Hello Lisa, Where did you find your information concerning Hannah Dean? I have searched for this marriage that others have reported, & have not been able to locate this record. Also, the information concerning the Thomas & Hannah (possibly nee Whitaker) Dinsmore: As far as I have been able to gather so far, the only information that ties Hannah to the John Whitaker family of Stow is John Whitaker's Will as seen in the following source which I am quoting below. Has anyone obtained a copy of the reported Will?: "Boston Transcript" no. 7764. Dinsmore. K. S. C., Oct. 27, 1919. There seems to be evidence that Hannah wife of Thomas Dinsmore of Bedford, Mass., and Hollis, N. H., was a daughter of John Whitaker of Stow and his wife, Hannah (Ball) of Concord, married Dec. 12, 1705. John Whitaker died testate, May 7, 1746, and his will, dated Dec. 20, 1745, proved June 16, 1746, provides for three daughters, Mary "Steward," Lydia Taylor, and Hannah "Densmore," besides an only son, John Whitaker, Jr. David Whitaker was a witness. The birth of John, Jr. is recorded at Stow, May 26, 1713, but those of his three sisters do not appear. Lydia Whitaker married Abraham Taylor of Dunstable, Jan 21, 1730-1, and settled in Hollis, where she died Sept. 23, 1795, aged 83. Hannah was probably the eldest child and named for her mother; I find no record of the marriage to Thomas Dinsmore. The daughter Mary Stewart's legacy was in the charge of Deliverance Wheeler of Stow as trustee, and his account shows she had a child born within two years of her father's death. Can anyone supply the name of her husband?" --Ann Ann McRoden Mensch, Genealogist-Researching at The Allen County Public Library *** http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Resume.htm Ann's Temple, NH Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Temple-NH.htm Ann's Hollis, NH Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/HollisNH.htm Ann's Royalston, MA Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/worcester.htm McRoden-Mensch Family Home Page http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/ Lisa Cozzens wrote: > Hello to all, > > I'm probably not alone on this one, but the name change of "Dinsmore" is > driving me nuts. > > I have a Thomas Dinsmore, born about 1680 in Bedford, MA, who married > Hannah Dean. She was from Concord, MA. Did they have a son named > Thomas born 1704 who married Hannah (?) Whitaker? I show from sources > that Hannah and Thomas had 7 children, but I have another source that > says all these children belong to Thomas and Hannah Dean. Can anyone > clarify this? > > Lisa Cozzens > DTN 226-7187 > 978-506-7187 > > ==== DUNSMOOR Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the command > unsubscribe > and no additional text.