Daughter of Rev. John and Joane (West) White. Hannah married first, 23 Dec 1663 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts to Ensign John Divoll (1638-1676). She died aged 65 years.

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"Ensign John Divol and 3 of his children (John Jr,, Hannah, and Josiah) were killed by Indians during "King Phillips War," when the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts was over-run and burned to the ground. John was defending the Rowlandson Garrison when he lost his life."

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Hannah White Divoll was captured with her surviving children. William (4) and she are known to have been later ransomed. Daughter Hannah was 9 according to records of the event and could not this Hannah Keyes if she, in fact, died in captivity. However, there is also Middlesex Co. probate records of land being divided July 2, 1717, between William Divoll and James Keyes, Lancaster, and Samuel Lummus, Jr., of Ipswich, formerly belonging to John White, in settlement of Hannah Lummus' estate.

This would suggest at least young Hannah survived captivity and James Keyes receiving her share of her late grandfather's land upon her mother's death.

courtesy of: Pia (#47902077)

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The daughter, also Hannah, was redeemed in New Hampshire and returned to marry James Keyes. Hannah Divoll Keyes is buried next to her husband, James Keyes, in the South Burying Ground in Bolton. Henry Stedman Nourse, historian of Lancaster, wrote an article about discovering that she did survive in the New England Historic Genealogic Register in the mid 1800s.

I have been to the Boston Public Library where they have an 1676 original letter sent between Cotton Mather and Major Waldron in NH that states "Goodwife Divoll's daughter was redeemed". Just thought I'd add this to the mix! Hannah Divoll Keyes is my many-great grandmother. She did survive!

Contributor: Barbara Hanno (47011953)

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You had added an edit I gave. It needs to have some corrections. The letter cited about her daughter's return was between Rev Thomas Cobbet and Cotton Mather, not Major Waldron. Also the quote from the letter did not read Goodwife, it said "sister Divoll's daughter."

Contributor: Barbara Hanno (47011953)

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