Sarah (Dakin) Child (1756)

Born 9 Jun 1756 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Amos Child — married 21 Aug 1776 in Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Sarah Dakin was born in 1756 in Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Amos Dakin (1732–1789) and Thankful Sarah Minot (1737–1811).^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. Molly Dakin (1759–1833)
2. Amos Dakin (1760–1842)
3. Hannah Dakin (1762–1840)
4. Timothy Dakin (1764–1845)
5. Samuel Dakin (1770–1844)
6. Eunice Dakin (1775–1804)
7. Lucy Dakin (1779– )

Sarah was a mother and a homemaker in Alstead, New Hampshire

Sarah married Amos Child, who was born in 1750 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. They were married on 21 August 1776. The ceremony took place in Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.^[2][3] She and Amos had five children:

1. Amos Child
2. Timothy Child
3. Jonas Child
4. Sally Child
5. Hannah Child

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81996066 (accessed 25 August 2023)
   Sarah Dakin was born on 9 Jun 1756, the child of Amos Dakin & Sarah Thankful Minot Dakin, in Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLFR-WJZ: 1 August 2022), Amos Child and Sarah Dakin, 1776.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947"
   New England Historical Genealogical Society; New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5241 #806945 (accessed 25 August 2023)
   Sarah Dakin's marriage to Amos Child on 21 Aug 1776.

Acknowledgments

• Profile Dakin-96 was created through the import of 262nj8_8308065ah28203o6d3220j.ged on Aug 13, 2013 by L Wayne Day.