THIRTEENTH GENERATION

7436. John HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born in 1611 in Stansted,Kent,England. He died in 1660 in East Hampton,Long Island,NY. Per Howell:
"The first of the family of this name in Southampton was John Hand, on the whaling list of 1644. At the time of the settlement of East Hampton, in 1648, he was one of the company from Southampton to found a new plantation. He was, according to the East Hampton records, originally from Stanstede, in the county of Kent, England. The arms of the family, as given by Judge Alfred Hand, of Scranton, to a descendant of John Hand, are as follows:
Argent: a chevron azure between three hands gules.
Crest: on a wreath argent and gules a buck trippant or.
John d. 1663, m. Alice, sister of Josiah Stanborough, who, after her husband's death, m. ____ Codnor, and had ch. John, Stephen, Mary, Joseph (of Guilford, CT, 1693), Benjamin, Thomas, Shamgar and James"

Per Rattray: "Hand, as a family name, is Anglo-Saxon. As used in early England it meant handy, handsome, from a root signifying "to be strong, right, straight", to give a sense of fitness and beauty. It was once called "de Hande" but the "de" was dropped after 1300 by most of the family.

John Hand 1, one of the original grantees of East Hampton, was first of that family to come to America. He was born in Stanstede, County Kent, and owned land in the parishes of Tunbridge and Ashford, near Maidstoner. The Hand coat of arms bears three hands; the motto is "A hand to spare." John Hand came to America between 1630 and 1640 and in March, 1644, was in Southampton. In the spring of 1649 he was in East Hampton. He became one of the leading men of the new settlement. In 1657 he and Thomas Baker were sent to Hartford, Conn. as delegates, to bring East Hampton under that government; and also to take Goodwife Garlick to be tried on charges of witchcraft. She was acquitted.

John Hand I was b. 1611 at Stanstede, Kent; d. in E.H. 1660. He m. Alice, dau. of Henry and Alice Gransden of Tunbridge, Kent; and in Tunbridge their first son John 2 was born Jan. 29, 1633/4. In 1635 they came, with the father of John 1, to America; going first to Lynn, Mass. then to Southampton. The father returned to England to obtain his property and was murdered on the high seas on his way back to America. The earliest recorded writing of John Hand from E.H. is a letter dated Oct. 31, 1649 regarding some lands in Stanstede, Kent. The inventory of property of John Hand 1 mentions the home lot, mill lot, Nor'west Meadow, 1 Great Bible, 2 small Bibles, 1 "psalme booke" and one other "litell book."

Benjamin 2, Shamgar 2, and Thomas 2 helped settle Cape May, N.J. Joseph 2 became ancestor to the New England branch. Stephen 2 and James 2 were the only sons to remain in East Hampton and continue the family name here."

7437. Alice GRANSDEN⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was baptized on 28 Nov 1613 in Tunbridge,Kent,England. Per Rattray: "m. 2nd 1662 or 1663, Capt. Edward Codnor of Saybrook, Conn. She may have m. 3rd William Shipman of Saybrook, Conn." Children were:

i. John HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born on 29 Jan 1633/34 in Tunbridge,Kent,England. He died prior 1687. Per Rattray: "b. in England Jan. 29, 1633/4, rem. from E.H. after 1663, perhaps to Richmond, Mass., and d. before 1687. There is no documentary proof that he ever married. On Dec 7, 1637, he quit-claimed to his mother all rights to land in Tunbridge and Ashford, England"
ii. Stephen HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born in 1635. He died on 15 Apr 1693. Per Rattray:
"Was named in the Indian deed for East Hampton 1660...it must have been [this] Stephen Hand for whom Stephen Hand's Path was named. On Nov. 3, 1668, he granted the town of East Hampton leave to put a highway through his woodland, 12 feet wide, 'only to drive carts and oxen in yoake & to ride & lead a horse through; not to drive cattle through out of yoake". Stephen was Constable 1674 and 1680 and in 1683 was chosen one of a committee to join Southampton in selecting a representative for the First Colonial Assembly under Governor Dongan."
iii. Mary HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born in 1636.
iv. Joseph HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born in 1638. He died in Jan 1724. Per Rattray: "Joseph Hand is ancestor of Mrs. James M. Perkins of Amagansett, b. Catherine Howard Wilcox; she has lent the writer "Fifty Puritan Ancestors" by Elizabeth Todd Nash, 1902, which includes this branch. The old Hand homestead in East Guilford, Conn., now called Madison, is still in the family. Information on this branch is also in Louis T. Vail's mss. books. (For further data on this line see, later: "The Guilford, Conn. Hands.") One descendant, George E. Hand of Detroit, was Judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan."
3718 v. Shamgar HAND.
vi. Benjamin HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born about 1644. He died in Cape May Co,NJ. Per Howell: "removed with his family to Cape May Co, NJ"
vii. Thomas HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born in 1646 in Southampton,NY. He died on 2 Oct 1714 in Cape May Co,NJ. Per Howell: "moved from Wainscott to Cape May Co, NJ"

Per Rattray: "drowned Oct. 2, 1714...lived at Wainscott until abt. 1693; then rem. to Cape May where in 1695 he acquired 400 acres and 1699, 340 acres. He was a whaleman, one of a company that left Southampton and E.H. for the Cape May region around 1692 and participated in the settlement of that region."
viii. James HAND⁽¹⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ was born in 1651. He died on 13 Mar 1733. Note death date from Howell.
Per Rattray: "d. Nov. 13, 1733.... He was grantee in deed from Thomas Hand in 1679, and 1697, and in 1712 granted to his s. Nathaniel land at Wainscott"
ix. Alice HAND⁽¹⁷⁴⁾. Listed as a child in Ratrray, not given as a child in Howell.

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