Hannah Hand 
Hannah was born in 1656 in Elizabeth City, VA. Hannah's father was Richard Hand and her mother was Frances Purefoy. Her paternal grandparents were John Hand and Joan Simmons; her maternal grandparents were Thomas Purefoy and Lucy Ransom. She had a sister named Martha Purefoy. She was the older of the two children. She died after 1720 in Elizabeth City, VA.General Notes
From "The Tabb Family," William and Mary Quarterly, Genealo
gies of Virginia Families Vol. IV, Genealogical Publishin
g Co., 1982, Broderbund CD186, Virginia Genealogies #2, p
. 680:
"Hannah was another daughter of Richard Hand and Frances Pu
refy. She married, first, Capt. William Marshall, justice o
f the peace of Elizabeth City county, originally from Barba
does, and who was murdered in Hampton by some sailors abou
t 1692. Issue by this marriage, one son, William Marshall
. She married, second, in 1694, Capt. Richard Booker, of Gl
oucester county. Issue: one son, George Booker, and one dau
ghter, at least, Mrs. Frances Stokes, who died in Amelia i
n 1752, leaving numerous legacies. In 1720 Hannah Booker, o
f Abingdon parish, Gloucester county, gave a power to Willi
am Lowry , of Elizabeth City county, to release to Thomas K
erby, of Charles parish (who married Frances Lowry) her tit
le to certain land in Elizabeth City county. About the sam
e time William Lowry deeded to John Lowry certain lands adj
oining Hannah Booker's, coming to him as marrying 'Frances
, one of the daughters and coheirs of Thomas Purefy of th
e parish and county aforesaid, and mother of the said Joh
n Lowry.'"
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1570 in Maidstone. Stanstede Parish, Kent England d.1636 in At Sea of Murdered by pirates
- b.~ 1616 in Stanstede, County Kent, England d.~ 1689 in Elizabeth City, Virginia
- b.1580 in Tunbridge, Kent, England
- b.1656 in Elizabeth City, VA d.> 1720 in Elizabeth City, VA
- b. in Leicestershire, England d.1542
- b.1520 in Leicestershire, England d.1590 in Warwickshire, England
- b. in Norbury County, England
- b.~ 1555 in Barnwell, Warwickshire, England d.1598
- b.1525 d.1595
- b.1581 in Warwickshire, England d.1640 in "Drayton", Elizabeth City Co., VA
- b.1520 in Foston, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1559 in Foston, Leicestershire, England d.1625
- b.1537 in Foston, Leicestershire, England
- b.1620 in Gloucester Co., VA
- b.1578 in Leicester, England d.1657 in Elizabeth City, VA
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Hannah and Richard were married in a religious ceremony in 1694 in Gloucester Co., VA. They had a son and a daughter, named George and Frances.
Family Notes
CHAN15 Feb 2004
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Children
Frances Booker
Frances was born about 1696 in Gloucester Co., Virginia. She died in Amelia Co., Virginia.
George Booker
George was born on March 11th, 1697 in Gloucester County, VA. He died at the age of 63 in 1760 in Gloucester County, VA.
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