Sarah (Odell) Duckett (abt. 1720 - 1815)

Born about 1720 in Prince George's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Duckett — married about 1743 in Prince George's County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1815 at about age 95 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Sarah Odell, the daughter of Thomas Odell and Margaret Beall, was born in about 1720 in Prince George's County, Maryland. She was later married in Maryland to a man named Jacob Duckett. Jacob, who had been born on 11 November 1714 in Prince George's County, was the son of Richard Duckett and Charity Jacob.

Jacob died in Frederick County, Maryland in 1764. His will, which had been written on 24 April 1764, was later submitted for probate before the Frederick County Court on 23 June 1764. After Jacob passed away, Sarah moved with her son, Jacob, Jr., to the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina, where she appears to have resided until her death. Sarah and Jacob, Jr. had two plantations, one containing approximately 140 acres, and another containing approximately 150 acres, surveyed for them in the original Berkeley County of South Carolina on 11 June 1769 and 10 August 1770, respectively. From SC Archives.

Notes

From Doliante, p. 584:

(II.) Sarah Odell, possibly b. C1718-25, Pr. Geo's Co., Md. & named for both her grandmothers; m. C1743, same, Jacob Duckett, son of Richard & Charity (Jacob) Duckett. He was b. Nov. 11, 1714, Pr. Geo's Co.; d. 1764, Fred. Co., Md. She d. in S.C., aft. 1774... Their descendants will be found under the Duckett family.

Doliante also notes the following tombstone inscription from the private Duckett Cemetery, "off Jalapa Road, abt. 7 miles southeast of Whitmire, S.C. (Newberry Co.)":

: "Here lies/The Body of Sarah/ Odell Who Died/ April 16, 1815/AGED 94 YEARS".

She states that she is convinced the stone belongs to this Sarah, noting that she is unable to identify a single Sarah, or a Sarah who married Odell, and was born this early, whom it otherwise might be. She speculates that the Duckett name was not used since it is the Duckett cemetery, and it may have been taken for granted that she had married into the family. This grave now appears on Find a Grave, where it is also speculated that it may be her burial place. The age and death date shown would place her birth in 1720 or early 1721.

Birth

Date: abt 1720-1721

Place: Prince George's County, Maryland

Sources: Doliante, Find a Grave

See Notes section, above.

Marriage

Husband: Jacob Duckett

Wife: Sarah Odell

Date: abt 1743

Place: Prince George's County, Maryland

Source: Doliante

Residence

Date: 1800

Place: Newberry, South Carolina, USA^[1]

Death

Date: 16 Apr 1815

Place: Newberry County, South Carolina

Sources: Doliante, Find a Grave

Note: Place of death assumed from place of burial. This information remains somewhat speculative (see Notes section, above).

Burial

Duckett Graveyard; Kinards, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

Source: Find a Grave

See Notes section, above.

Sources

• Source: S1766 Doliante, Sharon J. Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families (Clearfield Publishing : Baltimore, Maryland 1991).

• Source: S7 FindAGrave.com. Source for cemetery, exact date of death. That this is her grave remains somewhat speculative. See the Notes section, above.

• Source: S1 Ancestry Member Trees. User submitted. Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.

1. ↑ Source: #S1 Record for Charity Duckett

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Odell-131 created through the import of Liles - Craig Family Tree.ged on 08 March 2011.

• WikiTree profile O'Dell-84 created through the import of Foster-Volkenant.ged on May 31, 2011 by Terry Foster.

• WikiTree profile Odell-357 created through the import of Liles - Craig Family Tree_2012-03-21_01.ged on Mar 21, 2012 by Paul Liles.

• WikiTree profile O'Dell-167 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden.

• WikiTree profile Odell-463 created through the import of My-Family-6-Feb-2013.ged on Feb 6, 2013 by Timothy Wells.

• WikiTree profile Odell-878 created through the import of wikitree_baker.ged on Nov 4, 2014 by Robert Greaves.

• Thank you to Catherine Rivera for creating WikiTree profile Odell-510 through the import of Duckett Family.ged on Apr 4, 2013.