Emerson, Hannah Webster

Birth Name Emerson, Hannah Webster
Gender female
Age at Death 78 years, 2 months, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1657-12-23 Haverhill, Essex, MA  
 
Death 1736-03-06 Haverhill, Essex, MA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Emerson, Michael1627-04-061715
Mother Webster, Hannah1635-12-231709
         Emerson, Hannah Webster 1657-12-23 1736-03-06
    Brother     Emerson, John 1659-07-30 1659-08-15
    Sister     Emerson, Mary 1660-10-05
    Brother     Emerson, John 1661/2-03-18 (Julian) 1745-03-06
    Brother     Emerson, Samuel 1663/4-02-02 (Julian) 1739-03-13
    Sister     Emerson, Elizabeth 1664/5-01-26 (Julian) 1691
    Sister     Emerson, Abigail 1667-12-17 1667-12-31
    Brother     Emerson, Jonathan 1669/70-03-09 (Julian) 1736-08-19
    Sister     Emerson, Abigail 1671-11-20
    Sister     Emerson, Judith 1673-07-02 1673-09-08
    Sister     Emerson, Judith 1674-09-29 1677-11-07
    Brother     Emerson, Joshua 1675/6-03-02 (Julian) 1676-03-26
    Sister     Emerson, Ruth 1677-05-08 1677-08-28
    Brother     Emerson, Joshua 1678-11-17
    Sister     Emerson, Susanna 1680-04-30 1680-05-08

Families

    Family of Duston, Thomas and Emerson, Hannah Webster
Married Husband Duston, Thomas ( * 1652 + 1732-11-17 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1677-12-03 Haverhill, Essex, MA  
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Duston, Nathaniel1685-05-16

Narrative

There is a statue of Hannah Emerson Duston in Haverhill acrossfrom the library. She was captured by Indians after they killedher baby. After several days in captivity, she escaped with thehelp of another captive. She killed 10 Indians in the processand escaped down the river to Hudson, NH with the Indians scalpsto prove her story.

Pedigree

  1. Emerson, Michael
    1. Webster, Hannah
      1. Emerson, Hannah Webster
        1. Duston, Thomas
          1. Duston, Nathaniel
      2. Emerson, John
      3. Emerson, Mary
      4. Emerson, John
      5. Emerson, Samuel
      6. Emerson, Elizabeth
      7. Emerson, Abigail
      8. Emerson, Jonathan
      9. Emerson, Abigail
      10. Emerson, Judith
      11. Emerson, Judith
      12. Emerson, Joshua
      13. Emerson, Ruth
      14. Emerson, Joshua
      15. Emerson, Susanna

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