BORN: c. 1760
NOTE: There is a birth record on file in the Keene Vital Records for a Hannah Metcalf born NOV. 20, 1760. Father: Capt. Michael Metcalf. Mother: Hannah.
(Capt. Michael Metcalf and Abijah Metcalf were probably brothers.)
HUSBAND: Royal Blake, married JAN 18, 1777, at Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
In Memory [of Mrs.] Hannah, wife of [Mr.] Royal Blake, who Dec'd Nov. ye 21st, [1779, aged 19 years.]
NOTE: When we transcribed this headstone in 2007, the parts in brackets were worn off, or, like the year, were below the current soil line. The missing text was found in an earlier transcription in the source listed below.
SOURCE: Book "History of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties, NH." D. Hamilton Hurd (1886). Page #82.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER: Harriet (Metcalf) Blake is mentioned on pages 125, 268, 270, 581.
PAGE #125 "This night Royal Blake enters matrimony with Hannah Metcalf."
[Royal Blake and Hannah Metcalf were married in Swanzey by Rev. Edward Goddard, Jan. 18, 1777. KVS. Lacking a permanent minister most couples had to go to Swanzey to be married. Goodard married eight couples from Keene, 1772-1777. Justice of the peace, Dr. Thomas Frink, married two couples.]
PAGE #268 "Rhoda to funeral of Royal Blake's child."
[Joseph Blake, seven weeks old, died on this date and his mother Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, nineteen, died on Nov. 22, 1779. (Journal: Nov. 22, 1779.) KVS.]
PAGE #270 "Royal Blake's wife buried."
[Journal: Nov. 23, 1779.]
PAGE #581 "Blake, "Ariel" Royal (1756-1827), younger brother of Obadiah Blake, Jr., served briefly in the Keene militia in 1777. He lived in the Ash Swamp section of Keene and married twice. His first wife was Hannah Metcalf who died in 1779 after less than three years of marriage and two children; his second wife was Phillis Jillson (Jennison?) with whom he had nine more children."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make." The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire County (1986)
NOTE: There is a birth record on file in the Keene Vital Records for a Hannah Metcalf born NOV. 20, 1760. Father: Capt. Michael Metcalf. Mother: Hannah.
(Capt. Michael Metcalf and Abijah Metcalf were probably brothers.)
HUSBAND: Royal Blake, married JAN 18, 1777, at Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
In Memory [of Mrs.] Hannah, wife of [Mr.] Royal Blake, who Dec'd Nov. ye 21st, [1779, aged 19 years.]
NOTE: When we transcribed this headstone in 2007, the parts in brackets were worn off, or, like the year, were below the current soil line. The missing text was found in an earlier transcription in the source listed below.
SOURCE: Book "History of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties, NH." D. Hamilton Hurd (1886). Page #82.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER: Harriet (Metcalf) Blake is mentioned on pages 125, 268, 270, 581.
PAGE #125 "This night Royal Blake enters matrimony with Hannah Metcalf."
[Royal Blake and Hannah Metcalf were married in Swanzey by Rev. Edward Goddard, Jan. 18, 1777. KVS. Lacking a permanent minister most couples had to go to Swanzey to be married. Goodard married eight couples from Keene, 1772-1777. Justice of the peace, Dr. Thomas Frink, married two couples.]
PAGE #268 "Rhoda to funeral of Royal Blake's child."
[Joseph Blake, seven weeks old, died on this date and his mother Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, nineteen, died on Nov. 22, 1779. (Journal: Nov. 22, 1779.) KVS.]
PAGE #270 "Royal Blake's wife buried."
[Journal: Nov. 23, 1779.]
PAGE #581 "Blake, "Ariel" Royal (1756-1827), younger brother of Obadiah Blake, Jr., served briefly in the Keene militia in 1777. He lived in the Ash Swamp section of Keene and married twice. His first wife was Hannah Metcalf who died in 1779 after less than three years of marriage and two children; his second wife was Phillis Jillson (Jennison?) with whom he had nine more children."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make." The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire County (1986)
BORN: c. 1760
NOTE: There is a birth record on file in the Keene Vital Records for a Hannah Metcalf born NOV. 20, 1760. Father: Capt. Michael Metcalf. Mother: Hannah.
(Capt. Michael Metcalf and Abijah Metcalf were probably brothers.)
HUSBAND: Royal Blake, married JAN 18, 1777, at Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
In Memory [of Mrs.] Hannah, wife of [Mr.] Royal Blake, who Dec'd Nov. ye 21st, [1779, aged 19 years.]
NOTE: When we transcribed this headstone in 2007, the parts in brackets were worn off, or, like the year, were below the current soil line. The missing text was found in an earlier transcription in the source listed below.
SOURCE: Book "History of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties, NH." D. Hamilton Hurd (1886). Page #82.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER: Harriet (Metcalf) Blake is mentioned on pages 125, 268, 270, 581.
PAGE #125 "This night Royal Blake enters matrimony with Hannah Metcalf."
[Royal Blake and Hannah Metcalf were married in Swanzey by Rev. Edward Goddard, Jan. 18, 1777. KVS. Lacking a permanent minister most couples had to go to Swanzey to be married. Goodard married eight couples from Keene, 1772-1777. Justice of the peace, Dr. Thomas Frink, married two couples.]
PAGE #268 "Rhoda to funeral of Royal Blake's child."
[Joseph Blake, seven weeks old, died on this date and his mother Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, nineteen, died on Nov. 22, 1779. (Journal: Nov. 22, 1779.) KVS.]
PAGE #270 "Royal Blake's wife buried."
[Journal: Nov. 23, 1779.]
PAGE #581 "Blake, "Ariel" Royal (1756-1827), younger brother of Obadiah Blake, Jr., served briefly in the Keene militia in 1777. He lived in the Ash Swamp section of Keene and married twice. His first wife was Hannah Metcalf who died in 1779 after less than three years of marriage and two children; his second wife was Phillis Jillson (Jennison?) with whom he had nine more children."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make." The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire County (1986)
NOTE: There is a birth record on file in the Keene Vital Records for a Hannah Metcalf born NOV. 20, 1760. Father: Capt. Michael Metcalf. Mother: Hannah.
(Capt. Michael Metcalf and Abijah Metcalf were probably brothers.)
HUSBAND: Royal Blake, married JAN 18, 1777, at Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION:
In Memory [of Mrs.] Hannah, wife of [Mr.] Royal Blake, who Dec'd Nov. ye 21st, [1779, aged 19 years.]
NOTE: When we transcribed this headstone in 2007, the parts in brackets were worn off, or, like the year, were below the current soil line. The missing text was found in an earlier transcription in the source listed below.
SOURCE: Book "History of Cheshire & Sullivan Counties, NH." D. Hamilton Hurd (1886). Page #82.
JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER: Harriet (Metcalf) Blake is mentioned on pages 125, 268, 270, 581.
PAGE #125 "This night Royal Blake enters matrimony with Hannah Metcalf."
[Royal Blake and Hannah Metcalf were married in Swanzey by Rev. Edward Goddard, Jan. 18, 1777. KVS. Lacking a permanent minister most couples had to go to Swanzey to be married. Goodard married eight couples from Keene, 1772-1777. Justice of the peace, Dr. Thomas Frink, married two couples.]
PAGE #268 "Rhoda to funeral of Royal Blake's child."
[Joseph Blake, seven weeks old, died on this date and his mother Hannah (Metcalf) Blake, nineteen, died on Nov. 22, 1779. (Journal: Nov. 22, 1779.) KVS.]
PAGE #270 "Royal Blake's wife buried."
[Journal: Nov. 23, 1779.]
PAGE #581 "Blake, "Ariel" Royal (1756-1827), younger brother of Obadiah Blake, Jr., served briefly in the Keene militia in 1777. He lived in the Ash Swamp section of Keene and married twice. His first wife was Hannah Metcalf who died in 1779 after less than three years of marriage and two children; his second wife was Phillis Jillson (Jennison?) with whom he had nine more children."
SOURCE: Book "Very Poor and of a Lo Make." The Journal of Abner Sanger. Published by the Historical Society of Cheshire County (1986)
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