Generation 1

JEFFREY HANFORD (d. 1626)

Parents: Unknown

Jeffrey Hanford was buried on 12 May 1626 in Alverdiscott, Devonshire. [Ref] He married Eglin Hatherly as her second husband on 31 Mar 1611 in Fremington, Devonshire. [Ref]

Children of Jeffrey Hanford and Eglin Hatherley:

1. Thomas Hanford married first Hannah Newberry. [Ref] He married second Mary (Miles) Ince. [Ref] He was of Norwalk, CT. [Ref]
2. Lettice Hanford was baptised on 8 Jun 1617 in Devon. [Ref] She was married to Edward Foster on 8 Apr 1635 at Mr. Cudworth's house in Scituate by Capt. Standish. [Ref] She married second Edward Jenkins. Edward had been an indentured servant of Elder Nathaniel Tilden. He was one of the Conihassett Partners of Scituate.
3. Susanna Hanford married first John Whiston of Scituate. [Ref] John was one of the Conihassett Partners of Scituate. She married second William Brooks. [Ref]
4. Margaret Hanford married was born about 1619. She married Isaac Robinson of Barnstable. [Ref]
5. Elizabeth Hanford was born about 1621. married Nicholas Wade.

Generation 2

ELIZABETH HANFORD (b. abt 1621)

Parents: Jeffrey Hanford and Eglin Hatherly

Elizabeth Hanford was born about 1621. She married Nicholas Wade.

Elizabeth was 14 when she emigrated to New England in 1635 on the Defence with her mother and 16-year-old sister Margaret. [Ref]

Elizabeth's uncle Timothy Hatherly mentions Nicholas Wade's wife in his 20 Sep 1664 will. [Ref]

References

Church Records

Encyclopedias

Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Entries for Edward Foster and Timothy Hatherly.

Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 3, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. Entry for Eglin Hatherley.

Family Genealogies

Vital Records

Wills

Winsor, Justin, "Abstract of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4, 1850, 33-36,173-174,280-284,319-320; 5, 1851, 259-262,335-338,385-388; 6, 1852, 93-96, 185-188.