Sarah (Parker) Tyrrell (abt. 1767 - 1852)

Born about Aug 1767 in Ashdon, Essex, England

Wife of James Tyrell — married 1793 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Descendants

Died May 1852 at about age 84 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lorna Henderson [send private message]

Biography

Sarah Parker ^{[1] [2]} was born about 1767, to Robert Parker & Jane Marshall, and died in 1852.

Baptised 9 Aug 1767 Ashdon, Essex, England ^[3]

entry in 1767 reads Aug 9 Sarah D. of Robert & Jane Parker ^[4]

Buried 05 May 1852 Saffron Waldon, Essex, England

Family

Child

Jemima (Parker) Clinton

Husband: James Tyrell

Wife: Sarah Parker

Married 7 Jul 1793 St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England

undated entry, assumed to be 7 days after the 3rd publication of banns in the Saffron Walden Banns register shows

Banns of marriage between James Tyrrell & Sarah Parker b.o.t.p. were Published in this church on Sundays June 16th, 23rd & 30th by me ?W Gretton?; James signed, Sarah X her mark; Wit.: Philip Darnell, Richard Bush (who both signed all on page); George Smith X his mark who also signed the following.

Entries on the page are not in date order but married: 16 Apr; 21 May; 20 May; 21 Jul; 6 Aug (banns May 19th 26th Jun 2nd); 16 Jun (banns May 26, Jun 2, 9th); James/Sarah; 18th Aug (banns Jul 28 Aug 4, 11); ^[5]

Children:

William

Elizabeth

Mary Anne

Amey

Census

1841 Duckingstool .. St, Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Sarah Tyrell 65 widow (crossed out); Emily Marsh 14 F.S.; James Tyrell 20 carpenter; All born county^[6]

(James is a grandson, son of Sarah's son William)

1851 Mt Pleasant, Saffron Walden, Essex, England

JOHNSON: John 57 ag lab b. Helions Bampstead, Essex; wife Eliza 55 laundress b. Walden, Essex; Children: Thos 20 bricklayer, Mary 23 laundress, both b. Walden, Essex; Mother (in-law) Sarah Tyrell 86 widow, pauper b. Ashdon, Essex ^[7]

Research notes

A tentative ID for Jemima Parker's mother Sarah's fate later than 1788 is the Sarah marrying James Tyrrell in 1793 and having family in Saffron Walden.

The logic for this leap of faith was:

Saffron Walden as birth place of Jemima Parker on her death cert.

the 1788 baptism fits the scant other records we have for Jemima slightly better than the previously believed 1793 baptism

the indexing for the baptism of William Tyrell in 1793 to James & Sarah Tyrell has the same list of place names associated with it: Saffron Walden / Virley / Victoria Docks, and is indeed in the St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden parish register

DNA matches between a descendant of Jemima and descendants from three lines of descent from James Tyrrell and Sarah Parker ^[8]

So I have convinced myself that the Sarah marrying in 1793 to James Tyrrell living in Saffron Walden is the same as the Sarah baptizing a base born daughter Jemima in 1788. Henderson-2297 05:21, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Wanted

To help "prove" this it would be great to learn of more autosomal DNA tested descendants. MyHeritage, GEDmatch and FamilyTreeDNA accept transfers of your DNA file from the main genealogical DNA testing sites. (https://dna-explained.com/2019/11/04/dna-file-upload-download-and-transfer-instructions-to-and-from-dna-testing-companies/ explains the ins and outs).

If this theory is correct you have many tested cousins on most of the above sites, but as they will be the half 4th or 5th cousin range, or more, a match between any two particular people is not guaranteed. Overall however a pattern of matches should emerge.

Another tack is to see if there are any direct female line descendants of Sarah's around?

Particularly one willing to test their mitochondrial DNA?

I know, from my own test, that Jemima, my 3* great grandmother on my direct maternal line, is haplogroup T2b4a. A mis-matching haplogroup will disprove this theory, a match would be good corroboration, particularly if supported by additional autosomal matches. No charge, I'll foot the bill.

DNA

mtDNA Full Sequence T2b4a, T2b4a3 on yFull mTree

Wikipedia data on T (Tara, 7 daughters of Eve)

T2b4a3 on yFull mTree

Sources

1. ↑ Bap. 6 Apr 1788 Jemima, baseborn dtr of Sarah PARKER, St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, from imaged 72 of 154, ref DP 192/1/5 Essex Parish Registers via Essex Archives Online
2. ↑ "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TZV-WTMM : 15 October 2019), Sarah Parker in entry for Jemima Parker, 6 Apr 1788; citing Christening, Victoria Docks, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Essex Record Office, England; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ Bap. 9 Aug 1767 Sarah d/o Robert & Jane PARKER, from Essex Parish Registers film Film # 004298434, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6733-89S?i=289
4. ↑ Ashdon Parish Register, images available Essex Archives
5. ↑ Marriage (undated but Banns 16th, 23rd & 30th Jun 1793) James TYRRELL (sic) & Sarah PARKER, Saffron Walden, ESS, D/P 192/1/7, from Saffron Walden Banns Register Essex Archived (indexed on FindMyPast as 1793 James TYRNELL & Sarah PARKER)
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2J-GKB : 21 May 2019), Sarah Tyrell, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVH-NR1 : 9 November 2019), Sarah Tyrell in household of John Johnson, Saffron Walden, Essex, England; citing Saffron Walden, Essex, England, p. 28, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ DNA matches between AMR (GEDmatch A002631) descendant of Jemima Clinton nee Parker (b. 1788 Saffron Walden) to descendants of three lines of descendants of Sarah Parker married to James Tyrrell (1793 Saffron Walden): via son William (7cMs to a Half 5C3R); daughters Elizabeth (34cMs to a Half 4C1R) and Mary Ann (8cMs to a Half 5C), Jan 2020

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 January 2020, 00:23), entry for Sarah Parker(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GQ76-Y9Y); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 January 2020, 11:54), entry for Sarah Parker(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTYG-R3S); contributed by various users.