Susan was the daughter of John Lane Hancock and Hannah Prescott Hancock of Buxton, ME.
At age 16 (November 21, 1824) she married Phineas Prentiss Libby. They lived in Standish, Gardiner, and Carthage, ME.
They had the following 8 children:
Jane - born: June 1, 1825
Joanna H - born July 20, 1827 in Carthage, Franklin
County, ME (married Coleman Brown)
Ruth - born June 8, 1829 (married Samuel Packard)
Lucy - born Dec. 5, 1832; died March 16, 1852 - unmarried
Abram - (Alphens??)born March 17, 1835 (married Lovinnia
Pond)
Lizzie - born March 2, 1837 (married Dr. Daniel H. Owen)
Anne - born April 15, 1839 (married Ripley Coolridge)
Susan - born June 25, 1841 (married Marshall Whitney)
Susan became crazy (date unknown). Phineas did not make enough money to support the family of 10. Therefore, the children went to various places to be raised by others. Joanna went to live with the Springs of Hiram, ME. (Joanna gave her youngest daughter, Eliza Brown, the middle name of Spring - in honor of the people who raised her.)
Susan died at the home of her daughter, Joanna Libby (Brown) -- wife of Colman Brown - at Hog Fat Hill, Convene/Sebagao, ME on August 15, 1879, at age 71 of typhoid fever.
Her place of burial is unknown.
At age 16 (November 21, 1824) she married Phineas Prentiss Libby. They lived in Standish, Gardiner, and Carthage, ME.
They had the following 8 children:
Jane - born: June 1, 1825
Joanna H - born July 20, 1827 in Carthage, Franklin
County, ME (married Coleman Brown)
Ruth - born June 8, 1829 (married Samuel Packard)
Lucy - born Dec. 5, 1832; died March 16, 1852 - unmarried
Abram - (Alphens??)born March 17, 1835 (married Lovinnia
Pond)
Lizzie - born March 2, 1837 (married Dr. Daniel H. Owen)
Anne - born April 15, 1839 (married Ripley Coolridge)
Susan - born June 25, 1841 (married Marshall Whitney)
Susan became crazy (date unknown). Phineas did not make enough money to support the family of 10. Therefore, the children went to various places to be raised by others. Joanna went to live with the Springs of Hiram, ME. (Joanna gave her youngest daughter, Eliza Brown, the middle name of Spring - in honor of the people who raised her.)
Susan died at the home of her daughter, Joanna Libby (Brown) -- wife of Colman Brown - at Hog Fat Hill, Convene/Sebagao, ME on August 15, 1879, at age 71 of typhoid fever.
Her place of burial is unknown.
Susan was the daughter of John Lane Hancock and Hannah Prescott Hancock of Buxton, ME.
At age 16 (November 21, 1824) she married Phineas Prentiss Libby. They lived in Standish, Gardiner, and Carthage, ME.
They had the following 8 children:
Jane - born: June 1, 1825
Joanna H - born July 20, 1827 in Carthage, Franklin
County, ME (married Coleman Brown)
Ruth - born June 8, 1829 (married Samuel Packard)
Lucy - born Dec. 5, 1832; died March 16, 1852 - unmarried
Abram - (Alphens??)born March 17, 1835 (married Lovinnia
Pond)
Lizzie - born March 2, 1837 (married Dr. Daniel H. Owen)
Anne - born April 15, 1839 (married Ripley Coolridge)
Susan - born June 25, 1841 (married Marshall Whitney)
Susan became crazy (date unknown). Phineas did not make enough money to support the family of 10. Therefore, the children went to various places to be raised by others. Joanna went to live with the Springs of Hiram, ME. (Joanna gave her youngest daughter, Eliza Brown, the middle name of Spring - in honor of the people who raised her.)
Susan died at the home of her daughter, Joanna Libby (Brown) -- wife of Colman Brown - at Hog Fat Hill, Convene/Sebagao, ME on August 15, 1879, at age 71 of typhoid fever.
Her place of burial is unknown.
At age 16 (November 21, 1824) she married Phineas Prentiss Libby. They lived in Standish, Gardiner, and Carthage, ME.
They had the following 8 children:
Jane - born: June 1, 1825
Joanna H - born July 20, 1827 in Carthage, Franklin
County, ME (married Coleman Brown)
Ruth - born June 8, 1829 (married Samuel Packard)
Lucy - born Dec. 5, 1832; died March 16, 1852 - unmarried
Abram - (Alphens??)born March 17, 1835 (married Lovinnia
Pond)
Lizzie - born March 2, 1837 (married Dr. Daniel H. Owen)
Anne - born April 15, 1839 (married Ripley Coolridge)
Susan - born June 25, 1841 (married Marshall Whitney)
Susan became crazy (date unknown). Phineas did not make enough money to support the family of 10. Therefore, the children went to various places to be raised by others. Joanna went to live with the Springs of Hiram, ME. (Joanna gave her youngest daughter, Eliza Brown, the middle name of Spring - in honor of the people who raised her.)
Susan died at the home of her daughter, Joanna Libby (Brown) -- wife of Colman Brown - at Hog Fat Hill, Convene/Sebagao, ME on August 15, 1879, at age 71 of typhoid fever.
Her place of burial is unknown.
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