Huldah Hand, ^

1804 - 1871  (67 years)

• Name	Huldah Hand  [1, 2]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	1 Aug 1804	New York, United States   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1871	South Haven Presbyterian Church Cemetery, South Haven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [4]
  Death	23 Dec 1871	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Name	Huldah Hand
  Death	23 Dec 1871	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [4]
  Person ID	I173	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Nehemiah Hand, ^,   b. 26 Sep 1772, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 5 Nov 1813, Bellport, in Atlantic Ocean (off of Fire Island) (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Hubbard,   b. 1 Feb 1784, Fireplace, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 May 1871, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1800  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F2794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Oliver Platt, (i) ^,   b. 9 Jul 1802, Huntington, Suffolk, NY d. 23 Jun 1883, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1825	United States
  Children	1. George Platt, ^   d. Bef 1891   2. Edward Platt, ^   d. Bef 1891   3. Charles Silas Platt,   b. 1 Jan 1826, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 May 1915, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 89 years)   4. Sarah Platt, ^,   b. Abt 1830   d. CHILDHOOD   5. Mary Platt, ^   d. Bef 1891   6. Oliver Platt, (ii) ^,   b. 1826–1834, NY d. Between 1880 and 1900 (Age 46 years)   7. Timothy Platt,   b. Abt 1830   d. CHILDHOOD   8. John Platt, ^,   b. 1837, New York, United States d. Abt 1891 (Age 54 years)   9. Isabel Platt, ^,   b. 25 Sep 1840, New York, United States d. 22 Aug 1926, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 85 years)   10. Ezra Platt, ^,   b. Between 1844 and 1846, NY d. Yes, date unknown   11. Ezra M Platt,   b. 1846, New York, United States   12. Oliver Platt,   b. 1835, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] Charles Platt Jr, Platt Genealogy in America from the Arrival of Richard Platt in New Haven Connecticut in 1638 (New Hope, PA: 1963), p. 122-125. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 113. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I17969&tree=. Bob Sweezey quotes the following found at the Ancestry.com Message Board, written by B. Randall. I have not been able to locate this source: "Nehemiah Hand, a farmer, drowned at Smith's Point Inlet at the age of 41 years, 1 month and 10 days on November 5, 1813. He was married to Mary Hubbard and left her and eight children - the youngest, Nehemaih Hand, born after his death. Mary Hubbard Hand was born 2/1/1784 at Fireplace, Long Island, NY and died at the home of her son, Nehemiah "Boss" Hand in Setauket on 5/15/1871. She remarried Thomas Wood Rowland 12/25/1814, and her third husband was David DeForrest. She and Thomas Wood Rowland had five children. Who were Mary's parents? Who were her children with Nehemaih - I have Hiram, William, Hulda, Silas, Nehemiah but do not have the names of the other three children. Her son Nehemiah was a shipbuider in Setauket. He and his first wife, Mary Bennett, had three children - Robert, George and ?. He married #2 Phoebe Etta Tyler of Smithtown and #3 Mary Call. I am seeking information on Mary, her parents and her children." [S38] Cemetery: South Haven Presbyterian Church (1925 & 1938). [S35] Munsell's History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals (W. W. Munsell & Co., New York. 1882.), p. 84. Son Nehemiah testified that at the death of his father, "My mother being left with five small children to care for." [S38] Cemetery: South Haven Presbyterian Church (1925 & 1938), Stone 6. Mary Mape's gravestone listed all her husbands -- Nehemiah Hand, T. W. Rowland, and David DeForest