Hannah BOREMAN

Hannah married Eleazer PUTMAN on 18 Feb 1694 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachsuetts. Eleazer was born in 1665 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Jan 1733 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Hannah HUTCHINSON on 12 Apr 1662. Hannah was born on 20 Jan 1639. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Richard Hutchinson and Alice Bosworth of Salem.

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The exact date of Thomas Boreman's coming to New England is not known. He was probably her as early as 1634, but its first found on record in March, 1634/5, when he was made freeman by the General Court of Massachusetts. His first grant of land is recorded at Ipswich in 1635...

The family name of Thomas Boreman's wife, Margaret, has not been found, neither does it appear whether they were married before or after coming to New England. Judging from what can be gathered as to the ages of their children, it seems probable that their marriage took place not long before leaving England, at which time Thomas was about 33 years old, and his wife no doubt considerably younger; her surviving him some seven years indicates this. She was, of course, born in England ,and may have been a daughter or sister of one of the Ipswich settlers. Her title of Mris or Mistress implies the respectability of her family. If their children all lived to grow up, their number was not a large one for that day. It should not be forgotten that their family included also Thomas Boreman's bother Daniel, who lived to be at 65, and who, though he makes no figure in Ipswich records, is to Thomas Boreman's descendants a most import personage, without the knowledge of whose existence they would have had no certainty of their English ancestry.

Thomas Boreman's will (the original on file in the Probate Office inSalem) was made Dec. 17, 1670, when he was just past his 69th year. He aded to it a codicil dated May 3, 1673, and his inventory was taken on the 26th of the same month, showing that he died in May, 1673, at the age of 72 years and 7 months. It is interesting to note that his cousin Samuel of Wethersfield, fourteen years younger, had died in April, about one month before.

Mrs. Margaret Boreman, the widow, died Nov. 25 1679 ( Essex County Records at Salem).

Thomas married Margaret ?. Margaret died on 25 Nov 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas died when somewhere near 58 years of age, and was buried March 9, 1627/8. We find no will, but there is a full inventory of his estate taken March 8, 1627/8, the day before his funeral, together with the account of his widow Elizabeth as administratrix, dated Apr. 12, 1630. It is from the latter that we learn that their son Felix lived in London. Thomas's property considerably exceeds that of his father William, and his grandfather Thomas. He has livestock consisting of horses, mares, and colts, two cows, two steers, four heifers, seventy-nine sheep, an also poultry, with all the implements for carrying on a large farm. His widow Elizabeth continued to manage it after his death, assisted probably by hr son John, then in his twentieth year. Of the two sons, Felix, aged 29, was in London, and Thomas, aged 27, afterwards the emigrant, was apparently also away. the widow survived her husband about three years, and died at the age of 56. The date of her burial was May 11, 1631. She had made her will, April 27, 1631, shortly before her death, and while sick. This will is of great importance, because the special provision she makes in it for the maintenance of her son Daniel, together with a similar provision that Thomas of Ipswich makes for his brother Daniel, clearly prove that the emigrant Thomas was her son.

Judging by the sum of her inventory, Mrs. Boreman mast have ably managed the farm left by her husband, for we find that the value of the property after the interval of three years had more than doubled in her hands, rising from a valuation of L54 3s 3d to L109 6s 4d. She had five horses and mares, with five "payre of horse geres" for them, six milch cows and eight heifers, besides swine and poultry. The farm implements included two cards, three harrows, ploy, twenty-two hurdles, etc. The household utensils and provisions show that there was carried on there, in addition to the ordinary labor, the brewing of ale, the making of cheese and butter, the smoking of bacon, and the spinning of linen. The house had on the ground floor, the hall, there, as in early New England, a large apartment, serving not only as the entrance room, but as the ordinary living place; the kitchen, and the old kitchen, and the bedroom, called the chamber she laye in"; above stairs were the "over rooms." These all, with perhaps the "daye house" or dairy, constituted the house proper. Outside was the barn with stabling for the horses, and room for hay and grain; also various "hovels" or sheds, for carts, for oats, for pease, and for wood and a "garden house," the whole forming a considerable establishment, for that early day in a small village.

A special interest attaches to the study of the position and circumstances of this family, from the fact that their emigrant son, Thomas, was one of those honored through life in New England by the then rate title of "Mr."

Thomas married Elizabeth CARTER on 2 Feb 1595/6. Elizabeth (daughter of Felix CARTER and Margaret ?) was born about 1575; was buried on 11 May 1631. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]