Individual Details
Hannah BRYANT
(2 Dec 1668 - Bet 15 Aug 1725 and 30 Jan 1732)
Hannah Bryant's position in the family tree of New England cannot be conclusively asserted. The problem is connecting the documented birth of a Hannah Bryant with the Hannah who married Ebenezer Bartlett and Thomas Delano, Jr.
Alden Smith notes the birth of a Hannah to Lt. John and Abigail Bryant and then says, "no further records". Torrey's marriages suggest that the maiden name of Hannah Bartlett Delano was "Warren". The Delano family history omits a maiden name, giving only the first name, Hannah. Mayflower Descendants refers to a "Hannah (Bryant?) Bartlett".
This biography assumes, as others have, that the speculation in Mayflower Descendants is correct, and provides facts premised on that assumption.
Biography
Hannah was born in Plymouth, 2 Dec 1668, to Lt. John Bryant and Abigail (Bryant) Bryant.
Some time prior to 1693, she married Ebenezer Bartlett. They had two children, but Ebenezer died about five years later.
Ebenezer died intestate and Hannah was appointed as the executrix of the estate on 22 March 1697/8. She and two others, Samuel Bartlet of Duxbury and John Bryant, Sr. of Plymouth, posted bond. The appearance of John Bryant in this relationship is the foundation for the speculation that Hannah Bartlett was born Hannah Bryant.
On 24 October 1698 (or 1699--duplicate records differ on the year), she marrried Thomas Delano, 2nd, of Duxbury, blacksmith. They eventually had five children in all.
In September 1700 Hannah Delano, the new wife of Thomas Delano Jr. was charged with fornication while being a "single person." She pleaded not guilty and requested a trial by jury, which found her not guilty indicating that the child was naturally premature. (When married couples were required to appear in court for the charge of fornication, it indicates that their first child was born less than nine months after the marriage.)
On 18 Feb 1719/20, she and her husband, Thomas Delano, deeded one half of the farm that she had inherited from her first husband, Ebenezer Bartlett, to his son, also Ebenezer Bartlett.
Thomas and Hannah were granted membership in the Plymouth Church on 15 August 1725. This sets the lower bound for her date of death. The upper bound, 30 Jan 1732, is set by a mention of her in a deed as deceased. It's possible that she died in a smallpox epidemic in 1730.
Events
| Birth | 2 Dec 1668 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony |  |  | |
| Marriage | Bef 1693 | Ebenezer BARTLETT | | ||
| Marriage | 1694 | Ebenezer BARTLETT | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1698 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Thomas DELANO 2nd | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1699 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America - Thomas DELANO 2nd | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Sep 1700 | found not guilty of fornication while "a single person" - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Property | 18 Feb 1719/20 | property that she deeded to the son of her first husband | | ||
| Religion | 15 Aug 1725 | granted membership in Plymouth Church | | ||
| Death | 15 Aug 1725 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | Bet 15 Aug 1725 and 30 Jan 1732 | | |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas DELANO 2nd (1669 - 1724) |
| Child | Thomas DELANO 3rd (1694 - ) |
| Child | Deborah DELANO (1696 - ) |
| Child | Elkanah DELANO (1698 - ) |
| Child | Barzillai DELANO ( - ) |
| Spouse | Ebenezer BARTLETT ( - 1697) |
| Child | Ebenezer BARTLETT (1694 - 1781) |
| Child | Nathaniel BARTLETT (1697 - 1717) |
| Father | Lt. John BRYANT (1644 - 1731) |
| Mother | Abigail BRYANT (1647 - 1715) |
| Sibling | Mary BRYANT (1666 - 1700) |
| Sibling | Bethiah BRYANT (1670 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel BRYANT (1673 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonathan BRYANT (1677 - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail BRYANT (1682 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin BRYANT (1688 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Smith says that there are no further records.Marriage
The Delano book gives only the first name "Hannah" and gives no date for the marriage.Mayflower Descendants, Alden, p 52, refers to her as Hannah (Bryant?) Bartlett
Miscellaneous
"Hannah Delano 'the wife of Thomas Delano Jr.' was presented for fornication 'while a single person' at the September 1700 Court of General Sessions at Plymouth. She pleaded not guilty 'and put her self on tryall by a jury who found her not guilty' (Plymouth Co Ct Recs, 1:127; MD, 40:32)."Death
Bracketed by church record and deedMay have died in the smallpox epidemic of 1730.
Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 16 February 2015), p 11, "The children of Lt. John Bryant & of Abigail his wife...2 Hannah born Dec. the 2d 1668"; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
2. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database index, FamilySearch.org (: accessed 5 August 2015), Hannah Bryant, 02 Dec 1668; citing Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, p19; FHL microfilm 416,334.
3. D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 153 (October 1999), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image/?pageName=413&volumeId=11657&filterQuery=databasename:register : viewed 18 March 2018), p. 428, "ii. HANNAH BRYANT, b. 2 Dec. 1668. No further record.".
4. Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Individual Records," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2000, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5774: accessed 23 March 2015), b 2 Dec 1668 Plymouth to John Bryant and Abigail Bryant, m 1694 to Ebenezer Bartlett, d 15 Aug 1725 Duxbury, .
5. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 23 March 2016), Plymouth, Vol 1, pp 209-210 [p. 17] "children of Leiut John Bryant & of Abigail Bryant his Wife".
6. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSB-TT2: viewed 19 October 2017), p. 19, "The children of Lieut John Bryant and of Abigail Bryant his wife"; citing a manual transcription, made in 1899, of the original volume.
7. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), pp 149-150, "HANNAH (BRYANT?) BARTLETT... married first by 1692-1693 (first child born about 1694), Ebenezer Bartlett".
8. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p 50, "53 EBENEZER BARTLETT...m. HANNAH -----, ... perhaps dau. of John and Abigail (Bryant) Bryant. She m. (2) Duxbury 24 Oct. 1698 Thomas Delano...".
9. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: accessed 23 March 2016), application 57319, 22 Aug 1839, 2nd page [image 250].
10. "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database index online, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7836: accessed 23 March 2016), married Ebenezer Bartlett in 1694; citing submitter code GRG.
11. Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Individual Records," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2000, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5774: accessed 23 March 2015), b 2 Dec 1668 Plymouth to John Bryant and Abigail Bryant, m 1694 to Ebenezer Bartlett, d 15 Aug 1725 Duxbury, .
12. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 149, "54. THOMAS DELANO...married at Duxbury, 24 October 1698 (VR, 9, 'dup 1699'), HANNAH (BRYANT?) BARTLETT, perhaps daughter of Lt. John and Abigail (Bryant) Bryant (MFIP Warren, #53; John Bryant, Sr., of Plymouth was a surety on the estate of her first husband), born at Plymouth, 2 December 1668 (VR, 11; MD, 1:210)".
13. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p 50, "53 EBENEZER BARTLETT...m. HANNAH -----, ... perhaps dau.o f John and Abigail (Bryant) Bryant. She m. (2) Duxbury 24 Oct. 1698 Thomas Delano...".
14. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850," database of transcription, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Provo, UT, 2005, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7853: accessed 23 March 2016), Thomas Delano married Mrs. Hannah Bartlet, 24 Oct 1698, Duxbury; citing Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, film # 0481072.
15. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Duxbury V1," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 19 February 2015), p 246, "DELANO...Thomas and [dup. adds Mrs.] Hannah Bartlet, wid. [dup. Bartlett, omits wid.], Oct. 24, 1698 [dup. 1699]"; citing transcription of "Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850", NEHGS, Boston, 1911.
16. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Duxbury V1," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 3 April 2015), p 217, BARTLET ... Hannah [dup. Bartlett], wid. [dup. Mrs., omits wid.], and Thomas Delano, Oct. 24, 1698 [dup. 1699]"; citing transcription of "Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850", NEHGS, Boston, 1911.
17. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p. 150, "Hannah Delano 'the wife of Thomas Delano Jr.' was presented for fornication 'while a single person' at the September 1700 Court of General Sessions at Plymouth. She pleaded not guilty 'and put her self on tryall by a jury who found her not guilty' (Plymouth Co Ct Recs, 1:127; MD, 40:32).".
18. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p. 50, "On 18 Feb. 1719/20 Thomas Delano of Duxborough, blacksmith, and wife Hannah deeded to Ebenezer Bartlett of Duxborough, blacksmith, one half of farm in Duxborough, which was formerly the farm of Ebenezer Bartlett, dec.".
19. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p 50, "On 15 Aug. 1725 Thomas Delano and wife Hannah from Duxbury joined the Plymouth Church".
20. Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Individual Records," database index, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2000, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5774: accessed 23 March 2015), b 2 Dec 1668 Plymouth to John Bryant and Abigail Bryant, m 1694 to Ebenezer Bartlett, d 15 Aug 1725 Duxbury, .
21. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 149, "HANNAH (BRYANT?) BARTLETT... died after 15 August 1725 (church record), probably before 30 January 1732 (deed), perhaps in a small pox epidemic in 1730 (town record)".