Sarah Jane (Stoughton) Alger (1691 - 1728)

Born 12 Dec 1691 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Roger Alger Jr — married 8 Feb 1708 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1728 at about age 36 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Sarah Stoughton was born about 1692, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to Nicholas Stoughton, 55, and Sarah Hoar, 34.

She married Roger Alger in on Feb. 8, 1707, in Lyme, Connecticut.^[1] They had eight children during their marriage.

She died about 1728, in Lyme, Connecticut, at the age of 36, and was buried in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Children

• Joseph Alger 1709–
• Ruth Alger 1712–1733
• Jonathan Alger 1714–1770
• David Alger 1714–1732
• Roger Alger III 1719–1759
• Simeon Alger 1722–1800
• Sarah Alger 1726–
• James Alger 1728–1732

Note on Parentage

Malcolm Young wrote an article for the American Genealogist, in 1999, which addresses Sarah Stoughton's parentage. Prior to the publication of this research, most genealogists believed John Stoughton and Sarah Fitch were her Sarah's parents..

Mr. Young's research led him to land records of Bristol County, CT. One document, a quitclaim deed, shows Benjamin and Hannah (Stoughton) Booth, plus her surviving siblings, relinquishing inheritance rights to dispose of land in the estate of "our brother, Samuel Stoughton...due to [him from] Nicholas Stoughton...since deceased...He then states that other signers of the deed were: Abigail (Stoughton) Willis and husband, Jonathan, plus Sarah (Stoughton) Alger and husband, Roger.

Mr. Young concluded that Nicholas Stoughton married first on 17 Feb 1673/4 in Taunton, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Knapp and had daughter, Hannah (b. 4 Jul 1679) and son, Samuel (b. 28 Oct 1690). He married secondly between 15 Feb 1690/1 and 7 Aug 1691, Sarah Richmond, widow of Edward Rew and James Walker, by whom he had no children. He married thirdly, in Taunton on 25 Feb 1691/2, Sarah Hoar. Mr. Young states: "It is likely that Sarah and Abigail are of the third marriage; Sarah was probably named in memory of the second wife, a frequent custom of the time, though Sarah was the third wife's name as well."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-LH9C : Sun Mar 10 00:16:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Sarah Staten and Roger Alger Jr, 8 February 1708.
2. ↑ "The American Genealogist" Vol. 74, No. 3, July 1999, p.178, by Malcom Young

See also:

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.):796, Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
• Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry.com
• American Genealogist The" Vol. 74, No. 3, July 1999, p.178, by Malcom Young.
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #149413302
• Vital Records of Lyme, Connecticut to 1850, Authors: Verne M Hall and Elizabeth B Plimpton, Bicentenial Commission of Lyme Connecticut City of Lyme, Connecticut, 1976, BIOGRAPHY: From the Barbour Collection Lyme vitals vol L-2 p 231
• FamilySearch Person: K2QW-SRC