Sarah (Stephens) Derby (1750 - 1823)

Born 27 Apr 1750 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

Wife of Phineas Derby — married 25 Nov 1773 in North Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1823 at age 73 in Poultney, Rutland Co., Vermont

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Biography

• See Archive.org "Stephens-Stevens genealogy, lineage from Henry Stephens, or Stevens of Stonington, Connecticut, 1668" [1] (text) or [2] (pdf) which documents the wedding date of Sarah Stephens to Phineas Derby. It also records Sarah's ancestry back to Henry Stephens who came to New England about 1660 perhaps from Ireland, and includes many interesting comments about noteworthy figures. For instance, Sarah's grandfather Ebenezer Stephens served in Col. Ashley's Berkshire Regiment during the American Revolution. I encourage any one to use this reliable source to create profiles for Sarah's ancestry.

• Not sure about the reliability of this PalladiumNet page [3] which contains most of the genealogy from the Archive.org webpage above, and it appears to show a direct lineage from Sarah to Charlemagne Emperor of The West who died in 814. I doubt this is true, but did not research further to prove it.

• This MultiWords page [4] shows the ancestry of Elizabeth Gallop (the wife of Henry Stephens and mother of Thomas Stephens) up to Robert Gallop who was born in 1670 perhaps in Dorset England.

Sources

• * Geni.com profile by Matthew Derby [5]