Born in Rutland, Rutland, Republic of Vermont
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Mead
and Mercy (Holmes) Mead
Sister of
James Mead, Abner Mead, Samantha (Mead) Cogswell, Stephen Mead, Mercy (Mead) Smith, Dorcus (Mead) Hale, Hannah (Mead) Chipman, Damaris (Mead) Reed, Tameson (Mead) Purdy, William Mead and James Mead
Wife of
Solomon Purdy Sr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Wright Roberts
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
James Roberts and Sarah (Purdy) Sherwood
Died
at age 23
in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Sarah Mead Roberts is listed as first wife of Solomon Purdy in the DAR Patriot Index. [1]
Origins
Sarah was born August 14, 1753. She was the eldest of twelve children, born to James Mead and Mercy Mead Holmes.
Family
Sarah married Wright Roberts and after his death, Solomon Purdy.
Death and Legacy
Sarah died at the age of twenty-five on February 14, 1777, at Rutland, Vermont.[2] She was buried in Center Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, USA. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 June 2018), "Record of Solomon Purdy", Ancestor # A092297.Meehan-411
- ↑ Mead, Spencer P. History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont, and Western Pennsylvania, from A.D. 1180 to 1900. (Pg 347) New York: Knickerbocker, 1901, accessed online April 28, 2014
- ↑ Source: #S1264994662
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- Source: S1264994662 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2019), memorial page for Sarah Mead Purdy (14 Aug 1753–14 Feb 1777), Find A Grave: Memorial #51327218, citing Center Rutland Cemetery, Center Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Jen Snoots (contributor 4661415) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Rosemarie Baker 
:
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~0.39%
~3.12%
C Dobson :
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