Rachel (Parker) Sawtell (abt. 1698 - 1769)

Born about 1698 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Obadiah Sawtell — married 16 Nov 1721 in Groton, Middlesex, MA

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1769 at about age 71 in Charleston, Sullivan, New Hampshire

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Biography

Rachel Parker was born in 1698 in Groton, Massachusetts, to Samuel Parker and Abigail Lakin. She married Obadiah Sawtell on November 16, 1721, in her hometown. They had six children in 15 years. She died on December 1, 1769, in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, at the age of 71, and was buried in Charlestown, New Hampshire.

Burial

She was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown,Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA.

Inscription:

"Here Lies the body of Mrs. Rachal Sartwell the wife of Insign Obidiah Sartwell who departed this life December 1st, 1769 in the 71st year of her age."^[1]

Children

• Simon Sawtell 1722–1790
• Lois Sawtell 1724–
• Esther Sartwell 1725–
• Nathaniel Sawtell 1729–1816
• Rachel Sawtell 1731–1802
• Solomon Sartwell 1737–1740

Rachell married Obadiah Sawtell on 16 November 1721 in Groton, Massachusetts, United States.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #80196967 (accessed 16 March 2023)
   Rachell Parker marriage to Obadiah Sawtell on 16 Nov 1721 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA.

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• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0873746 item 4. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
• New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949, Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. "Death Records, 1654–1947." Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
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• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L6VM-R4S

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-YT1 : 20 May 2022), Rachel Parker in entry for Obadiah Sawtle, 10 Nov 1721; citing Marriage, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLF-DXK : 23 February 2021), Rachel Sartwell, 01 Dec 1769; citing , Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,109.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Parker-6109 created through the import of Crystal_s Family Tree (2).ged on Oct 17, 2011 by Crystal Hatch.
• This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.