Sarah (Olmstead) Sparks (1790 - 1871)

Born 1790 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Philemon Wright II — married 23 May 1808 (to 1821) in Grenville, Upper Canada

Wife of Nicholas Sparks — married 1826 in Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1871 at about age 81 in Hull, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Sarah's parents

Gideon Olmstead born about 1768 and Esther Andrews born about 1771 daughter of ? were married in West Stockbridge Massachussetts, USA in 1788. Gideon called "Captain" in obituary why? They arrived in Canada by 1802 and are recorded in the Marlboro Census with brother Richard b 1772 and wife Elizabeth Durkee; sister Elizabeth b 1763 and husband Daniel Bullis; brother Jabez b.1774 and wife Eunice? By 1804 Gideon and his family relocated to the Hull area.^[1]

Gideon and Esther Andrews had many children;

1. Sarah b1790 married Philimon Wright, Jr. and Nicolas Sparks
2. Zenus b1791 married Lavinia Allen
3. Gideon ( II) b1793 married Ann Taber
4. Abram Andrews b1796 married Ann Foster b 1801 daughter of William Foster and ? Scott?^[2]

Children of Philemon Wright and Sally Olmstead

1. Philemon, b. 1808, d. 1880
2. Hull, b. 1810, d. 1851
3. Pamela, b. 1812
4. Horatio, b. 1814, d. 1858
5. Wellington, b. 1816, d. 1837
6. Exerina, b. 1820, d. 1892
7. Cezarina, b. 1820, d. 1892
8. Sarah Wurtel,b. 1822, d. 1892

Some early Descendants of Nicholas Sparks

Source: Database created by the Late Mr. Robert Sample of Goulbourn Township. The George Sparks family in Goulbourn Township was related to Nicholas Sparks.

Nicholas Sparks, 1792-1862, m. Sarah 'Sally' Olmstead (1790-1871) the widow of Philomen Wright Jr. The Olmsteads came from Burritt's Rapids to Hull.

Children of Nicholas Sparks and Sally Olmstead

1. Mary Sparks (1829-1904); m. Alonzo Wright (1825-1894)
2. Esther Sparks (1832-1894); m. James Dyson Slater (1813-1876)
   1. Robert Nicholas Slater (1851-1920); Ann Tomlinson (1854-1941)
      1. Leonard Dyson Slater (1880-1915); Flora MacDonald Stewart (1883-1964)
      2. Mary Slater (1882-); m. William Foster Wilson (1874-1944)
   2. Florence Augusta Slater (1859-); m. James E.W. Currier (1849-)
3. Nicholas Sparks (1833-1872); Caroline Blaisdell (1843-1887)

Sources

1. ↑ Bruce Elliott, The Famous Township of Hull
2. ↑ http://www.bytown.net/olmstead.htm

• Typewritten note of the marriage of PHILEMON WRIGHT JR and SARAH (Sally) OLMSTEAD on 23 May 1808. She b 17 Dec 1790 (perhaps 1787 – gravestone of her second husband, Nicholas Sparks. She d 5 Dec 1871. She was the dau. of Gideon Olmstead & Esther Andrews. Published by the Gatineau Valley Historical Society - The Wright Papers Catalogue A Item 113A.
• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
• http://www.wrightfamily.ca/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I548&tree=wright1