Sarah (?)1

F, #80
  • Marriage*: before 17 June 1654; Spouse=Robert Wadleigh1
  • Note*: Sarah's maiden name is unknown.
    Numerous internet genealogical postings list her maiden name as Smith; but of the many examined by this compiler, none cite a published source nor a contemporary record.
  • Note: About Robert Wadleigh's wife, the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire states only: "Wife Sarah, m. bef. 17 June 1654, was liv. in 1698."1
  • Note: Sarah Wadleigh is named as the wife of Robert Wadleigh in two deeds:

    On 17 June 1654 Robert Wadleigh of the town of Wells, in consideration of £4, sold to Francis Littlefield 200 acres of upland and 50 acres of marsh upon north east side of Cape Porpus River. The deed was also signed by Sarah Wadleigh. (Vol. 12, Part, p. 166, Folio 74)

    On 12 Aug 1685 Robert Wadleigh senior of Exeter gentleman, with consent of Sarah his wife and John Wadleigh his eldest son, sold to Peter Folsom of Exeter planter a parcel of meadow and upland in the town of Wells, being one sixth of the estate of his father John Wadleigh. (Vol. 4, p. 151-2, Folio 63-64)2
Last Edited: 6 Feb 2015
Charts:
Ancestors of Mary Abbe Childs (#1)
Ancestors of Mary Abbe Childs (#2)
Indented Pedigree of Mary Abbie Childs (#1)
Indented Pedigree of Mary Abbie Childs (#2)

Family:

Robert Wadleigh d. a 28 Oct 1701

Children:

Sarah Wadleigh1
John Wadleigh+ 1 d. 7 Nov 1727
Joseph Wadleigh1 d. b 23 May 1684
Robert Wadleigh3
Mary Wadleigh+ 3 d. b 13 Jan 1730
Henry Wadleigh3
Jonathan Wadleigh3

Citations

  1. [S97] Noyes, Sybil,Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland: Orig. publ. in five parts, 1928-1935), p. 707.   Noyes--Gen-Dict-Maine-and-NH.pdf
  2. [S154] York County Maine deed transcriptions on NEHGS website database "Maine: Early Wills & Deeds", based on CD "Early Maine deeds & wills ed. Jennifer P. Moss, publ. NEHGS 2006, based on William M. Sargent's Maine wills 1640-1760, published in 1887, and York deeds, published between 1887 and 1910...".    York-Co-Deeds.pdf
  3. [S97] Noyes, Sybil,Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 708.