Sarah (Fitch) Hixson (1698 - aft. 1777)

Born 4 May 1698 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Hixson — married 26 Aug 1727 in Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Sarah, daughter of Samuel Fitch & Elizabeth Walker, was born on 4 May 1698 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1]. Samuel and Elizabeth's children: ^[2]

i. Sarah (4), b. Dec. 25, 1696; d. Feb. 4, 1696-7.

23. ii.. Sarah, b. May 4, 1698; m. Aug. 26, 1727, Richard Hickson of Stoughton.

From Fitch Genealogy, Pg. 10: ^[3]

23. Richard Hickson (sic) m. Aug. 26, 1727, Sarah Fitch (4), dau. of Samuel (16). They lived in Stoughton, where six children were born. Children:

i. Richard, b. Jan. 15, 1728-9.

ii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 18, 1730.

iii. Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1731-2; m. Nov. 20, 1761, Geo. Monk.

iv. Samuel, b. Dec. 9, 1734; m. March 22, 1771, Mary White.

v. Eunice, b. Oct. 26, 1736; d. Oct. 28, 1737.

vi. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 14, 1738; d. in His Maj's Service at Lake George, July 30, 1758.

She passed away in 1777.

Notes

This excerpt is about her father and his family. Also in his profile, delete from here?

From Fitch Genealogy, Pg. 8:

16. Samuel (3) Fitch, b. March 4, 1673-4, was son of Samuel (2). In addition to the estate of his father, he received from his maternal grandfather, Job Lane, one-fourth of the Winthrop farm, upon which he settled at the time of his marriage. (See Hazen's Billerica,^[4] and Brown's Bedford.^[5]) This farm was in Billerica, and in the incorporation of Bedford, 1729, it was included in the new town. His children were born in Billerica, but those who remained upon the paternal acres were residents of Bedford. He was a soldier in the Indian War, 1706; and many of his sons and grandsons were soldiers in the French and Indian War or in the Revolution. He was town clerk and selectman, and through life an intelligent useful citizen. He m. March 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, b. Feb. 13, 1677-8, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Walker of Billerica. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. Seven of her eight children survived her. He m. second, 1717, Eunice Taylor, b. in Concord, Dec. 22, 1678, dau. of John and Eunice (Wooley) Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742. The widow Eunice d. Aug. 27, 1767.

Children by first wife:

i. Sarah (4), b. Dec. 25, 1696; d. Feb. 4, 1696-7.

23. ii.. Sarah, b. May 4, 1698; m. Aug. 26, 1727, Richard Hickson of Stoughton.

24. iii. Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1699-1700.

25, iv. Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1702.

26. v. Benjamin, b. July 30, 1705.

27. vi. John, b. Feb. 12, 1707-8.

28. vii. Jeremiah.

29. viii. Zachariah, b. Feb. 13, 1712-13.

Child by second wife:

ix. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1718; m. Dec. 11, 1725, Joseph Mead, b. 1712, son of Stephen and Ruth (Taylor) Mead. They lived upon the Mead homestead in Bedford.

From History of the Town of Bedford, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10:

Samuel [Fitch], (3) m. Mar, 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, dau. of Joseph. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. He m. 2d, Eunice Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742; she d. Aug. 27, 1767, aged 91. Ch. Sarah, b. and d. 1696. Sarah, b. May 4, 1698; m. Richard Hixson. Samuel, (4) b. Feb. 14, 1699; m. 1732, Joanna Kidder, settled in Westford, d. Jan. 1775. h Joseph, (4) b. Oct. 22, 1702. h Benjamin, (4) b. July 30, 1703. John, (4) b. Feb. 12, 1707-8, settled in Lunnenburg, 1728, and doubtless the one for whom Fitchburg was named. h Jeremiah, (4) b. (?). h Zachariah, (4) b. Feb. 13, 1712. By 2d wife, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1718, m. Joseph Mead. For the homestead of Samuel Fitch(3) see Brookside. His will dated Nov. 13, 1741, gives wife Eunice west end of dwelling house and cellar, and corn, rye, beef, pork and necessaries, to be provided by son Jeremiah, who was to have all at his mother's decease, excepting legacies to other ch.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
   FamilySearch Record: F4V4-Y61 (accessed 23 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-4HZZ Image number 00080
   Sarah Fitch birth 4 May 1698 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Samuel Fitch & Elizabeth Walker.
2. ↑ (Fitch) Pg. 8.
3. ↑ (Fitch) Fitch Genealogy, Pg. 10. ]
4. ↑ History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, by Henry Allen Hazen (1849-1900), A. Williams and Co., Boston, 1883.
5. ↑ History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891.

See Also:

• Botteron, Carol J., Richard Hixson of Massachusetts and His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2012) Vol. 166, WN 662, Page 151.
• Fitch Genealogy : A Record of Six Generations of the Descendants of Deacon Zachary Fitch, of Reading: by Ezra S. Stearns, Printed by D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1902.
• History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891. Sarah Is the daughter of Samuel Fitch, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10.History of the Town of Bedford, Gen. & Bio., Pg. 10
• Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
  citing FHL microfilm: 818093; Record number: 682;
  FamilySearch Record: FHQW-P99 (accessed 23 September 2022)
  Sarah Fitch marriage to Richard Hickson on 26 Aug 1727 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay.

• Mass. Vital Records to 1850 Repository: Data: Text: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 Year Family Name Record Orig. Rec. Record Type Town 1699 FITCH Sammuell, s. <> Samuel and Elizabeth, Feb. 14, 1699. Birth Billerica 1702 FITCH Joseph, s. <> Samuel and Elizabeth, Oct. 22, 1702. Birth Billerica 1703 FITCH Benjamen, s Samuel and Elizabeth, July 30, 1703. Birth Billerica 1707 FITCH John, s. <> Samuel and Elizabeth, Feb. 12, 1707-8. Birth Billerica 1712 FITCH Zachiriah, s. <> Samuel and Elizabeth, Feb. 13, 1712.Birth Billerica FITCH Sarah, d. <> Samuel and Elizabeth, Dec. 25, [16]96 Birth Billerica FITCH Sarah, d. <> Samuel and Elizabeth, May 4, [16]98. Birth Billerica