Her mother probably died in childbirth, for Hannah was taken by her Aunt Sarah (Hibbs) Cooper at the age of 7 months and Orphan's Court petition mentions that her grandmother had been contributing towards her support (although the child had an estate of her own). In 1742, at the time of her grandmother's death, she was still a minor.
Copy of petition, "Ancestors and Descendants of John Smith Esquire, by Mittie Owen McDavid, 1918, page 15.
Proved by petition in Orphan's Court, Bucks County, Pennsylvania of Johnathan and Sarah Hibbs Cooper who reared Hannah from the time she was 7 mos. old, which mentions estate left Hannah Jones by her father John Jones, and now descended to Hannah Hibbs, minor dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah Hibbs. It also mentions her grandmother, Margaret Bolton. Guardian appt'd.
Married at Dutch Reformed church of North and South Hampton, at what is now Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hannah agreed to become a Quaker after the marriage.
Copy of petition, "Ancestors and Descendants of John Smith Esquire, by Mittie Owen McDavid, 1918, page 15.
Proved by petition in Orphan's Court, Bucks County, Pennsylvania of Johnathan and Sarah Hibbs Cooper who reared Hannah from the time she was 7 mos. old, which mentions estate left Hannah Jones by her father John Jones, and now descended to Hannah Hibbs, minor dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah Hibbs. It also mentions her grandmother, Margaret Bolton. Guardian appt'd.
Married at Dutch Reformed church of North and South Hampton, at what is now Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hannah agreed to become a Quaker after the marriage.
Her mother probably died in childbirth, for Hannah was taken by her Aunt Sarah (Hibbs) Cooper at the age of 7 months and Orphan's Court petition mentions that her grandmother had been contributing towards her support (although the child had an estate of her own). In 1742, at the time of her grandmother's death, she was still a minor.
Copy of petition, "Ancestors and Descendants of John Smith Esquire, by Mittie Owen McDavid, 1918, page 15.
Proved by petition in Orphan's Court, Bucks County, Pennsylvania of Johnathan and Sarah Hibbs Cooper who reared Hannah from the time she was 7 mos. old, which mentions estate left Hannah Jones by her father John Jones, and now descended to Hannah Hibbs, minor dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah Hibbs. It also mentions her grandmother, Margaret Bolton. Guardian appt'd.
Married at Dutch Reformed church of North and South Hampton, at what is now Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hannah agreed to become a Quaker after the marriage.
Copy of petition, "Ancestors and Descendants of John Smith Esquire, by Mittie Owen McDavid, 1918, page 15.
Proved by petition in Orphan's Court, Bucks County, Pennsylvania of Johnathan and Sarah Hibbs Cooper who reared Hannah from the time she was 7 mos. old, which mentions estate left Hannah Jones by her father John Jones, and now descended to Hannah Hibbs, minor dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah Hibbs. It also mentions her grandmother, Margaret Bolton. Guardian appt'd.
Married at Dutch Reformed church of North and South Hampton, at what is now Churchville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hannah agreed to become a Quaker after the marriage.
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