Thomas Hett, Jr.

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He was also a cooper, like his father. He drowned in June, 1692 by falling out of a canoe, leaving his widow with ten children. His 3rd child, Eliphalet; 4th, Samuel; 9th, Elizabeth; and 10th, John all died young, 3 of smallpox in the winter of 1690/91. All the children were born at Charlestown from 1668-1689.
He died by drowning after falling out of a canoe. He was a cooper by
trade. He left 6 children and his wife. She later maried Deacon Joseph
Kettle 15 Mar 1693/4. 4 children had died earlier of smallpox in 1689-90.

Thomas married Dorothy Edmunds on 08 Jan 1666/67 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Joshua Edmands and Mary Willard) was born about 1648. [Group Sheet]

1. Dorothy Hett was born about 1673 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 22 Feb 1673/74 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 01 May 1713 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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He was in Hull, MA for a time, about 1647, although he didn't seem to have any property there, according to an article about Hull. He is listed as being in Hingham in 1637 and his land there, abutted that of Thomas Barnes. He was called a cooper on 1 Sep 1640, when he bought five acres of land in Hingham from Thomas Shave. On 10 Jul 1647, Thomas Hett of Hull, cooper, late of Stockingham in Lincolnshire, gave power of attorney to Ephraim Child of Watertown to rent his house in Stockingham to Henry Taylor, with power to sell. He was called Thomas Hett, Sr., cooper, when he died in Charlestown in 1668.

Thomas married Ann Needham about 1641 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Zachariah Needham) was born about 1613 in England; died on 30 Nov 1688 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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She was an early member of the Boston church. Apparently, she suffered from post partum depression, as she tried to drown her first two children, while they were infants. She threw her first down a well, but neighbors rescued her, and someone must have intervened when she tried to drown her second child also. She was put out of the church for awhile after these incidents, but must have recovered, or at least not had the same problem with her four other children.[maryabbywhite.FTW]

She was an early member of the Boston church. Apparently, she suffered from post partum depression, as she tried to drown her first two children, while they were infants. She threw her first down a well, but neighbors rescued her, and someone must have intervened when she tried to drown her second child also. She was put out of the church for awhile after these incidents, but must have recovered, or at least not had the same problem with her four other children.

married Ann Searcye about 1608 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Ann was born about 1589 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England; died before 10 May 1624 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet]