Sarah (Blanchard) Babit (1724 - 1814)

Born 1724 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of William Babbitt — married 12 Jul 1744 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1814 at about age 90 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

Birth Neither Sarah nor her sisters are listing in Norton Vital Records. She was the daughter of Stephen Blanchard and Abigail Whittemore. She is listed in her father's 1763 will as his "second daughter Sarah Babbit wife of William Babbit". That and her age at death put her birth about 1724 almost certainly in Norton. ^[1]

Marriage Sarah Blanchard married William Babbit 12 Jul 1744 in Norton, Mass per Mass Vital Records (see sources listings below).

Death Sarah Babit died 16 Jan 1814 in Connecticut. She is buried in Monroe Center Cemetery and her headstone reads "relict of Mr. William Babit aged 90 years". ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts, viewed on Ancestry.com Mar 2021
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #21170851

See also

• Boston Evening Transcript 2 Jul 1906 p11 #8552 viewed on Google Newspaper Archives Dec 2017; citing “Wyman’s Charlestown Genealogy p 88 Boston Transcript - Google Newspaper Archives
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-2JWL : 5 November 2017), William and Sarah Blancher, 04 Jul 1744; citing Marriage, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 899,108.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-2GS2 : 5 November 2017), William Babbit and Sarah Blanchard, 12 Jul 1744; citing Marriage, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 899,107.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-5M53 : 5 November 2017), Sarah Babbit in entry for Sebbel Babbit, 03 Jun 1745; citing Birth, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 1,059,951.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-5MRL : 5 November 2017), Sarah Babbit in entry for Abial Babbit, 04 Jun 1747; citing Birth, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 1,059,951.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-5MYS : 5 November 2017), Sarah Babbit in entry for Steven Babbit, 07 Jul 1749; citing Birth, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 1,059,951.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-5MBR : 5 November 2017), Sarah Babbit in entry for Bnley Babbit, 26 Oct 1751; citing Birth, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 1,059,951.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 May 2018, 02:37), entry for Sarah Blanchard(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWYK-17R); contributed by various users.