Individual Details
Hannah (Joanna) Kerrick
(Abt 1602 - 1652)
Hannah/Joanna first married John Jessop, a Weathersfield settler. They were some of the first to come overland on Indian trails to what was called the Indian village of Pyquag. They, along with about fifty settlers, had migrated from the Massachusetts Bay area and changed the name of the Pyquag Village to "Weathersfield". It is described as Connecticut's "Most Ancient Towne".
Her first husband John Jessup died 1638/39. This was about the time John Whitmore's name appears on town records in the sale of 58 acres of his land in 1639. He married "the widow, Joanna Jessop" at that time, about 1641. They had no children together.
Because of disputes regarding church ministerial policies, they, along with several other dissenters, moved sixty miles further west and founded the town of Stamford. John Whitmore received ten acres in the first division of the settlement.
In 1647, the town elected John to the New Haven Assembly, but he was murdered in October 1648 by Indians as he was tending his cattle. Whitmore Family Records read that Joanna/Johanna lived on the Whitmore farm until her death in her "48th year of her age".
Sources: Weathersfield Land Records, I, 118; W.H. Whitmore, "Record of the Decendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Mass. (Boston, 1855) p. 22
Her first husband John Jessup died 1638/39. This was about the time John Whitmore's name appears on town records in the sale of 58 acres of his land in 1639. He married "the widow, Joanna Jessop" at that time, about 1641. They had no children together.
Because of disputes regarding church ministerial policies, they, along with several other dissenters, moved sixty miles further west and founded the town of Stamford. John Whitmore received ten acres in the first division of the settlement.
In 1647, the town elected John to the New Haven Assembly, but he was murdered in October 1648 by Indians as he was tending his cattle. Whitmore Family Records read that Joanna/Johanna lived on the Whitmore farm until her death in her "48th year of her age".
Sources: Weathersfield Land Records, I, 118; W.H. Whitmore, "Record of the Decendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Mass. (Boston, 1855) p. 22
Events
| Birth | Abt 1602 | ||||
| Marriage | 1622 | John Jessup |  | ||
| Immigration | Abt 1627 | Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 1641 | Stamford, Connecticut - John Whitmore | |||
| Death | 1652 | Stamford, Connecticut |
Families
| Spouse | John Jessup (1602 - 1638) |
| Child | Johanna Jessup (1627 - 1666) |
| Spouse | John Whitmore ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. , vol 2, p 854, ; accessed through NEHGS, .