Sarah (Hankins) Duckworth (abt. 1702 - 1804)

Born about 1702 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of John M Duckworth — married 24 Mar 1734 in Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1804 at about age 102 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1702. Sarah Hankins ... She passed away in 1804.

Marriage

Name: Sarah Hankins

Residence: Burlington, New Jersey

Spouse: John Duckworth

Marriage Date: 20 Mar 1734^[1]

John Duckworth was a farmer in Frederick County, Virginia and died there in 1755-57. His widow, Sarah Hankins Duckworth, and children removed to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina shortly before 1768.

It is believed that she was the Sarah Duckworth who married John Hern in Lincoln County, North Carolina, 9 October 1769.

Death and Burial

Sarah Duckworth, 1702-1804, died in Lincoln County, North Carolina and is buried in Olney Presbyterian Cemetery, Gastonia, North Carolina. Beside her is buried Rebecca Duckworth Mendenhall, 1748 — 23 March 1836, wife of Nathan Mendenhall.^[2]

Burial: Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #24784460

’Note:' {geni:about_me} Tombstone Inscription:

"In memory of Sarah Duckworth Who departed this life July 11th 1804.

Aged 102 years.

Draw near, young man, as you pass by, And on this stone cast an eye, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for Death and follow me."

Parents

SARAH HANKINS DUCKWORTH, DAUGHTER OF JOHN W. R. T. HANKINS (1679-1725)

FATHER'S SIBLINGS ARE:

1. ALBERT C. HANKINS (1682-1712)
2. THOMAS HANKINS
3. SUSANNAH HANKINS (1680-1748)
4. DANIEL HANKINS (1699-)
5. WILLIAM HANKINS (1709-1785)^[3]

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[4] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1712

SDATE 1 JUL 1712

Place: Burlington, New Jersey

Death

Death:

Date: AFT 1757

SDATE 1 JAN 1758

Place: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Marriage

Husband: John M. Duckworth

Wife: Sarah Hankins

Child: Simon Duckworth

Marriage:

Date: 20 MAR 1734

Place: Burlington, New Jersey^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802 [database on-line]]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 08 July 2017, amb
2. ↑ Union County, Georgia: Duckworth Family Section
3. ↑ SUBMITTED BY: Evelyn Murray McKelvey
4. ↑ Hankins-426 was created by Christina Finn through the import of nina.ged on Jan 10, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
5. ↑ Source: #S517 Page: pg 194

• Vol. XXII of the Archives of the State of New Jersey page 110 (MARRIAGE: 20 Mar 1734 to John Duckworth)
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http:/familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SBWK-JQB : accessed 16 September 2012), entry for Sarah /Hankins/
• Duckworth Family Section Union County, Georgia; The GAGenWeb Project
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 September 2018; amb), memorial page for Sarah Hankins Duckworth (1702–11 Jul 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #24784460, citing Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Elizabeth Olmstead (contributor 46772820) .

Scott Atcheson, May 18, 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Scott and others. Travis Wagner, Jan 17, 2012.

• Dupree, James William. The Duckworth Family of Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina: Some Ancestors and Descendants
• "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-S931 : 16 March 2018), John Duckworth and Sarah Hankins, 20 Mar 1734; citing Marriage, , , New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007577250.