Disputed Origins

There are publications and family trees which identify Hannah's birth surname as Lamb. There were members of the Lamb family in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony at the appropriate time, but there's no indication of Hannah's relationship to them, if any.

Biography

Hannah's birth surname, date, and location are unknown. Her first marriage was to Edmund Haynes, a carpenter at Springfield. They had three children:^[1]

1. Hannah; m Joseph Root
2. Sarah; m Enos Kingsley
3. Ruth b Apr 27, 1646;^[2] m ___ Hawes

Edmund died at Springfield in 1646.^[3]

She and carpenter George Langton were married (as his second marriage) at Springfield on June 29, 1648.^[4]

George and Hannah had one child together:

• Hester b Aug 22, 1649^[5]

In 1656, Hannah and neighbors' talk of witchcraft sparked a lawsuit wherein Joseph Parsons charged neighbor Sarah Bridgeman with slander for calling his wife a witch. Hannah seemed to later regret her involvement, saying she was "sorry she should have had hard thoughts of her [Mrs. Parsons] on noe better grounds.^[6]

Hannah and George Langton were on the list of residents who signed a covenant to create the First Church of Northampton on June 4, 1661.^[7]

George Langton died in November of 1676^[8]

Hannah died at location? and date?^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Root, James Pierce. Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870. New York, NY: R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., 1870.Page 103.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJX-BGS : 9 February 2018), Edmund Haynes in entry for Ruth Haynes, 27 Apr 1646; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
3. ↑ Burt, 1898.Page 43.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJV-H86 : 9 February 2018), George Landon and Haynes, 29 Apr 1648; citing item 1, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJ6-TLT : 9 February 2018), George Laurson in entry for Hester Laurson, 22 Aug 1649; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
6. ↑ Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton Massachusetts From its Settlement in 1654, Vol 1. Northampton, MA: Self-Published, 1898.Page 42.
7. ↑ Trumbull, 1898.Page 107.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-2YXS : 10 November 2020), George Langton, 20 Nov 1676; citing Death, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004325917.

• Savage, James.A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1862) Page 388

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