Hannah

Abt 1584 - 1659  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Hannah
  Born	Abt 1584	England
  Gender	Female
  _UID	EAC70603AB6CC74A8ABD3A805C589459841C
  Died	1659	New Haven
  Person ID	I2784	Crandall Pember Legacy
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family 1	John Beecher
  Married	Abt 1635	, , England, Great Britain
  _UID	BDF0CFA6B6185B45A2D03E36CF7910EAB81E
  Children	1. Isaac Beecher
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021 16:45:14
  Family ID	F1388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Potter,   b. Abt 1579, New Haven, New Haven, CT ,   d. 1659, New Haven, New Haven, CT  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	, , England, Great Britain
  _UID	19D53D1EC8218D4E8A66FC5C07FBB37680A9
  Children	1. William Potter,   b. , , England ,   d. 27 Nov 1684, , New Haven, Conn   2. John Potter,   b. 1607, England ,   d. 1643, New Haven (East), CT  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021 16:45:14
  Family ID	F1360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  THE NEW HAVEN (CONN.) POTTERS, 1639. by James Shepard, of New Britain, Conn. [from 'Genealogies of Connecticut Families from The New England Historical Genealogical Register' vol III Painter--Wyllys, selected and introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1983, p 150-151. 1. Hannah [Potter] Beecher was the mother of the New Haven Potters, who appeared early in New Haven as a widow with sons: i. John, ii. William and iii. Isaac Beecher, the ancestor of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Her first husband, Potter, died in England, where she married a Mr. Beecher. It is generally supposed that her husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eaton sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. She has been considered to be the mother of Isaac Beecher, for she calls him her son in her will and gave him one third of her property; but recent investigations, it is claimed, show conclusively that Isaac was only a step-son, the son of her second husband by a former wife. [see infra] There was in New Haven, says G. F. Tuttle, as early as 1641, a widow Hannah Potter, known as widow Potter the midwife. In 1643 she had two persons in the family, thirty pounds estate and twenty and one quarter acres of land. She is called 'sister Potter the midwife,' in seating the meeting house in 1646. She is supposed to have been akin to the other Potters, but there is no record to show it. She has often been confounded with the widow Hannah Beecher, but the records clearly show that they were two different persons. The will of Hannah Beecher was proved April 5, 1659, and is recorded in first part, vol. i., p. 80, of New Haven Probate Records, as follows: 'I Hannah Beecher of New Haven, expectying my great change do make this my last will and testament, I bequeath my soul unto the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ by whose meritt I hope to be saaved and my body to be burried at the discretion of my Son William Potter my Executor. And for my worldly goods I give unto John Potter my Grand child twenty shillings and to Hannah Blackly, my Grand child, wife to Samuel Balckly, twenty shillings, And to Samuel Potter my Grand child twenty shillings to be paid to them within three months after my decease. And for the rest of my estate I give one third part to my son Isaac Beecher and two thirds to my eldest son William Potter, making him my Executor, desiring him to be as a father to his younger brother and his children. And in dividing my goods my will is that my son William should have my feather bed with that belongeth to it, unto his part and that the rest be divided at the discretion of my Overseers with the assistance of Sister Wakeman and sister Rutherford and I desire my loving freinds [sic] Mr. Mathew Gilbert and John Wakeman to be overseers of this my last will whereunto I have set my hand this 13th day of June, Anno 1657. Witnesses. the mark of Mathew Gilbert, Hannah Becher. John Wakeman, Sarah Rutherford.' Her children were: John Potter, died 1643. William Potter, born about 1608; died 1662.'