Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff

Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff, her husband, and her brother were part of the nomadic, reactive Gilded Generation. Her parents were part of the idealistic Transcendental Generation. Her seven eldest children were part of the adaptive Progressive Generation. Her two youngest children were part of the idealistic Missionary Generation.

Hannah married Ephraim Sylvester Mansfield, a large landowner in the north of Saugus, and they raised a family of nine children, three of whom died before reaching adulthood. Hannah's parents were living with her and Ephraim when the 1870 census was taken and most of the children were still youngsters.

Here is a picture identified on the back as "Mrs. Mansfield Saugus Mass." There is also some writing in pen probably done in the 1970s by (Ethel) Jean Edmands Weeks: "Must be my great grandmother. Her daughter Ella Josephine is my grandmother, Jean Edmands Weeks." You can click the picture to enlarge it.

(Picture courtesy of Ethel Jean Edmands Weeks)

The following picture depicts Hannah quite a bit older, with her husband Ephraim and their dog Don. Click the picture to enlarge it.

Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff Mansfield, with husband Ephraim and dog Don (ca. 1900)
(Picture courtesy of Patricia Brown Mathews)

Here is a picture of Hannah, taken perhaps a little later. You can click the picture to enlarge it.

(Picture courtesy of Patricia Brown Mathews)

Hannah died sometime between 1900 and 1910.

Year by year in the life of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff

The childhood and early adulthood of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff in their historical context
The prime adult years and midlife of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff Mansfield in their historical context
The early elderhood years of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff Mansfield in their historical context
The last years of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff Mansfield in their historical context

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*Birth of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff*
Born:	1826
Birthplace:	Leicester or South Lester or North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts(1) ("Pat") for much of the information about our common ancestor Hannah. She shared with me her findings from the "Hinchcliff Family Genealogical Forum," sponsored by Genealogy.com. Dorothy Hinchcliff, a descendant of Hannah's older brother, Henry Hinchcliff, has Hannah being born in South Lester, Massachusetts. Pat cites census records for the Leicester birthplace. Richard Heiser of the Sun City Genealogical Society, another descendant of Henry Hinchcliff, suggested that Hannah could have been born in North Andover, since that is where Henry was born, where their parents were married, and where Hannah's mother was from. To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close)
*Parents*
Father:	John Hinchcliff, 1796-1877 (our ancestor), from southwestern Yorkshire, England and North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
Mother:	Susan Fry, 1800-1885 (our ancestor), from North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
*Siblings*
Brother:	Henry Kitteredge Hinchcliff Born 1825 ---- in North Andover, Essex Co., MA Married Eliza Gale ---- b. 1837, d. 1877 Died 1900 Children: Henry Clayton Hinchcliff ---- b. November 1864 ---- m. Mary Amelia Hudson (1862-1957) ---- d. 1928 Walter H. Hinchcliff Fredrich Hinchcliff ---- b. 1868 Milton H. Hinchcliff ---- b. 1869
Brother:	William Jackson Hinchcliff Born 1834 ---- in North Andover, Essex Co., MA Died 1840(2) According to Richard Heiser, William died in infancy (in 1834), but Dorothy Hinchcliff maintains that William died at the age of 6 (1840) in North Andover. To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close)
No information on any other siblings
*Spouse and children*
Husband:	Ephraim Sylvester Mansfield, 1825-1910(3) According to Geneva A. Daland and James S. Mansfield, Mansfield Genealogy: Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn, 1639-1640 (1980), "Hannah E." UNKNOWN Mansfield was the second wife of Ephraim Sylvester Mansfield, the stepmother of all (or at least some) of the children; the children's mother was "Elizabeth" UNKNOWN Mansfield, who died, leaving Ephraim a widower, who then married again to Hannah. Yet, Ephraim's great-granddaughter Ethel Jean Edmands Weeks, b. 1909, regarded Hannah as her great-grandmother (not step-great-grandmother). So has Patricia Brown Mathews, a great-great-granddaughter: Hannah had always been understood in her branch of the family to be the sole wife of Ephraim Sylvester Mansfield--that is, the same person as "Elizabeth UNKNOWN," and therefore the mother of all the children of Ephraim, and therfore our ancestor. Whether these descendants or Daland and Mansfield are correct must still be determined conclusively by researching census and other vital records, but--for now--I am favoring the idea that "Hannah E." (Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff) and "Elizabeth" are the same person, the sole wife of Ephraim Sylvester Mansfield. I base my conclusion on the juxtaposition of the following two statements of research done by others: Nancy B. Edmands Allen (granddaughter of Edward Wesley Edmands, who was the second son of our common ancestor Artemas Seymour Edmands) did a lot of family history of us back in the 1980s and reported her findings from the 1860 census and the 1870 census, listing the various children as "members of the family of Ephraim Sylvester and Elizabeth Mansfield" and then she lists the several children that I have put on this page, from Ella as the eldest to Edith as the youngest; that is, in 1870 the following six surviving children were living with Ephraim and Elizabeth: Ella Josephine Mansfield, 21; Lorenzo H. Mansfield, 19; Florence E. Mansfield, 17; Edgar R. Mansfield, 15; Laura G. Mansfield, 13; Edith G. Mansfield, 5. Patricia Brown Mathews has reported from the 1870 census that Hannah's parents were living with Ephraim and Hannah. Seems to me that Ephraim's wife Elizabeth would not have tolerated letting Ephraim's girlfriend Hannah and her parents live in the same house--unless Elizabeth and Hannah Elizabeth were the same person. Sometimes she is known as Hannah and sometimes as Elizabeth. To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) (our ancestor) (son of Ephraim Mansfield and Vesta V. W. Francis Mansfield [our ancestors], from Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts. Married before 1849 [No information on the marriage place]
Daughter:	Ella Josephine Mansfield, 1849-1923 (our ancestor)
Daughter:	Lucy Mansfield Born 1849 Died 26 March 1861
Son:	Lorenzo H. Mansfield Born 1851(4) This date is from Patricia Brown Mathews, who researched the Saugus Town Hall records. Our other sources had the date as 1850 (no day or month). To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) ---- in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts Worked as a grocer Married 19 November 1871 ---- in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts ---- to Isabella Dearborn ---- b. 1853 ---- daughter of James and Clara Dearborn
Daughter:	Florence E. Mansfield Born 1853(5) This date is from Patricia Brown Mathews, who researched the Saugus Town Hall records. Our other sources had the date as 1852 (no day or month). To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) Worked in a shoe factory Married 27 October 1882 ---- to George F. Kennard ---- b. 1851 ---- in Maine
Son:	Edgar L. Mansfield Born 15 November 1855(6) This date is from Patricia Brown Mathews, who researched the Saugus Town Hall records. Our other sources had the date as 1854 (no day or month). To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) Married (?) Theresa UNKOWN(7) According to the 1880 census of the Mansfield household in Saugus, more than 6 years after Edgar's death, a "daughter" Theresa is listed as living with Ephraim and Hannah Mansfield. Theresa was probably a widowed daughter-in-law. Patricia Brown Mathews has commented: "I've never seen her before [in any of the records], possibly the wife of one of the sons, maybe Edgar, who was drowned in 1873." Seems like a good guess to me. To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) Died 5 December 1873 ---- by drowning
Daughter:	Laura G. Mansfield Born 2 August 1856 Married 27 November 1878 ---- to James R. Hughes ---- b. 1850
Son:	Horace K. Mansfield Born 8 February 1858 Died 3 May 1869 ---- of scarlet fever
Son:	BOY Mansfield Born 1859 Died 1860 ---- of a lung complaint
Daughter:	Susy Vesta Mansfield Born 30 December 1860 Died 1861 ---- of inflammation
Son:	Charles A. Mansfield Born 18 March 1862(8) This date is from Patricia Brown Mathews, who researched the Saugus Town Hall records. Our other sources had the date as 1861 (no day or month). To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close)
Daughter:	Edith G. Mansfield Born 14 May 1865 ---- in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts Married 14 May 1891 ---- in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts ---- to Arthur Seymour Edmands, 1862-1951 ---- stepson of Ella ---- (so, in a way, Arthur was Edith's nephew; ---- he was also her third cousin, twice removed) Music teacher and organist Died 6 June 1926 Buried Riverside Cmtry (lot 49)(9), Patricia Brown Mathews has Edith's burial lot (49) from the Riverside cemetery records. Our other sources had lot 45N.5. To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) Saugus, MA Daughters: Elizabeth "Bess" Caroline Edmands, 1892-1937 Frances Josephine Edmands, 1893-1941 For more information on her descendants, including the surnames Brown, Hatch, and Mathews, see Descendants of Arthur Edmands (password-protected)
*Other information*
Occupation:	Housewife
Religion:	No information available
*Death of Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff Mansfield*
Died:	Sometime after 1900 (but before 1910)(10), Patricia Brown Mathews has stated that Hannah's death was between 1880 and 1903. To close this footnote, click the number again or click (Close) (She was recorded in the 1900 census; but in the 1910 census, husband Ephraim was living as a widower with their daughter Ella and her husband Artemas Seymour Edmands.
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Sources on Hannah Elizabeth Hinchcliff Mansfield:

("Pat"), b. 1951, great-granddaughter of Arthur Seymour Edmands, 1862-1951, for considerable information and pictures, as well as data on the children of Ephraim and Hannah from the Saugus Town Hall records. Pat also provided much information on Arthur Seymour Edmands and Edith G. Mansfield Edmands; she cited the 1910 census records [Essex, Mass., roll 588, book 2, p. 416 [sheet 246]). (The other sources had, no doubt incorrectly, Arthur and Edith married in 1890, and their daughter Frances born in 1894.)
Here are excerpts from some of Pat's notes: "Hannah's parents, John and Susan Hinchcliff, lived with them during the 1870 census. John was listed as born England with his wife born Mass. John died before 1880. The census says Leicester [birthplace?] withoug saying which country--there is a Leicester, Mass. Ephraim lived on the homestead on Appleton St. in Saugus (whether it belonged to the family before is unknown; it might be interesting to check land records). See the picture of him and Hannah Elizabeth sitting on a rock. On the back it says, 'taken near Appleton Pulpit, next to old Mansfield homestead, Appleton St. Saugus.' It may still be possible to find the location from that description. Ephraim worked at a shoe factory making shoes. [According to the] 1860c. Mass. Essex Co., Saugus (roll 494, book 1, p500 [a.k.a. p51 Saugus]). He lived next to Lott Edmands--I wonder if Lott lived near Appleton's Pulpit. [According to the] 1870c. he is called ES and worked in a shoe factory. [According to the] 1880c lived Saugus--probably at Appleton's Pulpit location--he was about the age he looked in the picture. . . . In 1910, Ephraim was living with Artemas Edmands at 165 Main St. Saugus (then his son-in-law)."

Pat Mathews also cites Richard Heiser and Dorothy Hinchcliff, two descendants of Hannah's older brother, Henry Kitteredge Hinchcliff, for several facts.

Nancy B. Edmands Allen, b. 1925, granddaughter of Ella's second stepson, Edward Wesley Edmands, 1864-1956.
Nancy cites Geneva A. Daland and James S. Mansfield, Mansfield Genealogy: Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn, 1639-1640 (1980).
Nancy also cites the census records for 1860 and 1870.

Theodore Wesley "Ted" Edmands, 1928-1999.
Ted cited federal census data for 1865.

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