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PREFACE
NOTE: This family crest is available on a 2¼" button with pinback or magnetic back - to order yours, click here To see all of the available buttons, click here This account of the ancestry of Hannah Porter is based on the Porter Genealogy recorded on page 753 in the History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, by Henry R. Stiles, M.D. The date of her marriage to (Dea.) John Coleman is recorded on page 6 of "The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor." The manner of her death is recorded on pages 175-178 in the History of Hadley, by Sylvester Judd. LINEAGE JOHN PORTER was born in England, and was buried on 22 April 1648 in Windsor, Connecticut. He married Rose in England. She died 20 days after her husband in Windsor. John Porter was one of the first settlers in Windsor--appearing on a committee in 1637. He held various public offices, and was a prominent man in both the Town and the Colony. He left a large estate, and his will is published in Trumbull's Colonial Records of Connecticut. CHILDREN 1. John, born in England, died 2 August 1688, married Mary who died 13 September 1688. 2. James, born in England, was a merchant and colonial agent in London, England. 3. Sarah, born in England, died 16 March 1696 at age 70, married Joseph Judson 24 October 1644 in Milford, Connecticut. 4. Nathaniel, born 19 July 1640 in Windsor. 5. Hannah, born 4 September 1642 in Windsor, died 19 September 1677 in Hatfield, Massachusetts, married (Dea.) John Coleman on 29 May 1663 in Windsor. ***************** HANNAH PORTER, the daughter of John Porter and Rose , was born on 4 September 1642 in Windsor, Connecticut. She was slain by Indians on 19 September 1677 at her home in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She married (Dea.) John Coleman, the son of Thomas Coleman and , on 29 May 1663 in Windsor. Hannah was the mother of six children. Hannah Porter was married when she was 20 years old and joined her husband in Hadley, Massachusetts. She had her first child a little over nine months later. She was 35 years old in the fall of 1677 when, in the late morning hours on September 19th, Indians attacked her home while her husband was working in the fields. Both she and her eleven month old baby, Bethia, were killed, one of her children was wounded, and two of her children were taken captive. The captives were rescued eight months later in Canada. ************************* |
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