Sarah (Adams) Cowperthwaite (1668 - abt. 1732)

Born 24 Apr 1668 in Long Island City, Queens, New York

Ancestors

Wife of John Cowperthwaite — married 29 Nov 1690 in Flushing, Long Island, New York

Descendants

Died about 1732 at about age 63 in Chester, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

NOTES FROM BOOK "COWPERTHWAITE" BY WOODRIDGE:

He (John Cowperthwaite) came from Nottinghamshire, England. m. Jan. 1690 (Flushing, L.I.) Sara Adams, b. 2 mo. (April) 24, 1668, the third child of John and Elizabeth Adams of Flushing, L. I.

John Cowperthwait and Sarah, his wife, removed to Chester, Burlington county, N.J. , prior to 1700.

Children were:

Thomas m. Mary Burden

John, m. Rachel Stokes

Hugh, b. m. Kesiah Atkinson

Elizabeth, b. m. Abraham Shadwell

Susanna, b. m. William Webster

Hannah, b. m. Francis Hogshead

Deborah, b. m. Ambrose Copeland

John deceased in 1732. Will proved Dec. 30th, 1732, and dated the 4th of the same month.

Thomas Cowperthwait, son of John Cowperthwait and Sarah Adams, m. Mary Burden, dau. of _____ _____

Children were:

Thomas, b. m. 8-26-1761, Mary Willis

William, b. m. 2-4, 1767, Hope Shreeve, 1st wife, m. Hope Lippincott 2d. wife

Hugh b. m. 1772 Rebecca Roberts

Job, b. m. 1777 Anna Vickers

Phebe, b. m. Samuel Andrews

Mary, b. m. John Killie

Elizabeth, b. m. John Dewall

Thomas died 1781. Will proved August 27, 1781

John Cowperthwait, son of John Cowperthwait and Sarah Adams, m. Rachel Stokes, dau. of Thomas Stokes and Rachel Wright, his first wife.

Children were -

Joseph, b. Colonel in Revolutionary War

Samuel b. went to Philadelphia

Jacob, b. went to New Orleans; had three daughters

Sarah, b. m. Josiah Prickitt 1st m. John Gill 2d

Thomas Cowperthwait, son of Thomas Cowperthwait and Mary Burden, m. Mary Willis, dau. of _____ _____.

Children were-

Thomas, b. m Elizabeth Bassett

Samuel, b.

Mark, b.

Hugh Cowperthwait, son of Thomas Cowperthwait and Mary Burden, m. Rebecca Roberts, dau. of Joshua Roberts and Rebecca Stokes

Children were-

Mary, b.

Hannah b,

Rebecca, b. m. John Evans, son of Enoch Evans and Mary Wilcox

Thomas, b. m. Hannah Ballinger, dau. of Thomas Ballinger and Susannah Dudley

Phebe, b. m. Benjamin Hunt, son of John Hunt and Esther Warrington

Deborah, b. m. _____ Copp, M.D.

Sources

Name: From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. (1903, Sinickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers; Camden, N.J.)

Bibliography - Complied by Richard Haines. <i>Genealogy of the Stokes Family, Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J.. 1903, Sinickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers; Camden, N.J.

Harrison Heitman

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Quality or Certainty of Data: 2

Title: Roger L. Hulion, My Family on Wayback Machine Created 5 March 2000)

Title: Martha Decker, The Gene Shed (http://deckernet.com/Genealogy/DeckerGenealogy/9722.htm)

Title: Hawthorne File

Author: Hawthorne, Fredrick

Note: Most of the data contained here comes from a .ged file provide by Fred Hawthorne

Title: "Our Quaker Ancestry" by Rusha Wesley 1945

Genealogy of the Stokes Family

Title: Complied by Richard Haines, Genealogy of the Stokes Family, Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. (1903, Sinickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers; Camden, N.J.)

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Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.

• This person was created through the import of HOWE(1).ged on 08 April 2011.

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• Thank you to Cindy Ramsey for creating WikiTree profile Adams-12224 through the import of Cindy Barnett family tree.ged on Jun 5, 2013.