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| A.K.A. | Hannah Cook Heaton | |
| A.K.A. | Hannah Cook Heaton | |
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| Birth | 1721 | |
| Death | 1793 (aged 72 years) |
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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.