Hannah Heaton
The basics
Quick facts
A.K.A.
Hannah Cook Heaton
Gender:
Female
Birth:
1721
Death:
1793
The details
Biography
Introduction
Hannah Heaton is a New England woman known for chronicling in a diary her experiences during the Great Awakening in the northern American royal colonies.
Autobiography
It is unclear when Heaton began her diary/autobiography, as the first few dozen pages are undated. These undated pages include a visit to Connecticut where she experienced religious conversion. The diary has entries over a period of 40 years, from the Great Awakening through to the American Revolution. Her autobiography has been of interest to historians as it chronicles the life of a mother and farmer during the Great Awakening.