Sarah (Hall) Wetherbee (abt. 1709 - 1792)

Born about 1709 in Stow, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Wetherbee — married 26 Jul 1729 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1792 at about age 83 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sarah Hall was born about 1709 (aged 83 at 1792 date of death).^[1] It is thought she may be the daughter of Samuel Hall and Hannah Sawtell of Stow, Massachusetts. No birth record has been found.

Sarah Hall and Josiah Wetherbee were married after 26 July 1729 when intentions were published in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[2][3] Sarah and Josiah had the following children born in Stow:

• Samuel, born 13 August 1730^[4]
• Samuel, born 20 June 1732^[4]
• Sarah, born 24 June 1734^[4]
• Ruth, died 16 May 1739^[5]
• twin, Hannah, born July 1737, died 3 June 1739^[5]
• twin, Katherine, born July 1737, died 3 June 1739^[5]
• Ruth, born 13 August 1744,^[4] died 22 Oct 1810 at Princeton, married Joseph Eveleth^[6]
• Ethan, born 31 July 1746^[4]
• Lucy, born 3 October 1750^[4]

And possibly (no birth record found, parents marked uncertain):

• Josiah, husband of Lucy Haskell
• Reuben, married Hannah Burgess

Sarah Wetherbee, widow, died 27 August 1792 in Harvard, Massachusetts, aged 83 years.^[1]

Research Notes

The following children should be detached:

• Oliver, he is the son of Phineas and Betty b.9 Apr 1743^[4] There is no record of Sarah and Josiah having a son named Oliver.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #80360298 ($), Sarah Wetherbee death 27 Aug 1792 (age 83) in Harvard, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #80048652 ($), Sarah Hall marriage to Josiah Wetherbee in Stow, Massachusetts, USA.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP86-RF6V : 11 May 2022), Josiah Witherbee and Sarah Hall, 26 Jul 1729; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011038.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHV2-NYV : 20 May 2022), Children of Josiah and Sarah Wetherbee or Wetherby; citing Birth, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011039.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZL5S : 18 October 2022), Sarah Wetherby citing Death, Stow, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
6. ↑ Butcher, Jonathan B. "The Eveleth Family of Colonial New England" in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 135;35 (1981), NEHGS. American Ancestors.org

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