Sarah (Pim) Grubb (1746 - 1832)

Born 11 Oct 1746 in Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Grubb — married 8 Apr 1778 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1832 at age 86 in Anner Mills, County Tipperary, Ireland

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Sarah (Pim) Grubb is a notable Quaker. The Dictionary of Irish Biography features an entry on her, providing details about her business activities , Quaker causes, and various places of residence, including London, England and Moate, and Clonmel in Ireland.^[1]

Some excerpts from the Wikipedia article about Sarah Grubb tell how she was a notable Quaker in Ireland having associations with other notable Quakers of her time.^[2]

Early life and marriage
Sarah Pim was born in 1746 at Mountrath, Queen's County.^[3] She was the first child of the wealthy Dublin wool merchant John Pim and his wife, Sarah Clibborn of Moate Castle. She was related through both her parents to the most prominent Quaker families at that time. The Pim family moved to Middlesex in 1771 where they mixed with fashionable Quaker society in and around London.

In 1778, Sarah Pim married John Grubb, a wealthy flour miller from Clonmel in Ireland.^[4][5] Although a very wealthy family, the Grubbs chose to live very plainly and simply, in the Quaker tradition, in their comfortable home at Anner Mills. They provided hospitality to numerous Quaker travelling ministers e.g. Catherine Phillips, William Savery, Thomas Reddan and Elizabeth Fry.

After John Grubb's death due to overwork in 1784, Sarah Pim Grubb ran the mills herself with the help of her brother Joshua, a Dublin banker. She was independently successful as 'Sarah Grubb, Miller and Corn Dealer'.

Legacy
Grubb was greatly interested in social beneficence, a trait which combined with her business acumen, earned her the title 'the Queen of the South'.

She sent aid to those afflicted by the 1798 Rising, helped to found Newtown School in County Waterford, the Garryroan Meeting House in County Tipperary, helped German refugees in London, and helped support the fight against slavery.

She died in 1832 leaving a fortune estimated at £100,000, at her home at Anner Mills. She is buried in the Quaker Burial Ground, Clonmel.^[6]

Sarah (Pim) Grubb of Anner Mills, Tipperary assessed £ 55,000 in 1832. "Sarah was ‘miller and corn dealer’ in Clonmel"^[7]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ The Dictionary of Irish Biography, accessed December 30, 2021.
2. ↑ Wikipedia article about Sarah Grubb
3. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F17611 : accessed 29 October 2022), birth of Sarah Pim on 11d 10mo (Dec) 1746, father: John, mother: Sarah; citing Mountmellick MM family list 1641-1798, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ Marriage: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages 1578-1841"
   Reference: RG6/506
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 October 2022)
   John Grubb marriage to Sarah Pim on 8 Apr 1778 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England.
5. ↑ Source: S38 Ancestry.com, Ireland, Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) 812 812. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. TID 0 Footnote Ancestry.com, Ireland, Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Ireland, Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812 Bibliography Ancestry.com. Ireland, Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R1
6. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Deaths,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F21240 : accessed 29 October 2022), death of Sarah Grubb on 31d 10mo (Oct) 1832 in Annes Mills, buried in Clonmel; citing Co. Tipperary MM Family lists 1626-1908 (formerly A9)), Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
7. ↑ ‘the gross value of the unsettled personality of the deceased, and hence excluded land, any capital sum settled upon the deceased by others from which he or she benefitted, and most property situated abroad’