Hannah McConkey McCrellis Thomas
Hannah was the daughter of William and Mary (Young) McConkey and was born on April 30, 1742 at Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Her family also spelled their name Conkey, leaving out the "Mc" first part. Her first marriage was to John McCrellis III which was held in Pelham on October 23, 1760 (one source states October 21st). They had three children: Sarah (born November 30, 1761), Rebecca (born July 11, 1763) and Mary (born January 27, 1765 who married John Hardy). On May 27, 1765, only months after their daughter was born, John drowned while fishing in the Connecticut River at Turner's Falls at the age of twenty-five. In 1768 Hannah married, second, Archibald Thomas of Rowe, Massachusetts. The couple had nine children. Hannah became a practicing physician, the first in Rowe and the first woman to practice medicine. A story is told by a great-grandaughter about Hannah McCrellis as follows: "She accured a neighbor of stealing wood from her farm. The neighbor denied the act and went to the church. She was called to account to the church. Church Molled, as it was called. They said to her, 'Sister McCrillis, are you not sorry that you accused Brother....?' She replied in her Scotch broque, 'I am sorry, now, that I cannot prove it, but he stole it all the same.' They put the question in several ways, but her answer was just the same. She was too valuable a member to discard, so they let her off with a promise to keep the peace, I presume. The McCrillises were staunch Presbyterian Church goers and Sabbath keepers. My Grandmother Hardy and her ten children were loaded into wagons sufficient to hold them, and was driven to church every Sunday morning, takiing care to take a good lunch, for it was an all day affair in those days, and night was close at hand on their return. Furthermore, they never cooked anything on Sundays. Everything was prepared on Saturday, sufficient to last over Sunday." Hannah died on September 21, 1825; however, the location of her interment has not been identified.
Hannah was the daughter of William and Mary (Young) McConkey and was born on April 30, 1742 at Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Her family also spelled their name Conkey, leaving out the "Mc" first part. Her first marriage was to John McCrellis III which was held in Pelham on October 23, 1760 (one source states October 21st). They had three children: Sarah (born November 30, 1761), Rebecca (born July 11, 1763) and Mary (born January 27, 1765 who married John Hardy). On May 27, 1765, only months after their daughter was born, John drowned while fishing in the Connecticut River at Turner's Falls at the age of twenty-five. In 1768 Hannah married, second, Archibald Thomas of Rowe, Massachusetts. The couple had nine children. Hannah became a practicing physician, the first in Rowe and the first woman to practice medicine. A story is told by a great-grandaughter about Hannah McCrellis as follows: "She accured a neighbor of stealing wood from her farm. The neighbor denied the act and went to the church. She was called to account to the church. Church Molled, as it was called. They said to her, 'Sister McCrillis, are you not sorry that you accused Brother....?' She replied in her Scotch broque, 'I am sorry, now, that I cannot prove it, but he stole it all the same.' They put the question in several ways, but her answer was just the same. She was too valuable a member to discard, so they let her off with a promise to keep the peace, I presume. The McCrillises were staunch Presbyterian Church goers and Sabbath keepers. My Grandmother Hardy and her ten children were loaded into wagons sufficient to hold them, and was driven to church every Sunday morning, takiing care to take a good lunch, for it was an all day affair in those days, and night was close at hand on their return. Furthermore, they never cooked anything on Sundays. Everything was prepared on Saturday, sufficient to last over Sunday." Hannah died on September 21, 1825; however, the location of her interment has not been identified.
Hannah McConkey McCrellis Thomas
Hannah was the daughter of William and Mary (Young) McConkey and was born on April 30, 1742 at Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Her family also spelled their name Conkey, leaving out the "Mc" first part. Her first marriage was to John McCrellis III which was held in Pelham on October 23, 1760 (one source states October 21st). They had three children: Sarah (born November 30, 1761), Rebecca (born July 11, 1763) and Mary (born January 27, 1765 who married John Hardy). On May 27, 1765, only months after their daughter was born, John drowned while fishing in the Connecticut River at Turner's Falls at the age of twenty-five. In 1768 Hannah married, second, Archibald Thomas of Rowe, Massachusetts. The couple had nine children. Hannah became a practicing physician, the first in Rowe and the first woman to practice medicine. A story is told by a great-grandaughter about Hannah McCrellis as follows: "She accured a neighbor of stealing wood from her farm. The neighbor denied the act and went to the church. She was called to account to the church. Church Molled, as it was called. They said to her, 'Sister McCrillis, are you not sorry that you accused Brother....?' She replied in her Scotch broque, 'I am sorry, now, that I cannot prove it, but he stole it all the same.' They put the question in several ways, but her answer was just the same. She was too valuable a member to discard, so they let her off with a promise to keep the peace, I presume. The McCrillises were staunch Presbyterian Church goers and Sabbath keepers. My Grandmother Hardy and her ten children were loaded into wagons sufficient to hold them, and was driven to church every Sunday morning, takiing care to take a good lunch, for it was an all day affair in those days, and night was close at hand on their return. Furthermore, they never cooked anything on Sundays. Everything was prepared on Saturday, sufficient to last over Sunday." Hannah died on September 21, 1825; however, the location of her interment has not been identified.
Hannah was the daughter of William and Mary (Young) McConkey and was born on April 30, 1742 at Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Her family also spelled their name Conkey, leaving out the "Mc" first part. Her first marriage was to John McCrellis III which was held in Pelham on October 23, 1760 (one source states October 21st). They had three children: Sarah (born November 30, 1761), Rebecca (born July 11, 1763) and Mary (born January 27, 1765 who married John Hardy). On May 27, 1765, only months after their daughter was born, John drowned while fishing in the Connecticut River at Turner's Falls at the age of twenty-five. In 1768 Hannah married, second, Archibald Thomas of Rowe, Massachusetts. The couple had nine children. Hannah became a practicing physician, the first in Rowe and the first woman to practice medicine. A story is told by a great-grandaughter about Hannah McCrellis as follows: "She accured a neighbor of stealing wood from her farm. The neighbor denied the act and went to the church. She was called to account to the church. Church Molled, as it was called. They said to her, 'Sister McCrillis, are you not sorry that you accused Brother....?' She replied in her Scotch broque, 'I am sorry, now, that I cannot prove it, but he stole it all the same.' They put the question in several ways, but her answer was just the same. She was too valuable a member to discard, so they let her off with a promise to keep the peace, I presume. The McCrillises were staunch Presbyterian Church goers and Sabbath keepers. My Grandmother Hardy and her ten children were loaded into wagons sufficient to hold them, and was driven to church every Sunday morning, takiing care to take a good lunch, for it was an all day affair in those days, and night was close at hand on their return. Furthermore, they never cooked anything on Sundays. Everything was prepared on Saturday, sufficient to last over Sunday." Hannah died on September 21, 1825; however, the location of her interment has not been identified.
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