Hannah Wetmore

Female18 December 1725–14 April 1804

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Wetmore was born on 18 December 1725, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Samuel Wetmore, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Hubbard, was 25. She married David Graves on 9 December 1753, in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 April 1804, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

David Graves
1728–1777
Hannah Wetmore
1725–1804
Marriage: 9 December 1753
Timothy Graves
1754–1848
Lewis Graves
1755–1816
Sarah Graves
1757–1776
David Graves
1760–1814
Noadiah Graves
1762–1850
Hannah Graves
1765–1844
Polly Graves
1767–
Millie Graves
1773–1854

Sources (5)

  • Hannah Wetmore, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Hannah Wetmore, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Hannah Wetmore, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 December 1753Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
  • Children (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (4)

    1776

    Age 51

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1785

    Age 60

    DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 61

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English (Gloucestershire): habitational name from Wedmore in Somerset, derived from an uncertain initial element + Old English mōr ‘moor’.

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

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