Sarah (Dam) Libby (1760 - 1849)

Born 12 Dec 1760 in Scarborough, Cumberland, District of Maine, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Allison Libby Jr. — married 15 Feb 1781 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1849 at age 88 in Gorham Gore, North Franklin Territory, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

p. 91 Libby Family in America

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Abigail Libby, born in Scarborough, 6 Nov. 1736 ; married 24 Jan. 1757, John Dam, probably from Kittery. He died 23 Oct. 1776, and she married second, 2 Nov. 1780, Thomas Jackson of Cape Elizabeth, and died about 1814.

Her children, by John Dam, were :

1 Esther (Dam), b. 23 June 1757; m. Joshua Brown, 7-1-6-3.

2 Elizabeth (Dam), b. 23 Nov. 1758; m. 16 July 1778, Henry Small.

3 Sarah (Dam), b. 1760; m. Allison Libby, 10-5-4-2.

4 Abigail (Dam), b. 1763; m. 4 Dec. 1783, Reuben Wescott.

5 Eleanor (Dam), b. 1765; m. 18 Dec. 1783, Ephraim Nason.

6 John (Dam), b. 1767; m. Polly Webb of Gorham; settled in Pownal.

7 Mary (Dam), b. 1770; m. Daniel Hanscom, 9-5-6-3.

8 Olive (Dam), b. 1773.

9 Andrew (Dam), b. 1774.

10 Joseph (Dam), b. 1776; lived to old age, a bachelor.

Sarah Dam was born on 12 December 1760^[1].

She married Allison Libby on 15 February 1781 in Scarborough. They had thirteen children^[2]:

1. Sarah, born 14 Sep 1781; married Daniel Brown

2. Olive, born 5 Mar 1783; died 1786

3. Ephraim, born 30 Oct 1784; married Polly Blake

4. Allison, born 8 Mar 1787; married Lois Cross

5. Thomas, born 22 Jan 1789; died 1807

6. Abigail, born 24 Feb 1791; married James Thomes

7. Hugh, born 26 May 1793; married Theodosia Small

8. Henry, born 15 Jul 1795; married Dorcas Jordan

9. Joseph, born 11 Sep 1797; married Eunice Lombard

10. James, born 20 Jan 1800; married Esther Irish

11. Bryant, born 22 Feb 1802; married Elizabeth Waterhouse

12. Lothrop, born 14 May 1804; married Frances Knight

13. Jeremiah N., born 12 Jan 1808; married 1st Lucy Bangs, 2nd Mary Ann Kennard

Allison passed away in 1816, and Sarah married Daniel Small on 20 March 1825. She passed away in Gorham on 23 February 1849^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ McLellan, Hugh Davis. History of Gorham, Maine. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, 1903. Page 621.
2. ↑ McLellan.
3. ↑ McLellan.

• The Libby family in America,1602-1881”, by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948 Published 1882 Publisher Portland, Me. : B. Thurston & Co. Libby Family in America

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53872721/sarah-libby : accessed 07 October 2021), memorial page for Sarah Dam Libby (12 Dec 1760–23 Feb 1849), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53872721, citing North Street Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Farrar-Wallace (contributor 47290731) .

Note: Because of a great deal of similar names, as well as multiple intermarriages in the Libby family tree, Charles Libby, author of The Libby Family in America devised a numbering system from the Immigrant. The immigrant on WikiTree is John Libby. Each child is numbered in order, so John Libby is Child 1 (or Libby 1). Each of his children is numbered in order (1-1, 1-2, 1-3) etc. and each of their children takes the digits of the parent and adds their birth order number.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dam-25 created through the import of Wikitree Family Tree_2011-11-12_01.ged on Dec 7, 2011 by L Anonymous. See the Changes page for the details of edits by L and others.