Person:Sarah Leete (8)

Watchers
m. Bef 1699
  1. Sarah Leete1705 - 1782
m. 13 Jan 1729/30
  1. Joseph Newton1730 - 1797
  2. Eunice NewtonCal 1732 - 1801
  3. Thomas Newton1734 - 1788
  4. Jared Newton1738/39 - 1811
Facts and Events
Name[1] Sarah Leete
Married Name Sarah Newton
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 28 Aug 1705 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 13 Jan 1729/30 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Corporal Thomas Newton
Death[3] 14 Sep 1782 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3][4] Hillside Cemetery, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

The identification of Thomas Newton's wife as the daughter of John and Sarah (Allen) Leete is not proven. However, neither the Leete genealogy nor the published Connecticut vital records identify any other Sarah Leete who was of the right age and in the right area to be Thomas Newton's wife.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 12 John Leete, in Leete, Edward L. The family of William Leete: one of the first settlers of Guilford, Conn., and governor of New Haven and Connecticut colonies. (New Haven Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers, 1884)
    12.

    "29. Sarah (Leete), [born] Aug. 28, 1705, …" (no marriage identified)

  2. Olding, Herbert H., and Donald Lines Jacobus. Old Guilford Births and Deaths. Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists). (Jun 1977)
    10:172.

    "Lete: … Sarah, dau John and Sarah, b. 28 Aug 1705 [22]"

  3. 3.0 3.1 Newton, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    6:1317.

    "… Sarah Leete, who d 14 Sep 1782 (gravestone, Old graveyard, Cheshire), (church record, Congregational Society, Cheshire)

  4. Sarah Newton, in Find A Grave.