Hatch (surname) - Hatch Families in America and Canada

Hatch Families in America and Canada

Thomas Hatch of Barnstable, MA:

• Thomas Hatch, originally of (Barnstaple?) Devonshire, England, and later of Dorchester, MA, Yarmouth, MA and Barnstable, MA was the first of the HATCH name to arrive and stay in the New World. Thomas arrived with his wife, Grace, and his two children Jonathan and Lydia sometime before early 1634. He was made a freeman of Dorchester, Massachusetts on the 14th of May in 1634. On January 7, 1639 he was one of those listed on a grant to form a new township named Yarmouth on Cape Cod. By June 1641 he had moved to next-door Barnstable, MA. Beautiful Barnstable remained his home until his death in 1661.
• Thomas Hatch of Barnstable is an ancestor of at least two American Presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Elder William Hatch of Scituate, MA:

• Elder William Hatch son of John Hatch, originally of Wye, County Kent, England and later Sandwich, County Kent, England came first to New England on the Hercules in the spring of 1634-5 with his wife, Jane, five children and six servants. (Some accounts say that he brought his family later, in 1638) He settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, building a house on Kent Street. He returned to England and then returned in 1638, probably with his brother Thomas (c. 1596 – c. 1646) and sister, Elizabeth Soan and their families. In 1643 he was selected at the first ruling elder of the Second Church of Scituate. In addition to his brother Thomas, he had another brother John who remained in England.

Thomas Hatch of Scituate, MA:

• Thomas Hatch, son of John Hatch, originally of Wye, County Kent, England, arrived in America with his wife Lydia and their five children, presumably in 1638. He is known as “Thomas Hatch of Scituate” since he lived out his life in Scituate, Massachusetts. In addition to his brother William, he had another brother John who remained in England.

Charles Hatch of Richmond Island, ME:

• Charles Hatch was the son of John Hatch, baptized at Newton Ferrers, County Devonshire 5 Sep 1613. He was probably a fisherman who first came to Richmond Island in 1633 and then came again in 1634. He came to stay in America (leaving a wife in England) arriving on 13 Feb 1636-7 with his brother Philip . He might have had no descendants in America since the administration of his affairs upon his death was granted to his brother on 29 Jun 1654.

Philip Hatch of Richmond Island, ME:

• Phillip Hatch was the son of John Hatch, baptized baptized at Newton Ferrers, County Devonshire, 28 Dec. 1616. He was a fisherman who came to Richmond Island in The Hercules 13 Feb 1636-37 with his brother Charles. He was alive on 4 Jul 1671 and “some few years deceased” in 1674. He is elsewhere noted to be of Kittery, and was admitted as a freeman in 1652.

John Hatch of Charles County, MD:

• John Hatch immigrated to Charles County, MD circa 1632.

John Hatch (Hache) of Exeter, NH:

• John Hatch (Hache) immigrated to Exeter, NH circa 1684.

Anthony Hatch of Norfolk, VA:

• Anthony Hatch immigrated to Norfolk, VA circa 1688.

Zephaniah Hatch of Nova Scotia:

• Zephaniah Hatch immigrated to Nova Scotia circa 1835. A native of England, he was born about 1800. Family oral history has him landing at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with two unknown brothers. The port of entry was probably Barnstable, in about 1820–1822.

David Hatch of Halifax, NS:

• David Hatch immigrated to Halifax, NS circa 1907 or before.