 Abt 1636 - Bef 1704 (< 68 years)
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| Name |
Towne, Sarah |
| Birth |
Abt 1636 |
Salem,Essex,MA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Bef 2 Jan 1704 |
| Notes |
- BIRTH: No birth rec found. Sarah and her brother Joseph were baptized in the Salem 1st Church on 3 Sep 1648, but no parents names are mentioned. Sarah is listed as the yougest dau on the petition to settle the estate of her late father, William Towne of Salem, 17 Jan 1682/3 (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:358 [FHL #974.45 P2p]). She was probably born in Salem where the family settled after leaving Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk. Sarah's baptism is not found in Gt. Yarmouth par regs with her elder siblings.
CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF SALEM, 3 vols. (Salem, MA, 1916-25), 2:355 (FHL #974.45/S1 V2e). Parents are not identified in this document.
MAR #1: VITAL RECORDS OF TOPSFIELD, 2 vols. (Topsfield, MA, 1903-16), 1:194 (FHL #974.45/T1 V2v).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Sarah, wife of Peter Cloyse, is called sister of Mary Esty (a proved dau of William Towne) in petition to the "Special Court," prosecuting witchcraft cases in Salem, [1692]. The document is quoted in full in Charles W. Upham, SALEM WITCHCRAFT, 2 vols. (1867; repr Williamstown, MA, 1971), 2:326 (FHL #974.45/S1 H2u). Sarah, like her sisters Mary and Rebecca, was convicted of witchcraft, but Sarah escaped the gallows when the witch hunt waned late in 1692. Her mar to Peter Cloyse was after 17 Jan 1682/3, the date the heirs of William Towne petitioned for settlement of his estate, as she is called Sarah Bridges in this document. Hence, the mar occurred, 1683-1692.
DEATH: No death rec found. Sarah was dead by 2 Jan 1704 when her husband Peter Cloyse married Susanna Beers at Watertown (VITAL RECORDS OF FRAMINGHAM [Boston, 1911], 259 [FHL #974.44/F1 V2b]).
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS1,2: IGI
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| Person ID |
I9963 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2003 |
| Father |
Towne, William, c. 18 Mar 1598/1599, Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng d. (adm) 24 Jun 1673, Salem,Essex,MA (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Mother |
Blessing, Joanna, b. Abt 1595, of Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng d. (pet) 17 Jan 1682/3, Salem,Essex,MA |
| Marriage |
25 Apr 1620 |
Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,MA |
| Family ID |
F4421 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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