Hannah Cass

  General Notes:

I believe her to be Mrs. Hannah( Cass) Swett who married first at the age of 17 or 18 to Daniel Swett.This marriage took place in either 1730 or 1731. She had eight children by this husband. He died and she then married Gideon Straw as a widow (Mrs. Hannah Swett). Research of Rich Turnblom also states this theory and gives her parents names as John Cass and Hannah Gove. Rich also states he believes they had another daughter named MICHAL b 1755 who married Samuel Bartlett. No proof available.
By Gideon she had at least two children. There are conflicting dates of her birth.
Susan Strange also claims that the Straw manuscript at the New England Historic Gen. indicates Gideon and Hannah were also the parents of DAVID. I have not been able to confirm this.
March 1758 Gideon purchased land in Nottingham, NH. He does not mention a wife..Hannah perhaps dead by this time?
research of Donald Swett claims Hannah was born a Swett but VR of Essex claim Gideon married MRS Hannah Swett which would indicate this is not her maiden name.

Don Higgins [researcher of Straw lines in Maine] claims she was Hannah Mehitable Cass Swett when she and Gideon married.

per Sur Phaneuf: There actually are two records, for the same date [4 Feb 1731], claiming that a Daniel Swett married a Mehitable Cass and that a Daniel Swett married a Hannah Cass. According to the Swett Genealogy*: DANIEL SWETT (Moses3, Benjamin2, John1), lived at Hampton Falls, where he sold land in 1740 and 1766. He bought land in Brentwood, N. H., in 1767. He married, 4 Feb. 1730-1, Hannah Cass, dau. of John and Hannah (Gove) of Mendon, Mass., who was born at Hampton, 2 Oct. 1713. Hannah, widow of Daniel Swett of Brentwood, Hannah widow of Israel Smith deceased of Brentwood, and Thomas and Elizabeth Smith of Unity, N. H., sold to Richard Bean land in Brentwood. The following children of Daniel and Hananh Swett are recorded at Hampton Falls and on Quaker records.
Hannah's children with Daniel Swett:
HANNAH b. 21 Dec. 1731.
SARAH b. 4 Aug. 1733.
COMFORT (or CONTENT) b. 25 Feb. 1734.
MARY b. 2d of 10th month, 1737

www.ancestry.com -Swett Genealogy
Benjamin Swett (Stephen3 , Benjamin2, John1) born 12 April; 1699 m. 20 Nov 1731 Mary Titcomb. the records of First church in Newburyport say that a Benjamin Swett died oct 1774 , aged 77.They may have had children:
Benjamin 3rd pub to Mary Dole 15 Mar 1748 d/o Sam and Eliz. (Knight) Dole b. 14 Sept 1727?
Hannah m 15 Nov 1744 Gideon Straw (Int Shaw)
Rebecca m. 6 MAr 1748 Wm Weed

Most Cass researchers list Hannah & Mehitable as being twins, born October 02, 1713. Unfortunately, no one seems to know what happened to her. [Ref: Cass, Earle Millard. "Ada Ball Cass, Descendant of John Cass 1620-1675". Priv. Pub. (1945). History of Hampton, NH]. The Amesbury VR has "Hannah or Mehitable Cass, d. John, of Mendon, and Hannah."

*Swett Genealogy Descendants Of John Swett Of Newbury, Mass. By Everett S. Stackpole Author Of History Of Durham, Maine, History And Genealogy Of The Stackpole Family, Old Kittery And Her Families, Macomber Genealogy, Etc. The Journal Printshop , Lewiston, Maine , 1800

geni.com
Hannah Straw (Cass)
Birthdate:
October 2, 1713 (51)
Birthplace:
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Death:
February 27, 1765 (51)
Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:
Daughter of John Cass and Hannah Cass
Sister of Mehitable Cass; Nathan Case; Joseph Cass; Deacon John Cass; Mary Cass; Hephzibah Cass; Hugh Case; Jonathon Gove Cass; Daniel Cass; Ebenezer Cass; Luke Cass and Samuel Cass < less

Hannah married Gideon Straw, son of William Straw Jr and Lydia Purington, on 15 Nov 1744 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Gideon Straw was born on 25 Mar 1723 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and died on 8 May 1784 in Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.)

  Marriage Notes:

www.familysearch.com - pilot search

Hannah next married Daniel Swett, son of Moses Swett and Mary Hussey, on 4 Feb 1730. (Daniel Swett was born circa 1706 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and died in 1767.)