Sarah
Lancaster
formerly [surname unknown] aka Lewis, Bennett
Born about in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Daniel Lewis
— married
1643 [location unknown]
Wife of
Richard Bennett Sr.
— married
1698 [location unknown]
Wife of
Robert Henry Lancaster Jr.
— married
after 1709 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Daniel Lewis and Robert Lancaster III
Died
at about age 93
in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Apr 2011
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Biography
Sarah's maiden name should be stated as Unknown. Sarah initially married Daniel Lewis. When Daniel passed she married the widower Richard Bennett. After Richard passed in 1709/10, she married Robert Lancaster. Her will provides us insight into this naming convention as she filed her will as Sarah Lancaster, but in the will in 1722 had her as Sarah Lancaster, which was proved in 1723 IOW Co. and gave items to children from her previous marriages and those of her husbands'.
Name
- Name: Sarah /Lancaster/
- Given Name: Sarah
- Surname: Lancaster
- Name: Sarah /LEWIS/
- Given Name: Sarah
- Surname: LEWIS
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: ABT 1630
Death
- Death:
- Date: ABT 1723
- Place: Isle Of Wight Co, Va
Research Notes
Notes
Research
Taylor-Hoots Family Tree: Tracing the history of the Taylor family from Cumberland County KY, and previously from Chesterfield and Henrico Counties VA. Also, tracing the Hoots family from Cumberland and Clinton Counties in KY, and previously from Surry and Yadkin Counties in NC.
Sources
See also:
- 17th Century Isle of Wight (Boddie)
- Southside Virginia Families Vol I (Boddie)
- Isle of Wight Co, Va Records (Hopkins)
- Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vol 1 (Nugent)
- Source: S217 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical; Repository: #R1
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
Mary (Gill) Dykes
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
John Williams :
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Thanks!
"After Ann's death, Richard Bennett married Sarah Lewis, Widow of Daniel Lewis who died in IOW in 1697/8. . After the death of Richard Bennett, SR in 1709, Sarah married her third husband, Robert Lancaster. He died in 1720, and Sarah made her will in 1722 as Sarah Lancaster, which was proved in 1723 IOW Co.
ONLY child of record of Thomas Bennett & wife Alice:
(1) Richard Born CA 1625 Mulberry Island, Va and died 1709 Isle of Wight Co, Va. He (M) #1 Ann (Prob mother of all his children) (M) #2 Sarah (MUN) Lewis, Wid. of Daniel Lewis, who died IOW Co, 1698.
Richard Bennett resided at Blackwater, in the vicinity of the plantations of Justinian Cooper & Francis England, according to deed records.
Ref: 17th Century Isle of Wight (Boddie) Southside Virginia Families Vol I (Boddie) Isle of Wight Co, Va Records (Hopkins) Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vol 1 (Nugent)"
Your decision though.
I did find this but don't know if it's related or not. Would have to research the father.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JQ75-GXT : accessed 15 Dec 2013), Sarah Lankester, 20 Nov 1631.