Hannah Read Tyler

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name
Hannah Read Tyler
aka
[Hannah Reed Tyler, Hannah (Tyler) Low, Hannah R. Low, Hannah Lowe]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Capt. Nathan Low, whom she married at Deer Isle, Maine, in 1832, and mother of Harriet Phillips Low, who married Richard Blackmer Holbrook. A daughter of Rowland Tyler of Dixmont, she is said to have been engaged to teach school at Deer Isle. Widowed, she died in 1886 at Beverly, Massachusetts, where two of her sons had settled, and was buried at Deer Isle.
born
date
12 Dec 1809
place
Dixmont, Maine
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy, death-record-hannah-low-1886]
note
Brigham and Mollie Pfeiffer's typescript agree on the date; her death record gives her birthplace as Dixmont. No birth record seen.
died
date
9 Apr 1886
place
Beverly, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-record-hannah-low-1886, book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy, power-of-attorney-holbrook-1887]
note
Massachusetts death record, aged 76, widowed. The 1887 power of attorney gives 8 April, and Find a Grave 7 April.
buried
place
Deer Isle, Maine
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-record-hannah-low-1886, index-findagrave-deer-isle-low]
note
Forest Hill Cemetery per Find a Grave, where she is indexed as "Hannah R. Hardy Lowe"; "Hardy" is an error (Hannah Hardy was her father-in-law's second wife).
residences
date
1832
place
Deer Isle, Maine
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[index-maine-vital-records-low, census-1850-deer-isle-low]
note
Married at Deer Isle on 16 Sept 1832; there with her husband and ten children in 1850.
events
what
Taught school, Nahant
date
bef. 1832
place
Nahant, Massachusetts
note
Before her marriage she taught school at Nahant and then at Deer Isle, where she met Nathan Low.
father
id
rowland-tyler-1780
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-record-hannah-low-1886, book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
research
research/low/Tyler_Ginn_Line_Research.md
note
Her death record names her father "Roland Tyler." Brigham (Tyler Genealogy 1:221) names her as a daughter of Rowland Tyler and Sally Ginn of Dixmont; Mollie agrees.
mother
id
sally-ginn-1784
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy, death-record-hannah-low-1886]
research
research/low/Tyler_Ginn_Line_Research.md
note
Brigham. Her death record names her mother "Hannah Ginn," the right surname but probably the informant's slip for Sally.

Wife of Capt. Nathan Low of Deer Isle, Maine, and mother of Harriet Phillips Low. They were married at Deer Isle on 16 Sept 1832 (the Maine vital records index); the marriage is recorded on his file. Brigham: "born Dec. 12, 1809; died April 9, 1886; married Captain Nathan Lowe, of Deer Isle, Maine, who died after a disaster to a boat." Mollie says she "was engaged to teach school at Deer Isle," and that some of her relatives thought she had married beneath her.

Mollie's typescript has the marriage typed as Feb 25, 1835 and pencilled as Oct 4, 1832. Feb 25, 1835 is the wedding date of her brother Frederick to Diadamia P. Emery (Brigham no. 1963); Oct 4, 1832 agrees with Mollie's own Low chart. The record gives 16 Sept 1832.

In 1850 she was "Hannah H. [R.]," 40, at Deer Isle with her husband and their ten children. She signed "Hannah R Low" on her petition to administer his estate in November 1875. She died at Beverly, Massachusetts, where her sons Daniel W. and Joseph E. had settled, and was buried at Deer Isle. On 17 Jan 1887 her son Rowland T. Low asked the Hancock County probate court for leave to sell her Deer Isle land to pay her debts, there being "no personal estate in said Deer Isle"; the heirs were her eight living lines, each to "one eighth part." Her daughter Harriet's power of attorney for the same sale was recorded in Penobscot County, which suggests she also owned land there, perhaps Tyler land at Dixmont.

Before her marriage she taught school, at Nahant and then at Deer Isle, where she met Nathan Low.

Named for her grandmother Hannah (Read) Tyler. Mollie recalled that grandmother's lost will as saying "To my granddaughter, Hannah Read Tyler, I leave a silver spoon." That is family tradition; the will has not been found.

Her mother's parentage is unresolved (see Sally Ginn's file), so everything on the Ginn side of her ancestry is provisional.

Open questions

  • Her birth record at Dixmont.
  • Her Hancock County estate file beyond Rowland's petition, and any Penobscot County land.
  • Bristol County probate for Hannah (Read) Tyler, 1822: does the will exist, and does it leave her the spoon?
  1. ---
  2. name: Hannah Read Tyler
  3. aka: [Hannah Reed Tyler, Hannah (Tyler) Low, Hannah R. Low, Hannah Lowe]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Capt. Nathan Low, whom she married at Deer Isle, Maine, in 1832, and mother of Harriet
  8. Phillips Low, who married Richard Blackmer Holbrook. A daughter of Rowland Tyler of Dixmont, she
  9. is said to have been engaged to teach school at Deer Isle. Widowed, she died in 1886 at Beverly,
  10. Massachusetts, where two of her sons had settled, and was buried at Deer Isle.
  11. born:
  12. date: 12 Dec 1809
  13. place: Dixmont, Maine
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy, death-record-hannah-low-1886]
  17. note: Brigham and Mollie Pfeiffer's typescript agree on the date; her death record gives her birthplace as Dixmont. No birth record seen.
  18. died:
  19. date: 9 Apr 1886
  20. place: Beverly, Massachusetts
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [death-record-hannah-low-1886, book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy, power-of-attorney-holbrook-1887]
  24. note: Massachusetts death record, aged 76, widowed. The 1887 power of attorney gives 8 April, and Find a Grave 7 April.
  25. buried:
  26. place: Deer Isle, Maine
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [death-record-hannah-low-1886, index-findagrave-deer-isle-low]
  30. note: Forest Hill Cemetery per Find a Grave, where she is indexed as "Hannah R. Hardy Lowe"; "Hardy" is an error (Hannah Hardy was her father-in-law's second wife).
  31. residences:
  32. - date: "1832"
  33. place: Deer Isle, Maine
  34. basis: documented
  35. confidence: proven
  36. sources: [index-maine-vital-records-low, census-1850-deer-isle-low]
  37. note: "Married at Deer Isle on 16 Sept 1832; there with her husband and ten children in 1850."
  38. events:
  39. - what: Taught school, Nahant
  40. date: "bef. 1832"
  41. place: Nahant, Massachusetts
  42. note: "Before her marriage she taught school at Nahant and then at Deer Isle, where she met Nathan Low."
  43. father:
  44. id: rowland-tyler-1780
  45. basis: documented
  46. confidence: proven
  47. sources: [death-record-hannah-low-1886, book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  48. research: research/low/Tyler_Ginn_Line_Research.md
  49. note: Her death record names her father "Roland Tyler." Brigham (Tyler Genealogy 1:221) names her as a daughter of Rowland Tyler and Sally Ginn of Dixmont; Mollie agrees.
  50. mother:
  51. id: sally-ginn-1784
  52. basis: compiled
  53. confidence: probable
  54. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy, death-record-hannah-low-1886]
  55. research: research/low/Tyler_Ginn_Line_Research.md
  56. note: Brigham. Her death record names her mother "Hannah Ginn," the right surname but probably the informant's slip for Sally.
  57. ---
  59. Wife of Capt. Nathan Low of Deer Isle, Maine, and mother of Harriet Phillips Low. They were
  60. married at Deer Isle on 16 Sept 1832 (the Maine vital records index); the marriage is recorded
  61. on his file. Brigham: "born Dec. 12, 1809; died April 9, 1886; married Captain Nathan Lowe, of
  62. Deer Isle, Maine, who died after a disaster to a boat." Mollie says she "was engaged to teach
  63. school at Deer Isle," and that some of her relatives thought she had married beneath her.
  65. Mollie's typescript has the marriage typed as Feb 25, 1835 and pencilled as Oct 4, 1832. Feb
  66. 25, 1835 is the wedding date of her brother Frederick to Diadamia P. Emery (Brigham no. 1963);
  67. Oct 4, 1832 agrees with Mollie's own Low chart. The record gives 16 Sept 1832.
  69. In 1850 she was "Hannah H. [R.]," 40, at Deer Isle with her husband and their ten children. She
  70. signed "Hannah R Low" on her petition to administer his estate in November 1875. She died at
  71. Beverly, Massachusetts, where her sons Daniel W. and Joseph E. had settled, and was buried at
  72. Deer Isle. On 17 Jan 1887 her son Rowland T. Low asked the Hancock County probate court for
  73. leave to sell her Deer Isle land to pay her debts, there being "no personal estate in said
  74. Deer Isle"; the heirs were her eight living lines, each to "one eighth part." Her daughter
  75. Harriet's power of attorney for the same sale was recorded in Penobscot County, which suggests
  76. she also owned land there, perhaps Tyler land at Dixmont.
  78. Before her marriage she taught school, at Nahant and then at Deer Isle, where she met Nathan Low.
  80. Named for her grandmother Hannah (Read) Tyler. Mollie recalled that grandmother's lost will as
  81. saying "To my granddaughter, Hannah Read Tyler, I leave a silver spoon." That is family tradition;
  82. the will has not been found.
  84. Her mother's parentage is unresolved (see Sally Ginn's file), so everything on the Ginn side of
  85. her ancestry is provisional.
  87. ## Open questions
  89. - Her birth record at Dixmont.
  90. - Her Hancock County estate file beyond Rowland's petition, and any Penobscot County land.
  91. - Bristol County probate for Hannah (Read) Tyler, 1822: does the will exist, and does it leave
  92. her the spoon?
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