Sarah Sidney (Hughes) Carpenter (1725 - abt. 1792)

Born 1725 in Chichester Twp., Delaware Co., Province of Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Wife of Solomon Carpenter — married 1740 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about Mar 1792 at about age 67 in Randolph, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Sudrah (Hughes) Carpenter was noted in the will of her father William Hughes of Hampshire Colony, Virginia, the will dated 31 Dec 1762 and proved on 9 Jun 1767.^[1]

Sidney Hewes (aka Hughes) was born in 1725 in Pennsylvania [source?]. She was named for her mother, Sidney Withers Hewes. Some contemporary documents spelled her given name as "Sudna" or "Sunda". Her family moved south to Hampshire County, Virginia, when she was a child.[Source?]

In 1741, at 16 years old, she married Solomon Carpenter in Hampshire County, Virginia. The couple pioneered Appalachian Virginia and had 14 children:

1. Thomas CARPENTER b: ABT 1742 in Botetourt, Virginia
2. Nicholas CARPENTER b: 1743 in Botetourt, Virginia
3. Solomon CARPENTER b: 1745 in Botetourt, Virginia
4. Jeremiah Hewes CARPENTER b: 1750 in Augusta, Virginia
5. Christopher CARPENTER b: 1752 in Augusta, Virginia
6. Amos CARPENTER b: 1 FEB 1754 in Augusta, Virginia
7. Elizabeth CARPENTER b: 1756 in Augusta, Virginia
8. Margaret CARPENTER b: 1758 in Augusta, Virginia
9. Nancy CARPENTER
10. Agnes CARPENTER b: 1760 in Augusta, Virginia
11. Jesse CARPENTER b: 1762 in Augusta, Virginia
12. Benjamin CARPENTER
13. Joseph CARPENTER
14. Mary CARPENTER b: ABT 1773 in Harrison, Virginia

Solomon Carpenter died in 1783 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Sidney (Hewes) Carpenter survived his passing for another decade or so. She must have written a will in March 1792 as several family genealogies say she died "after March 1792".

Her 1790s death location in Randolph County, Virginia, became Elk River, Braxton, West Virginia after 1863 when West Virginia became a separate state in the United States.

Sources

1. ↑ The Hughes Family. Hackers Creek Journal. Vol II, 1984, pp192-196 [1].

See also:

• Robert Martin's Family Records on RootsWeb: Sidney Hughes = Lists 14 children (b info for 11 of them)

• The Hewes Connections on RootsWeb: Sidney Hewes = Lists 10 children w/ b info for all 10. Says "died After 1792"

• Source: S-2082375341 Repository: #R-2141926422 Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26479928&pid=80 . Repository: R-2141926422 Ancestry.com