Events
Date of Birth: 15 January 1777.
The date is written into the copy of Watson’s Book of Common Prayer originally owned by Hannah’s father Thomas Penn.
Date of Baptism: 25 January 1778.
Place of Baptism: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England (St John the Baptist).
The baptism is given in the parish register.
Date of Death: 21 February 1832.
The date is written into the copy of Watson’s Book of Common Prayer originally owned by Hannah’s father Thomas Penn.
Date of Burial: 25 February 1832.
Place of Burial: Bromsgrove.
The burial is recorded in the parish register. Her abode is given as High Street, and her age at death as 55.
Relationships
Father: Thomas Penn (about 1741 - 1818).
Mother: Sarah Bach.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: William Ward (1773 - 1842). Married 11 August 1796 in Bromsgrove (St John the Baptist).
The marriage is given in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. All children were baptized in Bromsgrove.)
Thomas Ward (born 23 June 1798, baptized 2 January 1799 in Bromsgrove - died 7 October 1838, buried 12 October 1838 in Bromsgrove) married Sarah Price 11 September 1823 in Alderminster, Worcestershire.
Sarah Ward (born 28 February 1800, baptized 25 June 1800 in Bromsgrove - buried 11 April 1838 in Bromsgrove) married John Ward 23 August 1824 in Bromsgrove.
Mary Ward (born 23 February 1803, baptized 11 January 1804 in Bromsgrove - buried 9 February 1881 in Kidderminster) married James Ward 28 February 1831 in Bromsgrove.
William Ward (born 13 June 1805, baptized 2 October 1805 in Bromsgrove - buried 6 March 1846 in Bromsgrove) married Mazillah Elizabeth Smith 4 November 1830 in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire.
Ann Ward (born 25 December 1807, baptized 10 June 1808 in Bromsgrove - died 1883) married James Stallard 14 October 1847 in Bromsgrove.
Harriot Ward (born 20 March 1810, baptized 18 April 1810 in Bromsgrove - died 20 June 1813, buried 23 June 1813 in Bromsgrove).
Joseph Ward (born 20 August 1812, baptized 21 July 1813 in Bromsgrove).
Elizabeth Ward (born 17 May 1815 - died 18 February 1816, buried 22 February 1816 in Bromsgrove).
George Ward (born 10 September 1817, baptized 4 June 1819 in Bromsgrove - died 6 January 1822, buried 9 January in Bromsgrove).
Emma Ward (born 5 March 1822, baptized 23 August 1824 in Bromsgrove - died 25 March 1896 at Hope House, Kew Green, Surrey) married James Trehearne 19 June 1845 in Bromsgrove.
Evidence
from the Bromsgrove registers:
January 1778
25 Hannah Daugr of Thomas & Sarah Penn
1832
Name: Hannah Ward
Abode: High Street
When buried: February 25.th
Age: 55
from the Worcester Journal (21 November 1822)
Committed to Worcester County Gaol
By Lord Aston, Susannah Stokes, charged with stealing wearing apparel, the property of Mrs. Hannah Ward, of Bromsgrove.
Commentary
Parentage:
The copy of Watson’s Book of Common Prayer originally owned by Thomas Penn record’s Hannah’s dates of birth (15 January 1777) and death (21 February 1832).
Hannah’s burial record (25 February 1832) gives her age at death as 55. The implied age exactly fits the baptism recorded in the Bromsgrove parish register 25 January 1777 of a Hannah Penn to Thomas and Sarah Penn.
Thomas Penn and Sarah Bach were married 29 August 1775 in Bromsgrove, not long before Hannah’s birth. One of the witnesses to Hannah’s marriage, Sarah Millington, was the daughter of a sister of Sarah Bach.
The evidence that Hannah’s parents were Thomas Penn and Sarah Bach is satisfactory.
References
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, St John the Baptist parish registers, FHL films 321124-8, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Thomas Penn’s copy of Watson’s Book of Common Prayer.
The Worcester Journal (21 November 1822), page 3; digital image on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 14 April 2014).