Person:Sarah Whitney (40)

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Sarah Whitney
b.8 Jan 1731/32 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.17 May 1771
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1715
  1. Sarah Whitney1715 - Bef 1732
  2. Abigail Whitney1717 -
  3. Matthias Whitney1720 - 1757
  4. Mary Whitney1722 -
  5. Joshua Whitney1724 -
  6. Lydia Whitney1729 -
  7. Sarah Whitney1731/32 - 1771
  8. Susannah Whitney1734 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Nov 1747
  1. Oliver Wilson1749 - 1812
  2. Ephraim Wilson1750 -
  3. Lucy WilsonBef 1752 - 1752
  4. Beulah Wilson1753 -
  5. Rebecca Wilson1757 -
  6. Joseph Wilson1759 -
  7. John Wilson1761 -
  8. Sarah Wilson1764 -
  9. Mary Wilson1766 -
  10. Reuben Wilson1769 -
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Facts and Events
Name Sarah Whitney
Gender Female
Birth[1] 8 Jan 1731/32 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 26 Nov 1747 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Benjamin Wilson
Death? 17 May 1771
Questionable Information Found
Seems unlikely she married Benjamin Wilson. See note.
References
  1. ↑ Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)
    Vol. 1, p. 252.

    WHITNEY, Sarah, d. Cornelius and Sarah, [born] Jan. 8, 1731-2.

  2.   Source:Stevens, Ken. Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts, p. 58, says "Sarah was fifteen years and five months of age when she became the step-mother of a girl who was almost nine years old." Besides the huge red flag her age raises, suggesting this might not be the correct identification of the wife of Benjamin Wilson, there are others. By 1743, Cornelius Whitney was living in Killingly, CT, "where it is said he died", which makes a marriage of his young daughter in Groton seem a mis-identification. Stevens cites Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Whitney: The Descendants of John Whitney, p. 36, after presenting the marriage, but Pierce shows no marriage for Sarah (in fact, he doesn't seem to have any mention of Benjamin Wilson). None of the children's names used by Benjamin and Sarah Wilson (Oliver, Ephraim, Lucy, Buelah, Rebecah, Joseph, John, Sarah, Mary, Reuben) show any similarity with Sarah's parents or siblings except Sarah, which shows nothing since it is Sarah's own name, and Mary, which is such a common name as to offer no proof either way. The same identification is stated in a biography of Obed Wilson (grandson of Benjamin and Sarah Wilson) in NEHGR, Vol. 103, p. 297, but no discussion, evidence or justification is given. There is no age at death in the death record for Sarah Wilson, found in Townsend VRs, in 1771. By all appearances, the only reason this match was made because Sarah's is the only Sarah Whitney birth found in Groton VRs of anything close to marriageable age, even though she was almost certainly living in a different state and probably too young to be the person who married Benjamin Wilson as a second wife. Barring the finding of some form of deed or probate document to justify this, this seems unlikely.
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