Sarah (Crandall) Button (abt. 1654 - bef. 1695)

Born about 1654 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Witter — married 1676 (to 26 Nov 1685) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife of Peter Button — married about 1686 (to before 1695) in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 1695 before about age 41 in Stonington, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Biography

Sarah (Crandall) Button has English ancestors.

Sarah Crandall, daughter of Elder John Crandall and his first wife, married first before 1677, as his 2nd wife, Josiah Witter, son of William and Hannah Witter, formerly of Lynn, Massachusetts. She married second to Peter Button, son of Mathias and Teagle Button. Peter remarried in about 1695 to Mary Lanphear.^[1]

Death

Sarah's second husband, Peter Button, remarried in 1696, and he and his new wife had their first child in 1697, therefore Sarah must have been dead by 1696.

Marriage

Husband: Josiah Witter

Wife: Sarah Crandall

Marriage:

Date: 1676

Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Husband: Peter Button^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Gifford, Paul M., "The Probable Origins and Ancestry of John Crandall, of Westerly, Rhode Island (1618-1676)," published in Rhode Island Roots, vol. 32, no. 4, Dec 2006, pages 165-186. Online database of NEHGS - AmericanAncestors.org: John Crandall of Rhode Island pages 182-185.
2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England marriages prior to 1700, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Film #929494, image 940 of 1964, FamilySearch. [1]

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