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Hannah <I>Baker</I> Crocker

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Hannah Baker Crocker

Birth
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Mar 1787 (aged 67)
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
West Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Hannah Baker, youngest child of Dea. John Baker and Anna Annable, b. Mar. 24, 1718/19 at Barnstable, Mass. where she d. Mar. 4, 1787, Æ 68.

Following the death of her mother, she moved with her father and siblings from Barnstable to Windham, Conn. On Mar. 15, 1743/44 at the Scotland Cong. Chh. at Windham, Conn., Hannah m. William Crocker, Jr., eldest s. of cousins William and Mary (Crocker) Crocker, b. Sept. 9, 1710 at Barnstable. He d. at Barnstable Aug. 17, 1791, Æ 81.

Hannah and William had thirteen children all b. or baptized of record at the Barnstable 1st Chh. Amos Otis in 1860 claimed there were only twelve children, but combined the first two into one child. Only four of the eldest five children have actual birth entries in the Barnstown town records and it is unclear how many of the children survived beyond childhood to marry. The children were: Mary, Mercy (d.y.), William (d.y.), Martha (Crocker) Crocker, Temperance (Crocker) Nye, Hannah, Josiah (d.y.), William, Alice, Mercy, Josiah, Ephraim and Calvin.
Hannah Baker, youngest child of Dea. John Baker and Anna Annable, b. Mar. 24, 1718/19 at Barnstable, Mass. where she d. Mar. 4, 1787, Æ 68.

Following the death of her mother, she moved with her father and siblings from Barnstable to Windham, Conn. On Mar. 15, 1743/44 at the Scotland Cong. Chh. at Windham, Conn., Hannah m. William Crocker, Jr., eldest s. of cousins William and Mary (Crocker) Crocker, b. Sept. 9, 1710 at Barnstable. He d. at Barnstable Aug. 17, 1791, Æ 81.

Hannah and William had thirteen children all b. or baptized of record at the Barnstable 1st Chh. Amos Otis in 1860 claimed there were only twelve children, but combined the first two into one child. Only four of the eldest five children have actual birth entries in the Barnstown town records and it is unclear how many of the children survived beyond childhood to marry. The children were: Mary, Mercy (d.y.), William (d.y.), Martha (Crocker) Crocker, Temperance (Crocker) Nye, Hannah, Josiah (d.y.), William, Alice, Mercy, Josiah, Ephraim and Calvin.

Inscription

In Memory of
Mrs. Hannah Wife
of Mr. William
Crocker. She Died
March ye 4 1787
in ye 68th year
of her Age.

On the day Hannah died she was 67 years old, and Aetatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age, etc.) 68.



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  • Maintained by: Don Blauvelt
  • Originally Created by: Kevin Murphy
  • Added: Sep 12, 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5761775/hannah-crocker: accessed ), memorial page for Hannah Baker Crocker (24 Mar 1719–4 Mar 1787), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5761775, citing West Barnstable Cemetery, West Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939).