Sarah (Barber) Robe (1669 - 1748)

Born 12 Jul 1669 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Robe Sr. — married 26 Nov 1701 (to 28 Sep 1735) in Simsbury, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1748 at age 78 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Early Life in Simsbury

Sarah Barber was born in 1669 in Windsor, to Thomas Barber and Mary (Phelps) Barber.^[1] Sarah was admitted to full communion in the Simsbury church in 1697.^[2],^[3]

Marriage and Children

Sarah and Andrew Robe, Sr. married and had at least one son, Andrew Robe, Jr.^[2],^[4] Sarah also helped raise Andrew's daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Amy.^[4]

Widowed

Will of Husband Andrew Robe

Andrew signed a will in 1735 in Hartford, Ct.^[5] In 1723, Andrew had been granted a "Long Lot" (Lot 36) in Simsbury, between the North Squadron Line and the South Squadron Line.^[6] Andew's Will states that a portion of his home lot and a portion of his meadow lot was to be enjoyed by Sarah, and that after she passed the land would pass to their son Andrew.^[5] In his Will, he left his wife, Sarah use of his home lot and meadow lot at Hop Meadow and appointed their son, Andrew Robe, Jr. as sole executor. Witnesses of Andrew's will included Josiah Alford, Jacob Case, and Sarah's niece Abigail (Barber) Case.

Death

Sarah passed away in 1748, at the age of 78.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Barber Genealogy. Note: the Barber Genealogy book states, in error, that "the evidence is fairly conclusive that there was no issue" of Sarah and Andrew's marriage, but this assertion is contradicted by the probated will of Andrew Robe, Sr. Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/barbergenealogyi01wils#page/30/mode/2up/search/%22Andrew+Robe%22. The same error is repeated in the Phelps Family History, see https://books.google.com/books?id=3eJLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22Andrew+Robe%22+1662&source=bl&ots=nGIPdTH8Lu&sig=kjaHME7ctm1GiQX0AmL2h-cNHfw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW_4WBmLrVAhXIslQKHbz_B3Q4ChDoAQguMAI#v=onepage&q=%22Andrew%20Robe%22%201662&f=false
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Albert C. Bates, Simsbury Connecticut Births Marriages and Deaths, Transcribed from the Town Records (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Hartford 1898), pp.19, 51. Copy available at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002003207306;view=1up;seq=61 and at https://books.google.com/books?id=7esnAQAAMAAJ&q
3. ↑ Church records, 1697-1713, First Church in Simsbury, Conn., p. 4. Copy available at https://congregationallibrary.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/church-records-1697-1713-first-church-in-simsbury-conn./61748?item=61751.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} A digest of the early Connecticut probate records, p. 191. Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/digestofearlycon03manw#page/191/
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Will of Andrew Robe, Sr. dated 26 Aug. 1729. Transcribed copy available at https://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon00manwgoog#page/n227/mode/1up/search/Andrew+Robe.
6. ↑ John E. Ellsworth, Simsbury Being a Brief Historical Sketch of Ancient and Modern Simsbury, 1642-1935 (Simsbury Committee for the Tercentenary 1935), p. 39. Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/simsburybeingbri00ells#page/48/.

See also:

• Simsbury Historical Society, First Settlers of Simsbury (noting Sarah Barber married Lt. Andrew Robe)
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=927933&pid=568227388
• Source: S-1880577928 Repository: #R-1880578168 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Repository: R-1880578168 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S-1880578048 Repository: #R-1880578168 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp.
• Source: S-1880578050 Repository: #R-1880578168 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication:

Acknowledgments

• This WikiTree profile for Sarah (Barber) Robe was created through the import of Evans-Stanley.ged on May 16, 2012 by Kathie Llewellyn.