Sarah (Rice) Brewer (abt. 1760 - 1835)

Born about 1760 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Eliab Brewer — married 18 Feb 1782 in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1835 at about age 75 in Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

She is the 2nd paternal g-gm of President Calvin Coolege Her birth is unknown. Her birth has been confused with another woman named Sally, the daughter of William and Abigail.

An discussion of her parents indicates that the sister named Sarah, born 1750 to the first wife of Bezaleel, must have died prior to 1763, and may have died at birth. Her mother died shortly after her birth, and she is not mentioned as a grandchild in the will of her mother's father. Whereas the other children are mentioned.^[1]

Marriage

18 FEB 1782 Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA

Husband: Eliab Brewer^[1]

Death

03 JAN 1835 Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, USA^[2][1]

Headstone Inscription:

Mrs. Sarah

Wife of

Mr. Eliab BREWER

Died

Jan. 3, 1835

AE. 74

Prepare ye for ___________

Research Notes

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-X1TX : 29 November 2018), Sarah Rice, 22 Oct 1760; citing Birth, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571. May be her birth record

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Child, Christopher Challender. Identifying Sally Rice (ca. 1760-1835), Wife of Eliab Brewer Of Ludlow, Vermont, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 650, Page 98-99.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #91875620

• Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Page 104
• The American Genealogist, New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus (issues newer than 5 years not online), 1977, Vol. 53, Page 66, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
• Mudge, Florence A., John Mudge and Hannah Hutchinson, First Settlers of Plymouth, Vermont, Danvers, Massachusetts?: Unknown (1930), 12, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).