Hannah Pontus

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name
Hannah Pontus
aka
[Hannah Churchill, Hannah Rickard]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of John Churchill of Plymouth and, after his death in 1662/3, probably of Giles Rickard. A daughter of William Pontus, whose will of 1650 names her: about 1664, as "Hannah Churchill, widdow," she asked to have half of his land at Namassakett confirmed to her. Probably the mother of John and Eleazer Churchill.
born
date
c. 1624
place
Leiden, Holland
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
note
From her age at death. Her father William Pontus was at Leiden from 1610 until he came to Plymouth, so she was probably born there.
died
date
22 Dec 1690
place
Hobbs Hole, Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
note
"In her sixty-seventh year."
father
id
william-pontus-d1653
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family, records-plymouth-colony, probate-william-pontus-1653]
note
About 1664 "Hannah Churchill, widdow, desired that the one halfe of the land graunted to Wiliam Pontus ... att Namassakett" be confirmed to her (PCR 4:58). His will (1650) names "my other Daughter hannah."
mother
id
wybra-hanson-fl1610
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low]
research
research/holbrook/Mollie_Typescript_Review.md
note
Mollie's typescript makes her the daughter of William Pontus and Wybra Hanson, and the review of the typescript accepts it as compiled. No record names her mother; she was born about 1624, during their marriage (1610), and Wybra was living in 1633.
spouses
id
giles-rickard-fl1669
married
date
25 June 1669
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
basis
compiled
confidence
probable

Wife of John Churchill of Plymouth (married 18 Dec 1644), and after his death in 1662/3 of Giles Rickard (25 June 1669), as his third wife. Mollie Pfeiffer's typescript gives her parents as William Pontus and Wybra Hanson; she was born in the years of their marriage.

Her father had given her and John Churchill a third of his meadow at the Watering Place near Plymouth, on condition that John help fence it and "bee healpfull towards the maintainance of him whiles hee lived," and his will (9 Sept 1650) left her only "twenty shillings sterling as an adition to her portion which in my life time I have allreddy given her" (MD 11:92-93). Under her first husband's spoken will of 1662 she had the use of his whole estate for life; The Churchill Family in America (p. 2) reads it as meaning she lived with the children in the "new house" he intended for their son Joseph. About 1664, as "Hannah Churchill, widdow," she asked that half the land granted to her father at Namassakett (Middleborough) be confirmed to her (PCR 4:58).

Open questions

  • Was Wybra Hanson her mother? Probably (Mollie's typescript and the colonial tree say so), but no record names her mother.
  1. ---
  2. name: Hannah Pontus
  3. aka: [Hannah Churchill, Hannah Rickard]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of John Churchill of Plymouth and, after his death in 1662/3, probably of Giles Rickard. A
  8. daughter of William Pontus, whose will of 1650 names her: about 1664, as "Hannah Churchill,
  9. widdow," she asked to have half of his land at Namassakett confirmed to her. Probably the mother
  10. of John and Eleazer Churchill.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1624
  13. place: Leiden, Holland
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  17. note: "From her age at death. Her father William Pontus was at Leiden from 1610 until he came to Plymouth, so she was probably born there."
  18. died:
  19. date: 22 Dec 1690
  20. place: Hobbs Hole, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  24. note: "\"In her sixty-seventh year.\""
  25. father:
  26. id: william-pontus-d1653
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family, records-plymouth-colony, probate-william-pontus-1653]
  30. note: "About 1664 \"Hannah Churchill, widdow, desired that the one halfe of the land graunted to Wiliam Pontus ... att Namassakett\" be confirmed to her (PCR 4:58). His will (1650) names \"my other Daughter hannah.\""
  31. mother:
  32. id: wybra-hanson-fl1610
  33. basis: compiled
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low]
  36. research: research/holbrook/Mollie_Typescript_Review.md
  37. note: Mollie's typescript makes her the daughter of William Pontus and Wybra Hanson, and the review of the typescript accepts it as compiled. No record names her mother; she was born about 1624, during their marriage (1610), and Wybra was living in 1633.
  38. spouses:
  39. - id: giles-rickard-fl1669
  40. married:
  41. date: 25 June 1669
  42. basis: compiled
  43. confidence: probable
  44. basis: compiled
  45. confidence: probable
  46. ---
  48. Wife of John Churchill of Plymouth (married 18 Dec 1644), and after his death in 1662/3 of Giles
  49. Rickard (25 June 1669), as his third wife. Mollie Pfeiffer's typescript gives her parents as William
  50. Pontus and Wybra Hanson; she was born in the years of their marriage.
  52. Her father had given her and John Churchill a third of his meadow at the Watering Place near
  53. Plymouth, on condition that John help fence it and "bee healpfull towards the maintainance of him
  54. whiles hee lived," and his will (9 Sept 1650) left her only "twenty shillings sterling as an adition
  55. to her portion which in my life time I have allreddy given her" (MD 11:92-93). Under her first
  56. husband's spoken will of 1662 she had the use of his whole estate for life; *The Churchill Family in
  57. America* (p. 2) reads it as meaning she lived with the children in the "new house" he intended for
  58. their son Joseph. About 1664, as "Hannah Churchill, widdow," she asked that half the land granted to
  59. her father at Namassakett (Middleborough) be confirmed to her (PCR 4:58).
  61. ## Open questions
  63. - Was Wybra Hanson her mother? Probably (Mollie's typescript and the colonial tree say so), but no
  64. record names her mother.
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