Hannah (Vetch) Spafford (abt. 1708 - aft. 1743)

Born about 1708 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Amos Spafford — married 4 Jan 1733 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died after 22 Mar 1743 after about age 35 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Hanna Vetch was undoubtedly the daughter of Andrew Vetch and Elizabeth Williams, of Lebanon, Connecticut. There is no Lebanon birth record for her, but records there seem to only contain information about a single "Vetch" family.^[1][2] She was probably born between 1705-1710.

She married Amos Spafford in Lebanon on January 4, 1732-3.^[2][3] (Spofford cites "Jan. 24, 1733 (old style)").^[4]

Hannah was living on March 22, 1743 (birth of her youngest known child).^[5]

Children

Children of Amos and Hannah (Vetch) Spafford, all born in Lebanon:

1. Elizabeth Spafford, born February 20, 1734; died April 18, 1752.^[4][6][7]
2. Sarah Spafford, born January 13, 1736; married, 1764, Parker Peabody.^[4][8][9]
3. Mary Spafford, born April 3, 1738; married, 1758, Elisha Pratt.^[4][10][11]
4. Andrew Spafford, born March 22, 1743; married Molly Chamberlin.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985). Volume 3. Page 1570. Citing: "VETCH/VEACH, Andrew (1655-1742), Boston/Lebanon, CT, & Elizabeth [WILLIAMS]; by 1694, by 1701?, by 1703; Boston/Lebanon, CT {Boston VR 191; Williams (#4) 18; Williams (#10) 20; Mr. Wead; Suffolk Co. Prob. ,2799}"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org($), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Lebanon. Original Volume 1. Original Page 281. Page 170. Citing: "Vetch, Hannah, m. Amos Spafford, Jan. 4, 1732/3."
3. ↑ Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of New London County, Connecticut With Biographical Sketches. (J.W. Lewis & Co., 1882). Lebanon. Page 515. Citing: "Spafford, Amos, m. Hannah Veach, Jan 4 1723. [4 Children]."
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Spofford, Jeremiah. A Genealogical Record: Including Two Generations in Female Lines of Families Spelling Their Name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard and Spaford, Decendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who Emigrated in 1638 from Yorkshire, England and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass. (Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1888). Page 54. Citing: "(72.) Amos Spaffard and Hannah Vetch."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-1VN : 7 January 2020), Andrew Spafford, 21 Mar 1743.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F775-FDD : 7 January 2020), Elizabeth Spafford, 20 Feb 1733.
7. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1P-RQWT : 21 September 2019), Elizabeth Spafford, ; citing Death, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143425.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F775-N68 : 7 January 2020), Sarah Spafford, 13 Jan 1735.
9. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1L-31TW : 21 September 2019), Sarah Spafford, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143425.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F775-F8M : 7 January 2020), Mary Spafford, 3 Apr 1738.
11. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS3-Q1D5 : 21 September 2019), Mary Spaford, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143425.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 September 2020), memorial page for Hannah Vetch Spafford (1704–1754), Find A Grave: Memorial #58093979, ; Maintained by Linda (contributor 46913026) Unknown. Note: Contains Unknown Burial and Unsourced information. For Research Only.