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    1. Hannah bd. resource
    2. I received a response from the gentleman who provided me with the information on Hannah Chandler. It is as follows: Your letter lists Hannah Chandler as b. 1657 and d. 11-20-1730. I don't have a death date for her, but this is where the 1657 came from. This book details events during the Salem and Andover Witchcraft trials as well as relationships of the Chandlers, Danes, and Phelps. Salem Witchcraft and Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables Enders A. Robinson c. 1992, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie MD p. 233 "Daniel Bigsby was born about 1651 in Ipswich, son of Sara (Wyatt) Heard and Joseph Bigsby. the family lived in Ipswich and then in Rowley Village (in 1685 Rowley Village was incorporated as a separate town and its name was changed to Boxford. The town then embraced parts of the present towns of Groveland and Middleton). In 1674 in Andover, Daniel Bigsby married Hannah Chandler, born about 1657, the older daughter of Hannah (Brewer) and Thomas Chandler, an original proprietor of Andover. In 1682 Hannah's sister, Sarah Chandler, married Samuel Phelps. In 1687 Hannah's brother, William Chandler, 3rd, married Eleanor Phelps." "In 1692 Daniel Bigsby, a carpenter about 41; his wife, Hannah, about 35; and six children were living in the south part of Andover. Hannah (Chandler) Bigsby, together with her niece, Sarah Phelps, Jr., were part of the afflicted circle at the examination of the widow Mary (Ayer) Parker on September 1. Mary Parker was hanged on September 22, 1692. Hannah was one of the afflicted at the Andover touch test on September 7. At the examination of Henry Salter on September 7, it was attested that he afflicted Hannah Bigsby among others." Hope this helps. Jayne

    12/27/1998 02:56:29