Elizabeth Meader Hanson (September 17, 1684—c.1737) was a colonial Anglo-American woman from Dover, New Hampshire, who survived Native American Abenaki capture and captivity in the year 1725 alongside four of her children. Five months after capture, a French family ransomed Elizabeth and her two children in Canada. Her husband was then able to secure them and find another daughter before having to return home, leaving the eldest daughter, Sarah, behind. Elizabeth's captivity narrative became popular because of its detailed insights into Native American captivity, which was a threat to the people in New England due to the almost constant wars with the Native Americans and French in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Her religious take on her experiences was heavily emphasized in her story. (From Wikipedia)
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An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-maid, Was Taken Captive By the Indians, and Carried Into Canada (London: Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ... , 1760), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (multiple formats at archive.org)
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An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, late of Kachecky in New-England who with four of her children, and servant-maid was taken captive by the Indians and carried into Canada : setting forth the various remarkable occurrences, sore trials and wonderful deliverances which befel them after their departure to the time of their redemption (Printed and sold by James Phillips ..., 1787), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)- God's mercy surmounting man's cruelty exemplified in the captivity and redemption of Elizabeth Hanson, wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Kecheachy, in Dover township who was taken captive with her children and maid-servant, by the Indians, in New-England, in the year 1724, in which are inserted, sundry remarkable preservations, deliverances, and marks of the care and kindness of providence over her and her children, worthy to be remembered, the substance of which was taken from her own mouth, and published for general service. (Printed and sold by Daniel Lawrence, and Henry & John F. Hull, 1803), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
- An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, late of Kachecky in New-England who, with four of her children, and servant-maid, was taken captive by the Indians, and carried into Canada : setting forth the various remarkable occurrences, sore trials, and wonderful deliverances which befel them after their departure, to the time of their redemption (Printed and sold by James Phillips ..., 1782), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
- The remarkable captivity and surprising deliverance of Elizabeth Hanson wife of John Hanson of Knoxmarsh, at Kecheachy in Dover township, who was taken captive with her children and maid-servant by the Indians in New-England in the year 1724 ... the substance of which was taken from her own mouth. ([s.n.], 1824), by Elizabeth Hanson (page images at HathiTrust)
- An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, now or late of Kachecky, in New-England who, with four of her children and servant-maid, was taken captive by the Indians, and carried into Canada : setting forth the various remarkable occurrences, sore trials, and wonderful deliverances which befel them after their departure, to the time of their redemption (Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ..., 1760), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Elizabeth Hanson:
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-maid, Was Taken Captive By the Indians, and Carried Into Canada (London: Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ... , 1760), also by Samuel Bownas (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by Elizabeth Hanson in the extended shelves:
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: [God's mercy surmounting man's cruelty, exemplified in the captivity and redemption of Elizabeth Hanson, wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Keacheachy, in Dover township, who was taken captive with her children, and maid-servant, by the Indians in New-England, in the year 1724. : In which are inserted, sundry remarkable preservations, deliverances, and marks of the care and kindness of Providence over her and her children, worthy to be remembered. / The substance of which was taken from her own mouth, and now published for a general service.] ([Philadelphia : To be sold by Samuel Keimer in Philadelphia; and by W. Heurtin goldsmith in New-York, 1728.]), also by Samuel Bownas (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, late of Kachecky in New-England who with four of her children, and servant-maid was taken captive by the Indians and carried into Canada : setting forth the various remarkable occurrences, sore trials and wonderful deliverances which befel them after their departure to the time of their redemption (Printed and sold by James Phillips ..., 1787), also by Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, late of Kachecky in New-England who, with four of her children, and servant-maid, was taken captive by the Indians, and carried into Canada : setting forth the various remarkable occurrences, sore trials, and wonderful deliverances which befel them after their departure, to the time of their redemption (Printed and sold by James Phillips ..., 1782), also by Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, now or late of Kachecky, in New-England who, with four of her children and servant-maid, was taken captive by the Indians, and carried into Canada : setting forth the various remarkable occurrences, sore trials, and wonderful deliverances which befel them after their departure, to the time of their redemption (Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ..., 1760), also by Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: God's mercy surmounting man's cruelty exemplified in the captivity and redemption of Elizabeth Hanson, wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Kecheachy, in Dover township who was taken captive with her children and maid-servant, by the Indians, in New-England, in the year 1724, in which are inserted, sundry remarkable preservations, deliverances, and marks of the care and kindness of providence over her and her children, worthy to be remembered, the substance of which was taken from her own mouth, and published for general service. (Printed and sold by Daniel Lawrence, and Henry & John F. Hull, 1803), also by Samuel Bownas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737: The remarkable captivity and surprising deliverance of Elizabeth Hanson wife of John Hanson of Knoxmarsh, at Kecheachy in Dover township, who was taken captive with her children and maid-servant by the Indians in New-England in the year 1724 ... the substance of which was taken from her own mouth. ([s.n.], 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
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