Hannah Sprout

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Sprout was born in August 1680, in Scituate, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Sprout, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Samson, was 42. She married Ephraim Keen on 1 April 1703, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1731, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ephraim Keen
1675–1729
Hannah Sprout
1680–1731
Marriage: 1 April 1703
Mary Keen
1705–1752
Ephraim Keen
1707–1767
Lazarus Keen
1710–
Hannah Keen
1717–
Abigail Keen
1717–1800
Wealthy Keen
1719–1768
Robert Keen
1721–1810
Elizabeth Keen
1724–1763

Sources (23)

  • Hannah Sprout, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Hannah Sprout Keene "Find A Grave"

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Name Meaning

Dutch: from Middle Dutch sprute ‘sprout, shoot’, either a nickname for a young or delicate person, or possibly, in the sense of ‘offshoot, descendant’, a nickname for someone linked by birth to a distinguished local family.

English (Lancashire): from Middle English sprout ‘(new) shoot of a plant, bud’, perhaps a nickname given to a small, thin (young?) person. It may have been used interchangeably with Sprott and Sproat , either because the medieval sense was similar or because, with a different pronunciation, it was an altered form of Sproat.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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