Hannah Spurr
married (as his second wife) Alexander Kilham
, founder of the Methodist New Connection
, whom she had met the previous summer and with whom she had been corresponding.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Hannah Kilham
HK
's husband, Alexander Kilham
, died, only eight months after their wedding and leaving her five months pregnant.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Hannah Kilham
Four months after her husband
's death, HK
bore a daughter, Mary, who died in January 1802 of scarlet fever and water on the brain.
Several sources give the date of her death wrongly.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
53, 60-1
Occupation
Hannah Kilham
Nineteen years to the day after her husband
's death, HK
made public her intention to go to Sierra Leone as a missionary teacher: by telling a few friends of her resolve, she committed herself.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
