Thankful (Robbins) Sawtell (1768 - 1836)

Born 18 Dec 1768 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 23 Jun 1836 at age 67 in Sidney, Kennebec County, Maine, USA

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Biography

Thankful Robbins and her twin Deborah were born on 17 December 1768 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of John and Abigail Robbins.^[1] She married John Sawtell on 14 September 1791 and had eleven children in Sidney, Kennebec County, Maine.^[2] She died on 23 Jun 1836 in Sidney, and is buried there in the Hayward & Reynolds Yard, or Sibley Cemetery.^[3] A photograph of her gravestone can be viewed at Findagrave.com Memorial #64109679.

Sources

1. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1:104. "Deborah Robbins & Thankfull Robbins twins these was born December the 18th 1768 [of John and Abigal Robbins]"
2. ↑ NEHGR, Vol. 126:135, Apr 1972, Richard Sawtell of Watertown, Mass.
3. ↑ Findagrave.com Memorial #64109679

• NEHGR, Vol. 126:135, Apr 1972, Richard Sawtell of Watertown, Mass.

• NEHGS, Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, Thankful Sawtell, Sidney ME (Boston, MA: NEHGS online database, July 2004)

• Findagrave.com Memorial #64109679 which has a photograph of her gravestone.