Individual Details
HANNAH [Overman]
( - 22 Feb 1692/93)
Joyce Overman Bowman
Hannah's surname is also seen as Wiswall. There is no proof for either name.
A birthdate for Hannah is often seen, but that date is for Hannah Wolcott, daughter of Henry & Sarah (Newberry) Wolcott, who was b. 8 Mar 1654 in Windsor CT and died unmarried 4 Sep 1683. This could not be the same Hannah.
About 1670 in Boston there was a Thomas Overman, 3rd husband of Hannah Wiswall. When Hannah's father Elder John Wiswall died in 1687, his will named his daughter as Hannah Overman. At the time Thomas & Hannah Wiswall Overman were married in Boston, Jacob Overman was in Maryland serving a 6-year indenture to Richard Gorsuch. Jacob and wife Hannah were married in Wethersfield - that's two hours by car from Boston - it is unlikely a lady would be married that far from her home.
Hannah died two days after the birth of daughter Hope. The Barber mansucript states she was 38 years of age when she died - that would have been a birth year of 1654 [the same year as the daughter of Henry Wolcott, so it's easy to see how one could jump to the conclusion she was his daughter]
Events
| Marriage | 25 Oct 1677 | Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut - JACOB Overman |  | ||
| Death | 22 Feb 1692/93 | Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut | |
Families
| Spouse | JACOB Overman (1652 - 1715) |
| Child | Jacob Overman (1678 - 1715) |
| Child | Thomas Overman (1679 - 1761) |
| Child | EPHRAIM Overman (1681 - 1732) |
| Child | Margery Overman (1683 - ) |
| Child | John Overman (1684 - 1744) |
| Child | Charles Overman (1686 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Overman (1688 - ) |
| Child | Ann Overman (1690 - ) |
| Child | Hope Overman (1692 - ) |
Endnotes
1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society) Online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org., Vol. 20, 1866, p.14.
3. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society) Online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org., Vol. 20, 1866, p.14.