Sarah (Reed) Ferris (1678 - 1751)

Born 1678 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Zachariah Ferris — married 20 Sep 1699 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1751 at about age 73 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Sister of Col John Reed (Read).^[1]

First marriage to Joseph Barlow^{[citation needed]}; second marriage to Zachariah Ferris aft 3 Nov 1698, probably 1699. Torrey citing TAG 20:Supp. 11; Fairfield Prob. 82; Reade Rec. 12:10; Fairfield Fam. 1:200; New Milford CT 694.^[2]

Children

• Deborah - bp 23 Jun 1700^[3]
• Joseph - bp 3 Oct 1703^[3]
• John (Jno) - bp 24 Dec 1704^[3]
• David - bp 22 Jun 1707^[3]
• Benjamin - bp 20 Feb 1708/09^[3]
• Sarah - bp 6 May 1711 at Woodbury^[4]
• Hannah - b 6 Aug 1712^[5]
• John - b 6 Feb 1713/14^[5]
• Zachariah - b 30 Sep 1717^[5]

A son Daniel is seen born 1719 but there does not appear to be a birth record to support this.

Research Notes

It would appear that the only identification of Sarah Reed as the daughter of William and Deborah (Baldwin) Reed would be The Baldwin Genealogy of 1881.^[6] C.C. Baldwin is citing Rev Samuel Orcutt's History of New Milford (of which he must have been consulting the author directly as Orcutt was not published until 1882)^[1] which simply reads, "There are evidences that lead to the supposition that Sarah Ferriss, the wife of the first Zachariah Ferriss in New Milford, was sister to Col. John Reed, who is noticed in this book." Orcutt addresses Col John Reed (Read) is some detail pp 14-16 of his publication. Absent any documentation to the contrary it seems his belief, based on secondary documents of the era, that Sarah and John are brother and sister is justified.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Orcutt, Samuel, History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater 1703-1882, Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, 1882, p 694 Achive.org
2. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Subscription Image
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Vol 11 (Bridgeport), Pg 98
4. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Vol 131 Woodbury, pg 44
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. New Milford Vital Records pg 81-85
6. ↑ Baldwin, Charles Candler, The Baldwin Genealogy 1500-1881, Leader Printing Co, Cleveland, 1881, p 406 Archive.org

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• WikiTree profile Reed-1946 created through the import of TheOlivers_2011-06-11_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Rich Oliver. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rich and others.