Hannah (Holmes) Atkinson (1638 - bef. 1701)

Born 1638 in Salterslee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England

Wife of Marke Newby — married 21 May 1674 in Brides Street, Dublin, Ireland

Wife of James Atkinson — married 16 Nov 1684 (to about 1701) in Newton Township, Gloucester County, Province of New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 1701 before age 63 in Province of West Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

Hannah was a Friend (Quaker)

Hannah Holms, daughter of Francis, was baptized at Mobberley, Cheshire 1 Mar 1638.^[1] An alternate transcription is for "Hannah Home, daughter of Francis Holme.^[2]

Her birth to Francis and Joan Holmes was also recorded in Quaker records.^[3]

Hannah Holmes married Mark Newby in Dublin on 21 May 1674.^[4]; they had four children:

1. Rachel (1675-?), m. Isaac Decou in 1695
2. Stephen (1678-c.1707), m. Elizabeth Wood in 1703
3. Edward, m. Hannah Chew in 1706
4. Elizabeth, m. John Hugg in 1714

Hannah was living on 16 Sep 1684, when she was recorded as a posting a bond and granted letters of administration as executor of her husband Mark's estate.^[5] Both spellings, Newby and Newbie, appear in the will abstract.

Clement wrote that "Hannah, the widow of Mark Newbie, married James Atkinson in 1685... It does not appear there were any children born of this marriage."^[6] Elsewhere, Clement identifies him as "James Atkinson, of Philadelphia" and that their marriage was at Hannah's house and recorded in Newton Meeting records.^[7] Another record gives their marriage as 16 Nov 1684.^[8]

Hannah died before 1701, when her husband James Atkinson remarried to Hannah Day, widow. His death 24 June 1711 is recorded by Philadelphia Meeting.^[9] His will mentions "Edward Newby son of late wife whose name is not given."^[10]

Research Notes

There is no village or town named "Salterslee, Cheshire", though there is a Saltersley Hall near Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Mobberley is about five miles from Wilmslow.

Death record for James Atkinson's second wife, also named Hannah, widow of John Day, carpenter. "Hannah Atkinson, widow of James" died 15 d 10m 1713.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPRT-ZYT : 11 February 2018, Hannah Holms, 01 Mar 1638); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 886,620, 886,621.
2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-R6T : 12 February 2018), Hannah Home, 01 Mar 1638, Christening; citing item 1, , Mobberley, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,262,876.
3. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F39636 : accessed 17 August 2019), birth of Hannah Holmes in Salterslee, Cheshire in 1638, father: Francis, mother: Joan; citing Register of births, DUBLIN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F546B : accessed 17 August 2019), marriage of Hannah Holmes and Mark Newby in Brides Street Dublin on 21d 3mo (May) 1674; citing Register of marriages, DUBLIN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
5. ↑ Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, page 338
6. ↑ Clement, John. Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. (Camden, N.J, Sinnickson Chew, 1877), page 45
7. ↑ Clement, page 392
8. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/13890/images/dvm_LocHist001236-00009-1?pId=15
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/31906_284126-00068?pId=3082738
10. ↑ Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819. Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.
11. ↑ Philadelphia Meeting Deaths and Burials, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/31906_284126-00070?pId=3083443

• “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F546B : accessed 17 August 2019), marriage of Hannah Holmes and Mark Newby in Brides Street Dublin on 21d 3mo (May) 1674; citing Register of marriages, DUBLIN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.