Sarah Blake (abt. 1600 - 1650)

Died 23 Apr 1650 at about age 50 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

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Profile of Sarah Blake

Non-existent person?

No adequate documentation has been found for the existence of a woman named Sarah Blake, married to William Worcester.

Rev. William Worcester was indeed married first to a woman named Sarah, but her maiden name is unknown.

Some sources have shown Sarah to be Sarah Brown. Analysis of Sarah Brown's background have shown her to be a fraud concocted by noted genealogical fraudster Gustave Anjou.

Other sources show Sarah to be Sarah Blake, and many of these show her as the daughter of Sarah Brown's parents.

Birth, Marriage, Death

Sarah Blake is given a birthdate of 1600 for indexing purposes; nonexistent persons have no date of birth. One source shows Sarah Blake's birthdate as 23 April 1600 in Buckinghamshire, England^[1][2]. The day and month are actually the death date associated with Sarah, wife of William Worcester.

Sarah Blake is shown with a marriage date of 1637 in England. ^[3]. This would reflect the marriage date of William Worcester's wife, Sarah Unknown.

Similarly, Sarah Blake is shown dying on 23 Apr 1650 at the age of 50 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, where she is buried. ^[4]. This also reflects data belonging to Sarah Unknown.

Links to persons associated with Sarah Blake

As a non-existent person, Sarah Blake cannot have parents, siblings, spouses or children, so none of these are shown in her data field. Links are provided below for persons often associated with her in these roles:

• Sarah, last name unknown actual wife of William Worcester.
• Worcester-38 William Worcester]], often shown as Sarah Blake's husband and the father of her children.
• Sarah Brown Sarah created by Gustave Anjou's fraud.

Another theory on Sarah's name would be that she was born a Brown, and acquited the name Blake prior to her marriage to Worcester. ^[5] This theory is apparently echoed on another ancestry site: http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/sarah-blake_8726157. Unfortunately, this makes Blakes' biography dependent on the fraudulent biography of Sarah Brown. A Geni site, http://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Worcester/6000000006444312024, does the same, adding "Sarah Pickering" as an "also known as."

Another theory appears on Geni. In the Geni presentation ^[6] Sarah Blake (1605-1650) was born to John Pickering, b. 1564, and Susan Dryden Pickering, b. 1574. Susan baptized in 1605, had a brother, John Pickering, and at age 23 married William Worste, who was born 1595 in Cheddington, Buckingham. They had 10 children: Samuel Worste, Susanna Stacy (born Worcester) and 8 other children. Sarah passed away on month day 1650, at age 45 at death place, Massachusetts.

Sarah Blake is also shown as the mother of the following children, who are actually the children of William Worcester and Sarah Unknown.

1. Samuel Worcester, b.England Nov 20 1629, m. Elizabeth Parrott
2. Patience Worcester, b. England 1630
3. Susanna Worcester, b. Jan 2, 1631, d. July 23, 1690. m. Thomas Stacy
4. Mary Worcester,b. 1632, Olney, Northamptonshire, England
5. John Worcester, b. 1636, Olney, Northamptonshire, England
6. William Worcester, b. March 6, 1638, England
7. Elizabeth Worcesterb. April 4, 1641 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. No spouse, no children.
8. Timothy Worcester, b. May 14 1642, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. d. 1672. m. Susannah Unknown, widow of Ambrose. Good List of Sources, but including Gustave Anjou.
9. Moses Worcester, b. Nov 10 1643, Salisbury, Essex. M. Elizabeth Start and Sarah Soper. d. Kittery, York, Maine
10. Susannah Worcester. This links to Susanna Unknown, m. Ambrose -- wife of Timothy, above.

Other Children not in original list, above.

1. Sarah Worcester born April 4, 1641 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of William Worcester-38 and Sarah Blake-857. Died as infant, so no spouse or children shown.
2. Elizabeth Worcester 1647-1649
3. Elizabeth Worcester, b. Nov 9, 1649, Salisbury, Essex, daughter of William Worcester-38 and Sarah Blake-857. d. 1662, no spouse, no children
4. Elizabeth, March 10, 1647

Sources

1. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index
2. ↑ The Millennium File
3. ↑ US, New England Marriages Prior to 1700
4. ↑ Web: Find A Grave.com
5. ↑ Jim Roaix, Web Family Cards. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~roaix/WC01_472.HTM
6. ↑ Sarah Worste, Geni. http://www.myheritage.com/names/sarah_worste. Accessed October 10, 2015

See also:

• Ancestry.com. Ancestry Family Trees. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, Inc. Original data: Family tree files submitted by Ancestry.com members. Information came from one or more member submitted family trees; information may be changed or no longer available.

• Ancestry.com. US, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.Com Operations, Inc.

• Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

• Web: Massachusetts Find A Grave Index, 1620 - 2013, Memorial# 36335354.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Blake-857 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam.

Thank you to Andy Vincent for creating WikiTree profile Blake-1671 through the import of Vincent Family Tree.ged on Aug 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Andy and others.

WikiTree profile Pickering-225 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.