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Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger 1699–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Apr 1699

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 26 May 1789

Death Location: Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Nathaniel Messenger

Mother: Rebecca Kelsey

Spouse(s): Joseph Tillotson

Children(s): Ebenezer Tillitson, John Tillotson, Tabitha Tillotson, Hannah Tillotson, Ruth Tillotson, Joseph Tillotson, Martha Tillotson

Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger was born in 1699 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of Nathaniel Messenger And Rebecca Kelsey. Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger married Joseph A Tillotson, and had children including Ebenezer Tillitson, Hannah Tillotson, John Tillotson, Joseph Tillotson, Martha Tillotson, Ruth Tillotson, Tabitha Tillotson. Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger passed away in 1789 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger was born in 1699 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of Nathaniel Messenger And Rebecca Kelsey.
  • Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger married Joseph A Tillotson, and had children including Ebenezer Tillitson, Hannah Tillotson, John Tillotson, Joseph Tillotson, Martha Tillotson, Ruth Tillotson, Tabitha Tillotson.
  • Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger passed away in 1789 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Hannah Messenger's Ancestors

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Hannah Messenger
1699–1789
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Nathaniel Messenger
1651–1700
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Rebecca Kelsey
1660–1778
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
Edward (Messenger whipped for merciless treatment of a servant, owned land in Bloomfield and Windsor,) CT
1617–1688
Lincolnshire, England
Dorcas Bosworth
1620–1702
Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Massacre
1588–1637
Sarah Benedict
1590–1681
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Newsham
1546–1616
Agnes Messenger
1550–1614

Hannah Messenger's Descendants

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Hannah (Grihms Johnson) Messenger (05 Apr 1699–26 May 1789) m. Joseph (A) Tillotson (29 Mar 1689–1755)
  1. 1. Ebenezer Tillitson 1736–1830 m. Rosanna Lacore 1734–1800
    1. 1. Ebenezer (Tillotson) Jr 1778–1864 m. Susannah Kiegwin 1785–1863
      1. 1. Isaac Tillotson 1821–1852 m. Margarett 1852–
        1. 1. Eben Tillotson 1865–1948 m. Ida Graves 1882–
        2. 2. Margarette Tillotson 1869–
        3. 3. Elizabeth (S (Libbie)) Tillotson 1846–1929
        4. 4. Isaac Tillotson 1851–
      2. 2. Nathaniel Tillotson 1815–1850
      3. 3. John (Kiegwin) Tillotson 1810–1888
      4. 4. Nathan Tillotson 1811–1897
      5. 5. Laura ((Lura)) Tillotson 1813–1813
      6. 6. Susannah Tillotson 1823–1872
      7. 7. Burton Tillotson 1817–
      8. 8. Clymena (M) Tillotson 1819–1847
      9. 9. Eliza (Ann) Tillotson 1826–1832
      10. 10. Lydia Tillotson 1808–1841
      11. 11. Roxanna ("Roseana") Tillotson 1806–1865
      12. 12. Rosannah Tillotson 1802–1835
      13. 13. Ebenezer (Tillotson) Jr 1804–1883
      14. 14. Sophia Tillotson 1800–
    2. 2. Rosannah Tillotson 1774–1777
    3. 3. Hannah Tillotson 1774–
    4. 4. Asahel Tillotson 1761–1837
    5. 5. Isaac Tillotson^ 1762–1849
    6. 6. Asahel Tillotson 1760–1837
  2. 2. John Tillotson 1726–1777
  3. 3. Tabitha Tillotson 1731–1805
  4. 4. Hannah Tillotson 1728–1789
  5. 5. Ruth Tillotson 1739–
  6. 6. Joseph Tillotson 1734–1800
  7. 7. Martha Tillotson 1730–1788

Hannah Messenger's Timeline

3 Records

1699
05 Apr 1699
Birth of Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1719
1719
Age 20
Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger was married in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1789
26 May 1789
Age 90
Death of Hannah Grihms Johnson Messenger in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Apr 1699
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1719
    Event Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 May 1789
    Event Place: Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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