Anna Hawley

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Anna Hawley   see  FAMILY TREE
Born: Abt. 1633 Parwich, Derbyshire, England

 

   
Married:

1st:  to John Ufford

2nd: Mar 1653 to John Beard

 

   
Died: 1698 Milford, New Haven, CT    
     

HUSBAND

1st: John Ufford

2nd: John Beard

CHILDREN

1. John Beard b. 27 Jun 1654

2. Elizabeth Beard b. 20 Sep 1656

3. Mary Beard b. 12 Nov 1658

4. James Beard b. 04 Dec 1661

5. Anna Beard b. 1664

6. Joseph Beard b. 20 Jul 1666

7. Samuel Beard b. 04 Feb 1669/70

8. Ebenezer Beard b. 16 Apr 1672

9. Jeremiah Beard b. 16 Apr 1672

10. Sarah Beard b. 22 Jul 1675

Hannah married (1) John Ufford, son of Thomas Ufford and Isabel, circa 1654 in Milford, New Haven County, CT. John and Hannah "agreed to disagree, and she succeeded in divorcing him on the ground that he was unqualified for the marital relation. The New Haven Colony Court, which had granted the divorce, felt badly used and made an inquiry when John sought to marry Martha Nettleton, (orphan daughter of Samuel of Branford and Fairfield), then an apprentice in the elder Ufford's household.  The marriage was permitted, and apparently took place about June 1657."

After the divorce, Hannah  married Capt. John Beard and made her home at Milford, Connecticut, where John was of some prominence. Here they were fairly prolific, bearing ten children, the first seven all being baptized on the same day, the 15th of May 1670. It was a common practice among the puritans to baptize a child the first Sunday after its birth, that not being the case here.
 

Source: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1 pg 624