Hannah HEALD^[1]

c.1635 -

• Name	Hannah HEALD
  Birth	c.1635	England or Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  	Marriage age pattern studies of 17th century Massachusetts residents indicate that women married for the first time at the age of about 23 years.
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I3690	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John HEALD,   b. England d. 24 May 1662, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Mother	Dorothy (UNKNOWN),   b. England d. 29 Oct 1694, Dedham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts Colony
  Notes	John Heald's 1662 Concord will names his three eldest children and speaks of five unnamed children who are under the age of 21 years. There are extant birth records for only three of the five unnamed children. Numerous old genealogies and recently Threlfall's Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins add Thomas Heald and Isaac Heald as the two Heald children for whom there are no birth records. No primary evidence has been found to support these claims.
  Family ID	F424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John SPALDING
  Marriage	18 May 1658	Chelmsford Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3]
  	A Hannah Halle and John Spalden were married at Chelmsford Village on 18 May 1658. By tradition, this Hannah has been acknowledged to be Hannah Heald, daughter of John and Dorothy Heald of Concord. John Heald's 19 April 1662 will names his daughter only as Hannah, not stating her married name. However, her marriage prior to the date of her father's will is indicated by the statement made in the will that settlement had already been made upon her.
  Children	1. Edward SPALDING,   b. 16 Sep 1663, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. After 25 May 1721 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F6271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S4229] John Heald, Middlesex Co, MA probate file no. 11053 (1662). [S1591] David Hackett Fischer, Fischer, Albion's Seed, Four British Folkways in America, ((New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989)), p. 75., ISBN 0-19-503794-4. [S144] Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, ((Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1914)), p. 244.