Sarah (Brewer) May (1638 - 1708)

Born 8 Mar 1638 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John May — married 19 Nov 1656 in Roxbury, MA

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1708 at age 69 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1638, and her birth was recorded at Roxbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] She was the daughter of Daniel Brewer and Joanna Morrill. One birth record lists her last name as BRUER.^[2]

Children

John May and Sarah Brewer had the following children:^[3]

1. Mary, Nov 7 1657, married J. Ruggles
2. Sarah, Sept 8 1659, married Samuel Williams
3. Eleazar, Feb 12, 1662, lived only a few days
4. John, May 19 1663, married Prudence Bridge
5. Mehetable, May 6 1665
6. Naomi, May 20 1667
7. Elisha, March 20 1668/9, married
8. Ephraim, Dec 23 1670, married

Name

Sarah Brewer

Birth

10 March 1630 Roxbury, MA^[4][5][6]

10 March 1638 Roxbury, MA^[7]

Death

4 March 1670 Roxbury, MA^[8][9]

Marriage

19 November 1656 Roxbury, MA^[10][11]

Sarah was born about 1638. She passed away about 1670.

Sources

1. ↑ Pulsifer, David, "Early Records of Boston," The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 5 (1851) page 334
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-QCGT?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-7MS%3A353350401%2C355675801%2C355679401 : 22 October 2020), Suffolk > Roxbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1630-1844 > image 4 of 252; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, A genealogy of the descendants of John May who came from England to Roxbury in America, 1640, page 2
4. ↑ #S-1398905008
5. ↑ #S-1380251138
6. ↑ #S-1398904473
7. ↑ #S-1398960214
8. ↑ #S-1374822880
9. ↑ #S-1398904473
10. ↑ #S-1380251138
11. ↑ #S-1398904473

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• S25: Author: Gary Boyd Roberts: Title: Notable Kin, Volume One: Publication: Name: Name: Carl Boyer, 3rd; Location: Santa Clarita, California; Date: 1998;;
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• S-1398960214: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5769::0
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L5-SJX : accessed 20 November 2015), Daniel Bruer in entry for Sarah Bruer, 08 Mar 1638; citing Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, p 2; FHL microfilm 741,320.
• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• http://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-May/6000000001383982124

Footnotes

• ancestry.com