Sarah (Nettleton) Harris (abt. 1642 - 1727)

Born about 1642 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Miller Sr — married 6 Jun 1666 in Middletown, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1727 at about age 85 in Middletown, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

She married Thomas Miller on June 6, 1666, in Middletown, Connecticut. They had one child during their marriage.

Biography from Middlesex County Historical Society

Excerpt from Middlesex County Historical Society, see: https://mchsct.org/exhibits-displays/their-own-stories-online-exhibit/english/

Gravestone of Sarah Miller Harris, 1728, Old Farm Hill Cemetery

"Behind a simple gravestone in the Old Farm Hill Cemetery hides a story of scandal among Middletown’s earliest settlers...

"...Thomas and Isabel Miller moved here from Rowley, Massachusetts about 1652. On May 6, 1666, the couple’s maid, Sarah Nettleton, gave birth to a son. The father was Thomas Miller. Thomas was about 56 years old; Sarah was 22.

"Within a few days of the birth, Thomas’s wife Isabel died. Thomas rapidly married Sarah Nettleton, but did not escape a brief imprisonment for his adultery. All things considered, the couple was fortunate to avoid the standard civil penalty of the day, which included the whipping of both or being “burnt on the Forehead with the letter A.”

"For his sin, Thomas Miller’s home church in Rowley excommunicated him. Finally, in 1674, the convicted adulterer made his only trip back to Massachusetts to express his repentance and was received back into church membership. Thomas and Sarah Miller had eight children together, the last born after Thomas’s death in 1680, when he was over 70 years old. Some years later, Sarah married John Harris and lived well into her eighties."

Birth Record

Until I can find a different source for her birth, this one will have to suffice.

Name Sarah Nettleton

Spouse Thomas Miller

Parents Samuel, Maria Mary Nettleton, Nettleton

Birth Place Branford, New Haven, CT

Birth Date 1645

Marriage Place Middletown, Middx, CT

Marriage Date 6 June 1666

Death Place Middletown, Middlesex, CT

Death Date 20 March 1727

Marriage Record, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name: Sara?? Nettleton [Sara(h) Nettleton] [Sarah Necallson]

Marriage Date: 6 Jun 1666

Marriage Place: Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Spouse: Thomas Miller

Husband's Death Record

This record confirms the death of Sarah Nettleton Miller's husband Thomas Miller.

Name Thomas Senior Miller

Gender Male

Death Date 14 Aug 1680

Marital Status Married

Spouse's Name Sarah Nettleton

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name: Sarah Harris [Sarah Harriss, Haris]

Death Date: 20 Mar 1727

Death Place: Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Spouse: Thos Miller Sr. [Thomas Miller Sr.]

Find A Grave Burial Record

Name Sarah Harris

Maiden Name Nettleton

Birth Date 1642

Death Date 20 Mar 1728

Death Place Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Cemetery Old Farm Hill Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Has Bio? Y

Father Samuel Nettleton

Spouse Thomas Miller

Birth

1633 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

1644 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Marriage

06 JUN 1666 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut^[1][2]

Husband: Thomas Miller

Child: Margaret Miller

Death

20 MAR 1728 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut^[1]

Burial

after 20 MAR 1726/7, Probably at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestral File
2. ↑ Savage

See also:

• Louis Effingham De Forest. "Moore and Allied Families; The Ancestry of William Henry Moore." The De Forest Publishing Company, New York, N. Y. (1938). p. 376 ff.see at archive.org
• Middlesex County Historical Society, see: https://mchsct.org/exhibits-displays/their-own-stories-online-exhibit/english/.
• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection, Sarah Nettleton Miller, Birth year: 1645; Birth city: Branford; Birth state: CT. Source Information
• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. See: http://ancstry.me/2DNfVvd
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Sarah Nettleton and Thomas Miller, 06, June 1666, Middletown, Connecticut. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. See: http://ancstry.me/2DN95Wj.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KV-NQX : 3 December 2014), Sarah Nettleton in entry for Thomas Senior Miller, 14 Aug 1680; citing , reference item 1 p 54; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.
• Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Record for Sarah Nettleton Miller Harris, died March 20, 1727. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. See: http://ancstry.me/2DkwdKL.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2018), memorial page for Sarah Nettleton Harris (1642–20 Mar 1728), Find A Grave Memorial no. 22302649, citing Old Farm Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by AllanG (contributor 46922592). Find A Grave: Memorial #22302649 Retrieved Sarah Nettleton Harris.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The Nettletons in America", The Connecticut Quarterly (Hartford, Conn., 1908) Vol. 11, Pt. 2, Page 492
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862)
• Ancestral File: 1THR-Q8 & MJTV-9G
• Bacon, Reginald. Early Families of Middletown, Connecticut (Variety Arts Press, 2012) Volume 1: 1650 - 1654. pp. 5, 61-63, 99.
• Parsons, Samuel, H., Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths of The First Proprietors of Lands in Middletown, CT, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1860) Vol. 14, Page 67
• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Marriage Index, 1620-1926 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61367&h=900003887&ssrc=pt&tid=173862278&pid=242256543414&usePUB=true
• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/887030:7836?tid=173862278&pid=242256543414
• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 6066.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/887032:7836?tid=173862278&pid=242256543414