Sarah (Adams) Willett (abt. 1640 - bef. 1677)

Born about 1640 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Nathaniel Willett — married 1657 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 1677 before about age 37 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah Adams, daughter of Hartford founder Jeremy Adams and Rebecca (Taylor) Adams, was born say 1643.^[1]

Thomas Greenhill, half brother of Sarah Adams, was heir to his father's lands. His will dated 16 July 1653, names his heirs: his sister Rebeckah Shepherd, his mother, and "her Children, that is to say, to her son John Addams & to her 3 daughters, Hanna, Hester & Sarah,"^[2]

Sarah m. by about 1665 Nathaniel Willett, as his second wife.^[1]

Children^[3]

1. Rebecca Willett m. 1690 Thomas Ranney
2. Abigail Willett m. John Bishop of New Haven
3. Sarah Willett m. Zachary Sanford
4. Hannah Willett m. 1697 Baysey Baker

Sarah Willett died about 1670^{[citation needed]} or before 1677 when Nathaniel remarried.

She is probably buried in the Ancient Burying ground in Hartford.

First name is listed as Hannah in Middletown Upper Houses. Other inconsistencies as well. "Rebecca Willett, b. ___, Hartford, Conn., dau. of Nathaniel Willett and Hannah Adams, who was the dau. of Jeremy Adams and Rebecca Fletcher (John Fletcher)."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Anderson, Robert C., 1995 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. AmericanAncestors.org accessed 22 May 2016, (Vol I-III, Pages 6-11).
2. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904. p. 119
3. ↑ Adams, Arthur, 1881-1960. Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., And Hartford, Conn., And His Descendants. Boston, 1955. at Hathi Trust
4. ↑ *Adams, Charles Collard. “Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family.” (The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York) 1908. p. 152. https://archive.org/stream/middletownupperh00adam#page/152/mode/1up see at archive.org

See Also:

• Havens- Ranney, Austin- Blakeman ancestors and descendants by Thomas O'Regan Haig; Page 313
• Ancestral File Number: 94KV-S2
• Ancestral File Number: 23S5-NV
• Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital images, Record for Hannah (Sarah) Adams Willet. Find A Grave Memorial #17096645. Created by: With Love, Gen Gal. Record added: Dec 20, 2006. Buried in the Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford. [Link] No Photo.
• Porter, William. Historical Notices of Connecticut (Connecticut Historical Society, 1842) Vol. 1, no. 2, Page 2: This source says Elenor Adams married Nathaniel Willett.