham, Norfold, MA
Married: 1st 31 Jan 1665 to Nathaniel Sutcliff,
Medfield, MA
Married: 2nd 24 Jan 1676/7 to Samuel Harrington, Hatfield, MA
Died: Bef. 1693 Branford, New Haven, CT
FATHER
MOTHER
HUSBAND
CHILDREN with Nathaniel Sutcliffe
1.
Hannah Sutcliffe
b. 19 Dec 1665 Medfield, Norfolk, MA
m. 10 Oct 1686 to Thomas Wheadon, Branford, CT
d. 25 Nov 1743 Branford, New Haven, CT
2. Judith Sutcliffe
b. 7 Jul 1669 Medfield, Norfolk, MA
3. Nathaniel Sutcliffe
b. 27 Jul 1672 Medfield, Norfolk, MA
m. 1691 to Sarah Savage
d. 1 Apr 1732 Durham, Middlesex, CT
4. John Sutcliffe
b. 1674/75 Deerfield, Franklin, MA
m. 1698 Hannah Brockett
d. 14 Oct 1752 Waterbury, New Haven, CT
CHILDREN with Samuel Harrington
1. Samuel Harrington
b. Abt. 1678 Branford, New Haven, CT
m. 5 Jan 1703/4 to Hannah Rose
d. 2 Dec 1760 Branford, New Haven, CT
2. Mehitable Harrington
b. 3 Oct 1681 Branford, New Haven, CT
m. unknown Wells
Biography of Hannah Plympton
by Susan Brooke
April 2020
Hannah Plympton was born March 1, 1645, the oldest child
of John and Jane Plympton. When she was 19 she married Nathaniel Sutciffe
in Medfield, MA and she and her husband lived in a home 100 rods from her
parents home. After their third child was born they moved, with her
parents, to Deerfield. There her fourth son was born just before King
Philip's War began in 1675. Deerfield was attacked by the
Indians in September 1675 killing her younger brother, Jonathan Plympton, and
destroying a lot of the town. A year later, her husband, Nathaniel
Sutcliffe, who was serving under Captain Turner, was killed May 19, 1676. The year
after that, her father, John Plympton, who was the chief military officer for
Deerfield was captured in Sep 1677 and taken to Canada where he was burned at
the stake. She was left a widow with three children. (9) Hannah
Sutcliffe, her oldest, was ten years old. The youngest, John, was about
two. The widow Hannah and her three children moved to Hatfield. She
had no choice but to remarry since the church was considering sending her
children to Boston (1)
The widow Hannah Plympton Sutcliffe married Samuel Harrington in Hatfield on Jan
24, 1676/7, eight months after the death of her husband. Samuel Harrington had also been
in King Philip's War. He was severely wounded "when going to attend public
worship on Sunday," (4) by a shot in the neck at the attack on Deerfield on
September 1, 1675. (2) Her brother Jonathan was killed the same month on
the 18th.
Shortly after her marriage to Samuel Harrington (1677/8) "the court allowed
Hannah the homestead at Deerfield, which did belong to her former husband
Sutlief, for herself and children by him." (2) The records indicate her son,
Nathanial, was sent to Rehoboth. Hannah, the oldest, however, seems to
have stayed with her mother. Hannah and her new husband, Samuel
Harrington, moved to Branford, Ct about 1679/80. Their daughter Mehitable was
born in Branford in 1681. (5) Hannah and Samuel Harrington had at least two children together, Samuel and Mehitable. Her
oldest daughter, Hannah
Sutcliffe, was probably living with her and Samuel Harrington as there is
a deed in 1686 reading, "The town has given to Samuel Harrington a parcel of
land about three acres lying upon the hill called Blacklys hill and joyning to
Thomas Wheadon's land." (3) Hannah's daughter, Hannah Sutcliffe, married
Thomas Wheadon Jr in Branford about that time.
Hannah Plympton Sutcliffe Harrington was obviously alive in 1681 when her
daughter Mehitable was born. But she probably died sometime between then
and 1693 when Samuel Harrington remarried to the widow Hannah Linsley Barnes.
Hannah Linsley was a widow of John Barnes with two children: John aged at the
time of the marriage about 19
and Mary about 16. Samuel Harrington had two children with Hannah Plympton:
Samuel aged about 15 and Mehitable 12. Samuel Herrington's marriage to
Hannah Linsley is confirmed by a land record later in 1702 where Hannah
Harrington, wife of Samuel Harrington, is leaving land to her daughter.
(7) Samuel Harrington died in 1719 leaving a will naming his two children
with Hannah Plympton. (8)
Sources
(1) Genealogy of the Sutcliffe-Sutliffe family in America from before 1661 to 1903 by Bennet Hurd Sutliffe 1903
"After the death of Nathaniel, Sr. the church, at that time it meant the court, contemplated sending the children to Boston, but probably owing to the pleading of the mother, as well as her then marriage to Samuel Harrington, this was not done. Yet sometime thereafter Nathaniel Jr went to live with relatives at Rehoboth."
(2) A History of Deerfield, MA by George Sheldon pg. 184
(3) Branford Deed BK 2 pg 36 March 4 1686
(4) Biographical Memoir of the Rev. John Williams by Stephen Williams pg 10
(5) Daughter Mehitable Harrington was christened in Branford Oct 2, 1681.
(6) Samuel Harrington married Hannah Barnes July 27, 1693 in Branford.
(7) Branford Deed BK 3 pg. 94-5 May 12, 1702
I Hannah Herrington, wife of Samuel Herrington of Branford - to my loving and obedient daughter daughter Mary Barnes, wife of Stephen Barnes of Branford - a gift from my father John Linsley (deceased) land in Branford. --- John Barnes of Branford together with my sister Hannah consent.
(8) New Haven Probate BK 4 pg 576
Will written March 6, 1716: To his beloved wife Hannah use of one third part of real estate during her lifetime. After, at her decease, to "my loving son Samuel Harrington." --- "to my Loving Daughter Mehitable Wells" fifty pounds.
(9) See biography for her father John Plimpton on his page. It refers to Hannah and her three children. No source given. There is no record of Judith after her birth record.
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