Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJames Godfrey HANNA 
Birth17883066
Baptism9 Nov 1788, Quebec, Quebec, Canada3068, p 1 Age: <1
Death19 Dec 1851, Saint-Charles-de-la-Belle-Alliance, Beauce, Quebec3068, p 1 Age: 63
BurialAnglican Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Quebec3067
Occupationsilversmith, businessman, militia officer, and seigneur3068, p 1
FatherJames G. HANNA (~1737-1807)
MotherElizabeth SAUL
Individual Notes
• James Godfrey Hanna’s father arrived at Quebec from Dublin about 1763 and two years later had established himself as a clockmaker, watchmaker, silversmith, and merchant at “the sing of the Eagle and Watch,” 15 Rue de la Fabrique. There he trained James Godfrey to follow him as a craftsman and merchant, and in 1803 he took his son into partnership. After his [father’s] death in 1807, James Godfrey continued the business along the lines established by his father.3068, p 1
• In addition, he owned a quarry on Rue Saint-John which he leased in 1817. Hanna also began to develop the seigneury of Saint-Charles-de-la-Belle-Alliance in the Beauce region, which his wife inherited from her father. In 1817 he purchased 3,000 acres in the area, probably near his wife’s property, and in the same year he announced his intention of petitioning the House of Assembly for permission to build a toll-bridge over the Riviere Famine in the parish of Saint-François (at Beauceville).3068, p 1
• Hanna’s partnership with Delagrave and other plans were abandoned early in 1818 when he went bankrupt. ...his bankruptcy brought to an end the family’s association of more than 50 years with the silversmith-merchant trade of Quebec.
Hanna probably left Quebec soon after his bankruptcy. He settled on his wife’s property in the Beauce where he attempted to live the life of a seigneur.3068, p 1
• M. James Godfrey Hanna was a “horloger” someone who repairs the clocks and watches, living in Quebec City. He even knows what street: Cote de la Fabrique, very close to Chateau Frontenac (if you have ever visited the old town, Quebec city is beautiful and some parts well preserved like the beginning of Nouvelle France). This corresponds exactly with your Record.
They are buried in the Anglican cemetery in Sillery (suburb of Quebec). There are monuments about them...3067
• In addition, he owned a quarry on Rue Saint-John which he leased in 1817. Hanna also began to develop the seigneury of Saint-Charles-de-la-Belle-Alliance in the Beauce region, which his wife inherited from her father. In 1817 he purchased 3,000 acres in the area, probably near his wife’s property, and in the same year he announced his intention of petitioning the House of Assembly for permission to build a toll-bridge over the Riviere Famine in the parish of Saint-François (at Beauceville).3068, p 1
• Hanna’s partnership with Delagrave and other plans were abandoned early in 1818 when he went bankrupt. ...his bankruptcy brought to an end the family’s association of more than 50 years with the silversmith-merchant trade of Quebec.
Hanna probably left Quebec soon after his bankruptcy. He settled on his wife’s property in the Beauce where he attempted to live the life of a seigneur.3068, p 1
• M. James Godfrey Hanna was a “horloger” someone who repairs the clocks and watches, living in Quebec City. He even knows what street: Cote de la Fabrique, very close to Chateau Frontenac (if you have ever visited the old town, Quebec city is beautiful and some parts well preserved like the beginning of Nouvelle France). This corresponds exactly with your Record.
They are buried in the Anglican cemetery in Sillery (suburb of Quebec). There are monuments about them...3067
Spouses
Birth2 Feb 1798, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada1188, p 1, note 4
Baptism18 Feb 1798, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada1188, p 1, note 4 Age: <1
Death13 Mar 1862, Montreal, Quebec, Canada3066 Age: 64
BurialAnglican Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Quebec3067
FatherJonathan ECKART (1770-1812)
MotherElizabeth ROBERTS (~1773-1812)
Individual Notes
• Birth & Baptism: 18 February 1798 – Baptism of Margaretha Roberts (born 2 Feb 1798), daughter of Jonathan Eckart, tobacconist and this wife Elizabeth. “In the presence of Jonathan Eckart, father, proxy for Martin Eckart, grandfather to the child, now living in Germany, Eliza Eckart, mother, proxy for Margaretha Eckart, aunt to the child, and Isabella Roberts, Godmother to the child.”1188, p 1, note 4
• She was 14 years, 266 days old at her marriage; her parents both died earlier in 1812.3068, p 1
• He [James Godfrey Hanna] settled on his wife’s property in the Beauce where he attempted to live the life of a seigneur.3068, p 1
• Father [William Roberts Eckart] and his eldest Sister, whom I knew, were both fluent French scholars, but could not speak German, their knowledge of French, was I presume occasioned by their living in Quebec which was largely settled by French.941, p 1
• ECKART. Margaret, Quebec, wife of James Godfrey Hanna. Mentioned in notice of sale by Licitation [auction] of property at the request of John Reinhart. 13 Feb 1817. No. 2717.1191, p 3
• She was 14 years, 266 days old at her marriage; her parents both died earlier in 1812.3068, p 1
• He [James Godfrey Hanna] settled on his wife’s property in the Beauce where he attempted to live the life of a seigneur.3068, p 1
• Father [William Roberts Eckart] and his eldest Sister, whom I knew, were both fluent French scholars, but could not speak German, their knowledge of French, was I presume occasioned by their living in Quebec which was largely settled by French.941, p 1
• ECKART. Margaret, Quebec, wife of James Godfrey Hanna. Mentioned in notice of sale by Licitation [auction] of property at the request of John Reinhart. 13 Feb 1817. No. 2717.1191, p 3
Marriage25 Oct 1812, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada3068, p 1; date only,3066
Marr MemoAnglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church
Family Notes
• 4 daughters.3068, p 1
ChildrenMargaret Nelson (Died young) (1815-1832)