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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1904)
p. 80.
NORCROSS, Sarah, d. William and Lydia, [born] June 3, 1759.
- ↑ Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1904)
p. 250.
FILMORE, Sarah, wid. George, [died] Sept. 17, 1840, a. 94. GS
[Birth about 1746.]
- ↑ Find A Grave: Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Mass., in Find A Grave
Sarah Filmore.
MRS. SARAH
FILLMORE
died
Sept. 17, 1840.
AEt. 94. | MR. GEORGE
FILLMORE
died
Sept. 28, 1832.
AEt. 90. |
- ↑ The birth records in Shrewsbury present a clear picture of two daughters named Sarah born to William and Sarah Norcross, one in 1746, another in 1759. The death of the first one is presumed based on the existence of the second birth record.
But the age at death calculates to the birth of the first one. One would assume this was arranged by her children who would not have been dependent on the vital records to know how old their mother was. And certainly a birth in 1746 matches nicely with the husband's birth in 1742.
Yet the birth of their children go from 1785 to 1799. This would be unlikely for a woman born 1746, but fairly typical for a woman born 1759. Similarly for the marriage in 1779.
Based on what is shown here, one has to assume the age at death on the gravestone is incorrect. But, no easy explanation presents itself. Maybe it was erected by a later descendant who used the wrong birth record out of the VRs (Note: Source:Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, p. 283, makes the rather suggestive remark that "A filial daughter has caused handsome monuments to be erected to their memory.") Remotely, perhaps Sarah (Norcross) Fillmore died before George, and George married a second wife, also Sarah, whose age at death was 94. ???
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