Hannah Hall

Hannah Henchman, daughter of Daniel Henchman (Indian Fighter) and Sarah Woodward, was born in 1653 in England, and died 23 September 1719 in Middletown, Connecticut, where she is buried in the Riverside Cemetery.

She married first to William Sumner III in about 1678 in Middletown. William Sumner was born 9 February 1656 in Boston, the son of William Sumner, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Clement. He had married first to Rachel, daughter of William Avery.

Hannah Henchman married second, on 22 NOV 1705 in Middletown, to Capt. John Hall. He was born 20 September 1648 in Hartford and died 25 November 1711 in Middletown, the son of Richard Hall, Sr. and his wife Mary Anthony.

There were 6 Sumner children:

• 1. WILLIAM, b. 22 Nov 1679, Boston, MA; died young.
• 2. HANNAH, b. Sept 1681, Boston, MA.
• 3. LT. HEZEKIAH, b. 21 Feb 1684, Boston, MA; d. 7 May 1749, Middletown, CT. He m. 10 Feb 1704, at Middletown, CT, ABIGAIL BIDWELL, daughter of Deac. Samuel Bidwell & Elizabeth Stow of Middletown, CT; they lived at Middletown; After Hezekiah died, his widow m. 2nd, ____Frary and d. 13 May 1772. Children born at Middletown, CT:
  • (1) WILLIAM, b. 12 Jan 1705; d. 15 Nov 1739, Middletown. He m. 15 Jan 1724 at Middletown, HANNAH CLARK, who d. 12 Apr 1795 at Middletown; they had 7 children.
  • (2) HANNAH, b. 17 Mar 1707; She m. ___Warren of Hartford.
  • (3) ABIGAIL, b. 20 Oct 1711; d. 24 Aug 1731, Middletown
  • (4) A DAUGHTER, b. & d. 25 Aug 1713.
  • (5) DANIEL, B. 26 Dec 1714; D. 15 Aug 1784, Middletown, CT; he m. 1/wf, Mary, who d. 30 Jan 1769 at Middletown, CT; he m. 2/wf Susanna, 16 Apr 1720 at Middletown, and she d. 1804 at Middletown, CT.
  • (6) ELIZABETH, b. 7 June 1718; She m. Samuel Atkins of Middletown.
• 4. SARAH, b. 29 Dec 1685, Boston, MA; d. 22 Feb 1759 at Middletown, CT; Sarah m. 11 Feb 1703, at Middletown, CT, Nathaniel Snow, b. 22 Feb 1675, Middletown, CT; d. 5 May 1727 at Middletown, CT.
• 5. DANIEL, b. 26 Sept 1688 at Middletown, CT.
• 6. EBENEZER, b. 28 Sept 1691 at Middletown, CT; d. 17 Mar 1698 at Middletown, CT.

Foremother of Winston Churchill.

References

1. Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., (2004). Section: Immigrant Descendants of High Medieval Kings. Page 385. < Ancestry.com >; (document attached.) "Descent from Alfonso IX, king of Leon and Galicia & Berenguela I la Grande, reina de Castilla." Hannah Hall, daughter of Sarah Henchman & Capt. Daniel Henchman, married Deacon William Sumner, III, and was the ancestor (via American heiress, his mother) of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
2. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 22 2024, 7:25:26 UTC
3. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Hannah_Henchman_(1) cites
   1. Hinchman, Mary W. (Mary Wilhelm). The Hinchman family in America. (Allen, Kentucky: M. Hinchman, c1995) 123.
   2. Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records 203. "Hall, Hannah, wid. of Capt. John, d. Sept. 23, 1719 [LR1:30]"
   3. Sarah Henchman Sumner Hall, in Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76408753/hannah-sumner_hall
   4. Hall, Hannah, Middletown, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06) 2:393. "Probate Records. Vol. IX, 1715 to 1723. Page 61. Hall, Hannah, Middletown. Invt. £35-07-11. Taken 4 March, 1719-20, by James Tappan, Joseph Rockwell and Robert Hubbard. Court Record, Page 121—29 February, 1719-20: Adms. granted to Hezekiah Sumner, son of sd. decd. See File: 14 June, 1720: The estate of Mrs. Hannah Hall, arbitration ; the estate of William Sumner: Hezekiah Sumner versus Nathaniel Stow and Sarah his wife, who was daughter of William Sumner, Hezekiah and Sarah, brother and sister, co-heirs in the estate of Daniel Sumner decd., their brother, their mother Mrs. Hannah Hall also deceased. Witness: William Warde, Daniel Hall. James Wadsworth, Hezekiah Brainard. Arbitrators. Court Record, Page 143—3 January, 1720-1: Hezekiah Sumner, Adms., exhibits an account of the settlement of Hannah Hall's estate, which account is accepted, ordered recorded and kept on file."

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 20 2024, 1:26:54 UTC