Hannah "Annis" Churchman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hannah "Annis" Witter
• Reference Number: 2714

Hannah married William Witter about 1630 in New England. William was born about 1584 in England; died about 1659 in Swampscott, Essex County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Josiah Witter was born on 15 Mar 1638 in Swampscott, Essex County, MA; died on 24 Nov 1685 in Stonington, New London County, CT.
2. Hannah Witter was born in 1640 in Swampscott, Essex County, MA; died in 1696 in Woodstock, Windham County, CT.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2730
• Immigration: 1640, Lynn, MA

Notes:

Memo:
WIlliam Witter's wife also appears with the Christian name,
Annis, probably a form of Anna or Hannah. Her maiden name
is said to have been Churchman. and it has been thought that she
was a daughter of Hugh Churchman, an early settler of Lynn,
Massachusetts. A well-known authority on early New England .
genealogy states that Hugh Churchman of Lynn, 1640, died in
1644, that his will was probated July 9, of that year, and that
Ann Churchman, perhaps his daughter, married John Rogers
on April 16, 1639, at Weymouth. In Hugh Churchman's will
he mentions Josias, son of William Witter, leaving the latter his
homestead in Lynn, which, on William Witter's death, is to pass
to Josias Witter. (Josias was often used interchangeably with
Josiah in old records.) It may be that the wife of William
Witter was a sister of Hugh Churchman instead of his daughter.
Hugh Churchman's will, from the Essex Court files, is here
given in abstract in the quaint old orthography of the original
document: "I Hugh Churchman of Len do make this my last
will ... first my howse and Lot in Len ... and aU other appurtenances
there unto belonging to wilyam Wenter (sic.) tel his
son Josias shae atayn the age of twenty one years and then to
his son Josias and his Ayeres for ever; with this condicon that...
he shale paye to his sister haimah winter (sic.) ten pounds within
one hole ?year ... And if Josiah and hannah shall both dy before
they shale atayen the age of twenty one yeres that then William
Winter or his now wif or the longer liver of them to have it ..."
He makes William Witter his Executor.