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Towne, Sarah

Female Abt 1747 - Aft 1821  (> 74 years)


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  • Name Towne, Sarah  
    Born Abt 1747  Killingly,Windham,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 3 Oct 1821  Sharon,Windsor,VT(?) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: No birth rec found in original source records. Sarah is called dau of Joseph and Jemima (Bixby) Towne in Edwin Eugene Towne, THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM TOWNE (Newtonville, MA, 1901), 33 (FHL #929.273 T661t); also in Charles A. Towne, "Descendants of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne" (unpublished ms, c1939-40), no. 1-8-5-2-6 (FHL #231886). Supporting this identification is the marriage of Archelaus Towne (grandson of Joseph Towne) to Susannah Foster (niece of Aaron Foster), intentions filed at Dudley on 4 Nov 1796 (VITAL RECORDS OF DUDLEY, [Worcester, MA, 1908], 173[FHL #974.43/D2 V2s]). Furthermore, Timothy Foster, Aaron's brother, as well as Timothy's sons, Abel and Silas, owned land in Thompson, Conn. near where the Towne's lived (Thompson was the north parish of Killingly until 1785). See Thompson Deeds, 4:14 (FHL #005829); 5:261 (FHL #005230). No other Towne family has been found in Killingly into which Sarah could be placed. Date and place of birth are approximations.
      MAR #1: Reg of Thompson Congregational Church (FHL #1003072). Wife was "of Killingly."
      MAR #2: Sharon, Vermont Vital Records, 1:107 (FHL #028906). Also see quitclaim from Elijah Child to Artemus Child, 3 Oct 1821, releasing his right to the dower lands which fell to his wife Sarah from the estate of her late husband, Aaron Foster, deceased (Sharon Deeds, 7:411 [FHL #028910]).
      DEATH: No death rec found. Sarah is mentioned in a deed from Elijah Child to Artemus Child, 3 Oct 1821 (Sharon Deeds, 7:410 [FHL #028910]).

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263471-R).
      SEAL P: IGI
      SEAL S1: IGI
    Person ID I9663  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2003 

    Father Towne, Joseph,   b. 26 Dec 1701, Topsfield,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1786, Killingly,Windham,CT(?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Bixby, Jemima,   b. 26 Jan 1702/1703, Topsfield,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790, Killingly,Windham,CT(?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1727  Salem,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4308  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Foster, Aaron,   b. 10 Oct 1758, Dudley,Worcester,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (adm) 20 Apr 1799, Sharon,Windsor,VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 12 Apr 1781  Thompson,Windham,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Foster, Betsey,   b. 13 Dec 1781, Killingly,Windham,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1871, Sharon,Windsor,VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Foster, Polly,   b. 15 Aug 1788, Sharon,Windsor,VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1841, Sharon,Windsor,VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     3. Foster, Aaron,   b. 28 Aug 1793, Sharon,Windsor,VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 12 Sep 1814  (Age > 21 years)
    Family ID F4007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Child, Elijah 
    Married 3 Jun 1801  Sharon,Windsor,VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart