Individual Details

Hannah Emerson

(23 Dec 1657 - )

See "Greene, Heath and allied families: genealogical and biographical" by anonymous, dated 1932, found at Heritage Quest Online, page 85. Hannah Webster married 1 Apr 1657, Michael Emerson and had a daughter Hannah, who married Thomas Dustin, and was the heroine of the Indian captivity.

Story told in "Massacre on the Merrimack" by Jay Atkinson, 2015 published by Lyons Press.

LDS film 844949 item #1 at the LAFHC has an account of the attack on Hannah Duston.

Hannah Dustin was taken captive with her week-old daughter by Abenaki warriors after they killed 27 in Haverhill, MA, on March 15, 1697.

Events

Birth23 Dec 1657
Marriage3 Dec 1677Thomas Dustin
Fact 115 Mar 1697captured by indians, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Families

SpouseThomas Dustin ( - )
FatherMichael Emerson ( - )
MotherHannah Webster (1638 - )

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