Sarah (Adams) Wiley (abt. 1677)

Born about 1677 in Ulster, Ireland

Wife of Allen (Wiley) Wyly — married 1695 in County Armagh, Ireland

Descendants

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Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Sarah Adams and Allen Wyly married in Ulster in 1695. ^[1] There is no indication in the minutes considering their request to marry of where the couple lived or who their parents were, although we know that Allen Wiley was from county Londonderry.

Various other people called Adams appear in the early records of the Ulster Quaker meetings and might or might not have been relatives of hers. For example Michael Adams and Isabel Adams (a widow) appear in consecutive records in the Quakers sufferings book for county Antrim for 1676. ^[2] Michael Adams married in 1677 and Hugh Adams features in the minutes in 1675.

We know from the Quaker records in Pennsylvania that Allen Wiley had various children, some of whom are stated to have been born in Coleraine. It is probable that Sarah Adams was their mother. (See Allen Wyly's profile.) Allen Wiley himself is also mentioned there, but Sarah does not appear in the records - unless her husband had died by 1737 and the Sarah Wiley disowned for being married by a priest was her. ^[3] However, it is perhaps more likely that this was another daughter or someone completely unrelated.

On balance it seems likely that Allen Wiley migrated to Pennsylvania in about 1724 and it is quite probable that Sarah Adams emigrated with him, but no records to confirm this have been found.

Research notes

No birth or death record located. The date of her birth has been estimated from the date of her marriage.

There are remarkably few records of her husband Allen Wiley and even fewer of Sarah Adams. Indeed the only clear mentions of her are two minutes discussing her proposed marriage in 1695.

Details of Sarah's birth in Maryland and death (in Pennsylvania) in 1770 mentioned in previous versions of this profile are very unlikely and not supported by any credible sources.

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0007&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003326%2FG : accessed 02 February 2024), Allon Wyly and Sarah Adams granted permission to marry; Ulster Province Meeting minutes dated 18d 11mo (Jan) 1694 (1695); citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
2. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id : accessed 07 March 2024), sufferings of Isabel Adams, widow, and Michael Adams county of Antrim for the year of 1676, citing YM Sufferings c. 1665-1693, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G1.
3. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2189 #99848487 (accessed 26 February 2024) Name: Sarah Willy; Event Type: Miscellaneous; Residence Date: 26 Nov 1737; Residence Date on Image: 26 1737 Ninth; Residence Place: Chester, Pennsylvania; Monthly Meeting: New Garden Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: Pennsylvania; Meeting County: Chester.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011.