Disputed surname; Hannah is called Hannah Eldridge by Cook. (Pioneer Lewis Families, Cook, 1978) and Hannah Kelly/Kelley by Thompson (Lewis Family, Thompson, 1950) and Lewis (Lewis Family, Genealogy of, Lewis, 1891. In the latter book, some reader took the initiative to cross out "Kelly" and write, in fountain pen, "Hannah Eldridge, born in Rhode Island" in the margin. Admiring the certainty – and possible personal information – that let that long ago reader to deface a book, the compiler is inclined to accept Eldridge while reporting the dispute here. Married (2nd) ca. 1762 in/near New Haven, Conn., William Minthorne (ca.1744-ca.1834); resided in later years near Toronto, Canada. Died on visit to Fultonville, N.Y. (Notation in digital copy of Lewis Family, Genealogy of, Lewis, 1891, Vol. 18; note, however, that no record of His death or burial has been found.) "Major George Payne of Marietta, Ohio, who is her only surviving grandchild, remembers distinctly that she, in company with her son Oliver (D6/10-11:2), visited his mother (Hannah Lewis Payne) at their home near Winsted, Conn., in January 1812. In the fall of 1812, his father moved to Ohio, and he also remembers that a few years afterward his mother received a letter from his Uncle Oliver, conveying the intelligence that their mother at died at Hoosick, N.Y. It seems quite probable that being a widow, she should make her home with one of her three children, and as we know that she did not live with either Oliver or Hannah, I think it safe to assume that Mr. Payne's recollection is correct, and that she spent her last years with her oldest son Benjamin, who settled at Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and that she probably died there some time after 1812, although no record of her death or burial there can be found." (Lewis Family, Genealogy of, Lewis, 1891, Vol. 18) Two unsourced hand-written sheets in the Minthorn Family file at the Montgomery County, N.Y., archives state that "Hannah Eldridge Kelsey" (sic) died in 1844 in Canada. (Note that Hannah's mother-in-law was Rachel Kelsey.) Descendants of Hannah and second husband, William Minthorne, include their great-great grandson, Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964), 31st president of the United States: John Minthorne (1768-1859) Theodore Minthorne (1817-1866) Huldah Randall Minthorne (1849-1884) Herbert Hoover (1874-1964).
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* Page 21 of 79 of Lewis, Simeon Dunham. BOOK XVIII of the GENEALOGY of the LEWIS FAMILY. Buffalo: Charles Welles Moulton, 1891, states that Hannah was b. 4 Jul 1740 in Farmington, Connecticut to James Kelly. A reader has drawn a line through these words and writen in the margin that she was Hannah Eldridge, b. in Rhode Island. No sources are provided for either maiden or birth.

Summarizing Simeon Lewis...
Hanna's possible death at Fultonville, N.Y. Speculative burial at Hoosick, though precisely where and when remains unknown. A volunteer notified that Hoosick Cemetery office staff found no record of her there. Thus I relocated her in the same Cemetery as her husband. That may be incorrect as well.

Born ca. 1740, Farmington, Conn., daughter of James and Elizabeth Eldridge. Married (2nd) ca. 1762 in/near New Haven, Conn., William Minthorne (ca.1744-ca.1834); lived in later years near Toronto, Canada. Died on visit to Fultonville, N.Y. (Notation in digital copy of Lewis Family, Genealogy of, Lewis, 1891, Vol. 18) Major George Payne (D6/4-5:12) of Marietta, Ohio, who is her only surviving grandchild, remembers distinctly that she, in company with her son Oliver (D6/10-11:2), visited his mother (Hannah Lewis Payne [D6/5]) at their home near Winsted, Conn., in January 1812. In the fall of 1812, his father moved to Ohio, and he also remembers that a few years afterward his mother received a letter from his Uncle Oliver, conveying the intelligence that their mother at died at Hoosick, N.Y. It seems quite probable that being a widow, she should make her home with one of her three children, and as we know that she did not live with either Oliver or Hannah, I think it safe to assume that Mr. Payne's recollection is correct, and that she spent her last years with her oldest son Benjamin (D6/10-11:1), who settled at Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and that she probably died there some time after 1812, although no record of her death or burial there can be found." (Lewis Family, Genealogy of, Lewis, 1891, Vol. 18) HE and second husband, William Minthorne, were great-great grandparents of U.S. president Herbert Hoover: John Minthorne (1768-1859) Theodore Minthorne (1817-1866) Huldah Randall Minthorne (1849-1884) Herbert Hoover (1874-1964).
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Spouse-Oliver Lewis: 1736-1759.
Children:
1-Benjamin Lewis: 1755 – 1831,
2-Oliver Lewis: 1758 – 1839,
3-Hannah Lewis: 1759 – 1849.