Margaret Hanford, dau. of Jeffrey Hanford and Eglin Hatherly, and niece of Timothy Hatherly (the founder of Scituate, Mass.), arrived in Scituate in 1635 with her widowed mother and younger sister Elizabeth.
On Apr. 10, 1635 at London, England, Eglin Hanford, "aged" 46, and two daughters, Margaret Hanford, "aged" 16, and Elizabeth Hanford, "aged" 14, were enrolled as passengers for New England on the "Planter," Nicholas Trarice, Master [Hotten 56; Anderson in the "Great Migration Begins" misstates the name of the ship as the "Defence"). As mother Eglin was bapt. of record June 8, 1586, on Apr. 10, 1635 she was then 49 years old, and "aged" 50, suggesting the ages of her two daughters may have been incorrectly stated. This Hanford family was preceded to Scituate, Mass. by daughter Lettice, who m. Edward Foster in Scituate on Apr. 8, 1635. Two other children of the family, daughter Susanna and son Thomas, also arrived separately to New England.
Margaret Hanford m. as his first wife, the immigrant Isaac Robinson. On June 27, 1635 at Margaret's uncle Timothy Hatherly's residence in Scituate [Lothrop's Church Diary], they contracted (were betrothed) to marry. When they actually married and by whom is not of record; marriages were then performed in New England only by a civil magistrate.[1] Isaac Robinson was not dismissed by letter from the Plymouth Church and did not join Lothrop's Scituate church until Nov. 7, 1636, with "Goodwife Robbinsoon" joining thereafter on July 16, 1637.
Margaret Hanford and Isaac Robinson had the following six children, the first five baptized by Rev. John Lothrop:
• i. Susanna Robinson, bapt. Jan. 21, 1637/8 at Scituate, Mass.; she is not mentioned in her grand uncle Timothy Hatherly's will of Dec. 12, 1664, in which Timothy bequeathed money to all of Susanna's then living siblings. Neither is a marriage nor death of Susanna recorded by Rev. Lothrop in his church diary, who died in late 1653. Because the name Susanna was not carried forward in her sibling families, it is very likely this child died very young with Lothrop failing to record her death or burial.
• ii. John Robinson, bapt. Apr. 5, 1640 at Barnstable, Mass. and was living at Falmouth, Mass. on Oct. 10, 1708; m. in "the middle of May," 1667 Elizabeth Weeks, dau. of William of Holmes Hole at Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County, Mass.) She was b. circa 1648 in England and was also living at Falmouth on Oct. 10, 1708. Nine children of the family.
• iii. Isaac Robinson, Jr., bapt. Aug. 7, 1642 at Barnstable, Mass., drowned in a pond at Falmouth, Mass. Oct. 6, 1668; m. an unidentified wife and had one child, son Thomas.
• iv. Fear Robinson, bapt. Jan. 26, 1644/5 at Barnstable, Mass. and named for her father's sister (then a resident of Leiden, Holland); her death is not of record. She m. before Dec. 1664, Samuel Baker, s. of Rev. Nicholas and Elizabeth Baker of Hull, Mass. bapt. Oct. 21, 1638 at Hingham, Mass. He was living at Barnstable on Mar. 24, 1714/5. Five known children of the family.
• v. Mercy Robinson, bapt. July 4, 1647 at Barnstable, Mass., whose death is not of record; m. Mar. 16, 1668/9 at Falmouth, Mass. as his first wife, William Weeks, Jr., s. of William of Holmes Hole, brother of Mercy's brother John's wife. William was b. circa 1645 at England and d. Feb. 16, 1715/6 at Falmouth, Mass. Eight children of the family. William Weeks, Jr. m. 2) bef. Sept. 15, 1705 Mary Hatch, the unmarried dau. of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley of Falmouth.
• vi. Infant Daughter Robinson, b. June 6, 1649 at Barnstable, Mass. who d. unbaptized the same day. By tradition the name Margaret has been given to this child.
Margaret (Hanford) Robinson d. June 13, 1649 one week after the birth of her last child. The entry in Lothrop's church diary reads: "The wife of Isaac Robinsonn buryed June 13, 1649. And a maide child borne of her before the ordinary tyme buryed the week before." There is no record of where Margaret was specifically interred, but an earlier death reported by Lothrop in his diary states the person was the first buried at Barnstable's "Cowes Pasture." The location of Barnstable's first burial ground has never been adequately determined, but is believed not the same as the present-day Lothrop Hill cemetery.
[1] During the Pilgrim's stay at Leiden, members of John Robinson's Leiden church were married by the Leiden magistrates; Robinson held there was no scriptural basis that marriage was a church rite, and performed no marriages himself at Leiden. The betrothal (the intent to marry) was recorded with the Leiden magistrates followed by publication of the banns on three successive Sundays before the marriage was then performed by a Leiden magistrate. This was the same procedure followed in England, albeit the betrothal was recorded in the Church of England and performed by a minister of that church. In the old Julian calendar then in use in British America, June 27, 1636 was a Monday (July 7th in countries then using the Gregorian calendar.) If the Plymouth Colony also required three successive Sundays for publishing of the banns, then the earliest Isaac and Margaret married was Sunday July 17, 1636 (July 27th in the Gregorian calendar.) At the time of the marriage Timothy Hatherly was a magistrate of the Plymouth Colony authorized to perform marriages, and quite likely he performed the marriage of his niece to Isaac Robinson.
Revised 3/8/2016
On Apr. 10, 1635 at London, England, Eglin Hanford, "aged" 46, and two daughters, Margaret Hanford, "aged" 16, and Elizabeth Hanford, "aged" 14, were enrolled as passengers for New England on the "Planter," Nicholas Trarice, Master [Hotten 56; Anderson in the "Great Migration Begins" misstates the name of the ship as the "Defence"). As mother Eglin was bapt. of record June 8, 1586, on Apr. 10, 1635 she was then 49 years old, and "aged" 50, suggesting the ages of her two daughters may have been incorrectly stated. This Hanford family was preceded to Scituate, Mass. by daughter Lettice, who m. Edward Foster in Scituate on Apr. 8, 1635. Two other children of the family, daughter Susanna and son Thomas, also arrived separately to New England.
Margaret Hanford m. as his first wife, the immigrant Isaac Robinson. On June 27, 1635 at Margaret's uncle Timothy Hatherly's residence in Scituate [Lothrop's Church Diary], they contracted (were betrothed) to marry. When they actually married and by whom is not of record; marriages were then performed in New England only by a civil magistrate.[1] Isaac Robinson was not dismissed by letter from the Plymouth Church and did not join Lothrop's Scituate church until Nov. 7, 1636, with "Goodwife Robbinsoon" joining thereafter on July 16, 1637.
Margaret Hanford and Isaac Robinson had the following six children, the first five baptized by Rev. John Lothrop:
• i. Susanna Robinson, bapt. Jan. 21, 1637/8 at Scituate, Mass.; she is not mentioned in her grand uncle Timothy Hatherly's will of Dec. 12, 1664, in which Timothy bequeathed money to all of Susanna's then living siblings. Neither is a marriage nor death of Susanna recorded by Rev. Lothrop in his church diary, who died in late 1653. Because the name Susanna was not carried forward in her sibling families, it is very likely this child died very young with Lothrop failing to record her death or burial.
• ii. John Robinson, bapt. Apr. 5, 1640 at Barnstable, Mass. and was living at Falmouth, Mass. on Oct. 10, 1708; m. in "the middle of May," 1667 Elizabeth Weeks, dau. of William of Holmes Hole at Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County, Mass.) She was b. circa 1648 in England and was also living at Falmouth on Oct. 10, 1708. Nine children of the family.
• iii. Isaac Robinson, Jr., bapt. Aug. 7, 1642 at Barnstable, Mass., drowned in a pond at Falmouth, Mass. Oct. 6, 1668; m. an unidentified wife and had one child, son Thomas.
• iv. Fear Robinson, bapt. Jan. 26, 1644/5 at Barnstable, Mass. and named for her father's sister (then a resident of Leiden, Holland); her death is not of record. She m. before Dec. 1664, Samuel Baker, s. of Rev. Nicholas and Elizabeth Baker of Hull, Mass. bapt. Oct. 21, 1638 at Hingham, Mass. He was living at Barnstable on Mar. 24, 1714/5. Five known children of the family.
• v. Mercy Robinson, bapt. July 4, 1647 at Barnstable, Mass., whose death is not of record; m. Mar. 16, 1668/9 at Falmouth, Mass. as his first wife, William Weeks, Jr., s. of William of Holmes Hole, brother of Mercy's brother John's wife. William was b. circa 1645 at England and d. Feb. 16, 1715/6 at Falmouth, Mass. Eight children of the family. William Weeks, Jr. m. 2) bef. Sept. 15, 1705 Mary Hatch, the unmarried dau. of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley of Falmouth.
• vi. Infant Daughter Robinson, b. June 6, 1649 at Barnstable, Mass. who d. unbaptized the same day. By tradition the name Margaret has been given to this child.
Margaret (Hanford) Robinson d. June 13, 1649 one week after the birth of her last child. The entry in Lothrop's church diary reads: "The wife of Isaac Robinsonn buryed June 13, 1649. And a maide child borne of her before the ordinary tyme buryed the week before." There is no record of where Margaret was specifically interred, but an earlier death reported by Lothrop in his diary states the person was the first buried at Barnstable's "Cowes Pasture." The location of Barnstable's first burial ground has never been adequately determined, but is believed not the same as the present-day Lothrop Hill cemetery.
[1] During the Pilgrim's stay at Leiden, members of John Robinson's Leiden church were married by the Leiden magistrates; Robinson held there was no scriptural basis that marriage was a church rite, and performed no marriages himself at Leiden. The betrothal (the intent to marry) was recorded with the Leiden magistrates followed by publication of the banns on three successive Sundays before the marriage was then performed by a Leiden magistrate. This was the same procedure followed in England, albeit the betrothal was recorded in the Church of England and performed by a minister of that church. In the old Julian calendar then in use in British America, June 27, 1636 was a Monday (July 7th in countries then using the Gregorian calendar.) If the Plymouth Colony also required three successive Sundays for publishing of the banns, then the earliest Isaac and Margaret married was Sunday July 17, 1636 (July 27th in the Gregorian calendar.) At the time of the marriage Timothy Hatherly was a magistrate of the Plymouth Colony authorized to perform marriages, and quite likely he performed the marriage of his niece to Isaac Robinson.
Revised 3/8/2016
Margaret Hanford, dau. of Jeffrey Hanford and Eglin Hatherly, and niece of Timothy Hatherly (the founder of Scituate, Mass.), arrived in Scituate in 1635 with her widowed mother and younger sister Elizabeth.
On Apr. 10, 1635 at London, England, Eglin Hanford, "aged" 46, and two daughters, Margaret Hanford, "aged" 16, and Elizabeth Hanford, "aged" 14, were enrolled as passengers for New England on the "Planter," Nicholas Trarice, Master [Hotten 56; Anderson in the "Great Migration Begins" misstates the name of the ship as the "Defence"). As mother Eglin was bapt. of record June 8, 1586, on Apr. 10, 1635 she was then 49 years old, and "aged" 50, suggesting the ages of her two daughters may have been incorrectly stated. This Hanford family was preceded to Scituate, Mass. by daughter Lettice, who m. Edward Foster in Scituate on Apr. 8, 1635. Two other children of the family, daughter Susanna and son Thomas, also arrived separately to New England.
Margaret Hanford m. as his first wife, the immigrant Isaac Robinson. On June 27, 1635 at Margaret's uncle Timothy Hatherly's residence in Scituate [Lothrop's Church Diary], they contracted (were betrothed) to marry. When they actually married and by whom is not of record; marriages were then performed in New England only by a civil magistrate.[1] Isaac Robinson was not dismissed by letter from the Plymouth Church and did not join Lothrop's Scituate church until Nov. 7, 1636, with "Goodwife Robbinsoon" joining thereafter on July 16, 1637.
Margaret Hanford and Isaac Robinson had the following six children, the first five baptized by Rev. John Lothrop:
• i. Susanna Robinson, bapt. Jan. 21, 1637/8 at Scituate, Mass.; she is not mentioned in her grand uncle Timothy Hatherly's will of Dec. 12, 1664, in which Timothy bequeathed money to all of Susanna's then living siblings. Neither is a marriage nor death of Susanna recorded by Rev. Lothrop in his church diary, who died in late 1653. Because the name Susanna was not carried forward in her sibling families, it is very likely this child died very young with Lothrop failing to record her death or burial.
• ii. John Robinson, bapt. Apr. 5, 1640 at Barnstable, Mass. and was living at Falmouth, Mass. on Oct. 10, 1708; m. in "the middle of May," 1667 Elizabeth Weeks, dau. of William of Holmes Hole at Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County, Mass.) She was b. circa 1648 in England and was also living at Falmouth on Oct. 10, 1708. Nine children of the family.
• iii. Isaac Robinson, Jr., bapt. Aug. 7, 1642 at Barnstable, Mass., drowned in a pond at Falmouth, Mass. Oct. 6, 1668; m. an unidentified wife and had one child, son Thomas.
• iv. Fear Robinson, bapt. Jan. 26, 1644/5 at Barnstable, Mass. and named for her father's sister (then a resident of Leiden, Holland); her death is not of record. She m. before Dec. 1664, Samuel Baker, s. of Rev. Nicholas and Elizabeth Baker of Hull, Mass. bapt. Oct. 21, 1638 at Hingham, Mass. He was living at Barnstable on Mar. 24, 1714/5. Five known children of the family.
• v. Mercy Robinson, bapt. July 4, 1647 at Barnstable, Mass., whose death is not of record; m. Mar. 16, 1668/9 at Falmouth, Mass. as his first wife, William Weeks, Jr., s. of William of Holmes Hole, brother of Mercy's brother John's wife. William was b. circa 1645 at England and d. Feb. 16, 1715/6 at Falmouth, Mass. Eight children of the family. William Weeks, Jr. m. 2) bef. Sept. 15, 1705 Mary Hatch, the unmarried dau. of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley of Falmouth.
• vi. Infant Daughter Robinson, b. June 6, 1649 at Barnstable, Mass. who d. unbaptized the same day. By tradition the name Margaret has been given to this child.
Margaret (Hanford) Robinson d. June 13, 1649 one week after the birth of her last child. The entry in Lothrop's church diary reads: "The wife of Isaac Robinsonn buryed June 13, 1649. And a maide child borne of her before the ordinary tyme buryed the week before." There is no record of where Margaret was specifically interred, but an earlier death reported by Lothrop in his diary states the person was the first buried at Barnstable's "Cowes Pasture." The location of Barnstable's first burial ground has never been adequately determined, but is believed not the same as the present-day Lothrop Hill cemetery.
[1] During the Pilgrim's stay at Leiden, members of John Robinson's Leiden church were married by the Leiden magistrates; Robinson held there was no scriptural basis that marriage was a church rite, and performed no marriages himself at Leiden. The betrothal (the intent to marry) was recorded with the Leiden magistrates followed by publication of the banns on three successive Sundays before the marriage was then performed by a Leiden magistrate. This was the same procedure followed in England, albeit the betrothal was recorded in the Church of England and performed by a minister of that church. In the old Julian calendar then in use in British America, June 27, 1636 was a Monday (July 7th in countries then using the Gregorian calendar.) If the Plymouth Colony also required three successive Sundays for publishing of the banns, then the earliest Isaac and Margaret married was Sunday July 17, 1636 (July 27th in the Gregorian calendar.) At the time of the marriage Timothy Hatherly was a magistrate of the Plymouth Colony authorized to perform marriages, and quite likely he performed the marriage of his niece to Isaac Robinson.
Revised 3/8/2016
On Apr. 10, 1635 at London, England, Eglin Hanford, "aged" 46, and two daughters, Margaret Hanford, "aged" 16, and Elizabeth Hanford, "aged" 14, were enrolled as passengers for New England on the "Planter," Nicholas Trarice, Master [Hotten 56; Anderson in the "Great Migration Begins" misstates the name of the ship as the "Defence"). As mother Eglin was bapt. of record June 8, 1586, on Apr. 10, 1635 she was then 49 years old, and "aged" 50, suggesting the ages of her two daughters may have been incorrectly stated. This Hanford family was preceded to Scituate, Mass. by daughter Lettice, who m. Edward Foster in Scituate on Apr. 8, 1635. Two other children of the family, daughter Susanna and son Thomas, also arrived separately to New England.
Margaret Hanford m. as his first wife, the immigrant Isaac Robinson. On June 27, 1635 at Margaret's uncle Timothy Hatherly's residence in Scituate [Lothrop's Church Diary], they contracted (were betrothed) to marry. When they actually married and by whom is not of record; marriages were then performed in New England only by a civil magistrate.[1] Isaac Robinson was not dismissed by letter from the Plymouth Church and did not join Lothrop's Scituate church until Nov. 7, 1636, with "Goodwife Robbinsoon" joining thereafter on July 16, 1637.
Margaret Hanford and Isaac Robinson had the following six children, the first five baptized by Rev. John Lothrop:
• i. Susanna Robinson, bapt. Jan. 21, 1637/8 at Scituate, Mass.; she is not mentioned in her grand uncle Timothy Hatherly's will of Dec. 12, 1664, in which Timothy bequeathed money to all of Susanna's then living siblings. Neither is a marriage nor death of Susanna recorded by Rev. Lothrop in his church diary, who died in late 1653. Because the name Susanna was not carried forward in her sibling families, it is very likely this child died very young with Lothrop failing to record her death or burial.
• ii. John Robinson, bapt. Apr. 5, 1640 at Barnstable, Mass. and was living at Falmouth, Mass. on Oct. 10, 1708; m. in "the middle of May," 1667 Elizabeth Weeks, dau. of William of Holmes Hole at Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County, Mass.) She was b. circa 1648 in England and was also living at Falmouth on Oct. 10, 1708. Nine children of the family.
• iii. Isaac Robinson, Jr., bapt. Aug. 7, 1642 at Barnstable, Mass., drowned in a pond at Falmouth, Mass. Oct. 6, 1668; m. an unidentified wife and had one child, son Thomas.
• iv. Fear Robinson, bapt. Jan. 26, 1644/5 at Barnstable, Mass. and named for her father's sister (then a resident of Leiden, Holland); her death is not of record. She m. before Dec. 1664, Samuel Baker, s. of Rev. Nicholas and Elizabeth Baker of Hull, Mass. bapt. Oct. 21, 1638 at Hingham, Mass. He was living at Barnstable on Mar. 24, 1714/5. Five known children of the family.
• v. Mercy Robinson, bapt. July 4, 1647 at Barnstable, Mass., whose death is not of record; m. Mar. 16, 1668/9 at Falmouth, Mass. as his first wife, William Weeks, Jr., s. of William of Holmes Hole, brother of Mercy's brother John's wife. William was b. circa 1645 at England and d. Feb. 16, 1715/6 at Falmouth, Mass. Eight children of the family. William Weeks, Jr. m. 2) bef. Sept. 15, 1705 Mary Hatch, the unmarried dau. of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley of Falmouth.
• vi. Infant Daughter Robinson, b. June 6, 1649 at Barnstable, Mass. who d. unbaptized the same day. By tradition the name Margaret has been given to this child.
Margaret (Hanford) Robinson d. June 13, 1649 one week after the birth of her last child. The entry in Lothrop's church diary reads: "The wife of Isaac Robinsonn buryed June 13, 1649. And a maide child borne of her before the ordinary tyme buryed the week before." There is no record of where Margaret was specifically interred, but an earlier death reported by Lothrop in his diary states the person was the first buried at Barnstable's "Cowes Pasture." The location of Barnstable's first burial ground has never been adequately determined, but is believed not the same as the present-day Lothrop Hill cemetery.
[1] During the Pilgrim's stay at Leiden, members of John Robinson's Leiden church were married by the Leiden magistrates; Robinson held there was no scriptural basis that marriage was a church rite, and performed no marriages himself at Leiden. The betrothal (the intent to marry) was recorded with the Leiden magistrates followed by publication of the banns on three successive Sundays before the marriage was then performed by a Leiden magistrate. This was the same procedure followed in England, albeit the betrothal was recorded in the Church of England and performed by a minister of that church. In the old Julian calendar then in use in British America, June 27, 1636 was a Monday (July 7th in countries then using the Gregorian calendar.) If the Plymouth Colony also required three successive Sundays for publishing of the banns, then the earliest Isaac and Margaret married was Sunday July 17, 1636 (July 27th in the Gregorian calendar.) At the time of the marriage Timothy Hatherly was a magistrate of the Plymouth Colony authorized to perform marriages, and quite likely he performed the marriage of his niece to Isaac Robinson.
Revised 3/8/2016
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