Joanna Cromwell

Brief Life History of Joanna

When Joanna Cromwell was born about 1677, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Capt. Phillip Cromwell, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Leighton, was 41. She married Morris Hobbs about 1699, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died about 1753, in her hometown, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Morris Hobbs
1674–1735
Joanna Cromwell
1677–1753
Marriage: about 1699
James Hobbs
1700–1769
Sarah Hobbs
1703–
Sarah Hobbs
1705–1780
Abigail Hobbs
1707–
Joanna Hobbs
1711–
Morris Hobbs
1717–
Daborah Hobbs
1720–

Sources (17)

  • Joanna, "Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1921"
  • Joannah in entry for Morris Hobs, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Joannah in entry for Abigall Hobs, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place so named in Nottinghamshire, from Old English crumb ‘bent, crooked’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’.

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

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