Sarah (Walter) Pierce (1701 - abt. 1753)

Born 25 Jan 1701 in Concord County, Delaware, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Gainer Pierce — married 26 Sep 1719 in Chester, Pennsylvania Colony

Descendants

Died about 25 Mar 1753 at about age 52 in Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

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Biography

Sarah Walter was born 25 Jan 1701, in Concord County, Delaware. Her parents were, Goodwin Walter and Elizabeth Sanghurst. Sarah 1st married Gainer Pierce 26 Sept. 1719, in Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Sarah Pierce passed away 25 Mar 1753, in Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^[1][2]

US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications

Name: Sarah Walter

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1702

SAR Membership: 56737

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 8 Sep 1938

Spouse: Gainer Peirce

Children: Gainer Peirce^[3][4]

Sons of the American Revolution Gainer Peirce page 2

US Quaker Meeting Records

Name: Sarah Walter

Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1719

Marriage Date on Image: 26 Ninth 1719

Marriage Place: Thornburg

Father: Godin Walter

Spouse: Gainer Peirce

Spouse Father: George Peirce

Spouse Mother: Peirce

Event Type: Marriage

Monthly Meeting: Byberry Monthly Meeting

Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker :Monthly Meetings Index'

Type (Orthodox or Hicksite): Orthodox

Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Meeting State: Pennsylvania

Meeting County: Philadelphia^[5][6][7]

Name

Name: Sarah /Walter/^{[8][9][10][11]}

Birth

Born 25 Jan. 1700/1, Concord, Delaware, Pennsylvania, British America^{[8][9][10][11]}

Marriage

Husband: Gainor Pearce

Married 26 Sept. 1719, Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, British America^[8][9]

Death

Died 25 March 1753, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, British America^[8]

Research Notes

Susanna Pierce Passmore, b. c1769, is connected in this profile as a daughter to Sarah; but this is in clear conflict with Sarah's noted death date of 1753.

US Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records

Name: Sarah Walter

Birth Date: 25 Jan 1701

State: Pennsylvania

Monthly Meeting: Concord Monthly Meeting^[12][13][14]

Name: Sarah Walter. ^{[15] [16]}

Note: #N2556.

Notes

Note N2556Mentioned in history regarding her father Godwin Walter. From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope 1881); pg. 756 WALTER, Godwin, was a witness to a deed executed in Wiltshire, England, Sept. 28, 1685, and in less than three months had arrived in Pennsylvania. He settled in Concord, and married, in 1696, Elizabeth Sangurst, or Sanghurst, by whom he had the following children: John, b. 7,2,1697, d. 1732, m. Martha Musgrove, 3,21,1724, and removed to Sadsbury; Mary, b. 10,5,1698, m. Caleb Peirce; Sarah, b. 1,25,1701, m. 9,26,1719, to Gainer Peirce, and 3,25,1749, to William Eachus; Ann, b. 9,7,1704; William, b. 4,8,1707, m. Rachel Newlin, 2,25,1734; Rachel, b. 10,27,1709, m. 8,28,1730, to John Pyle; Joseph, b. 12,28,1711, m. Jane Brinton; Elizabeth, b. 7,29,1714; Lydia, m. 9,25,1747, to Eliakim Garretson; James, m. to Lydia Vernon.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82009146/person/340138903644/facts
2. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Walter-3152
3. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
4. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2204&h=1200869&ssrc=pt&tid=82009146&pid=340138903644&usePUB=true
5. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1698-1783; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 83
6. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2189&h=6633171&ssrc=pt&tid=82009146&pid=340138903644&usePUB=true
7. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Walter-3152-2
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. APID: 1,4725. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT USA
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Source number: 23989.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2. Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Ancestry.com. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Vol. 284; SAR Membership Number: 56737. APID: 1,2204. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. APID: 1,5769. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT USA
12. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College
13. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=QuakerIndex&h=857330&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2204
14. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Walter-3152-3
15. ↑ Source: #S445
16. ↑ Source: #S609

• Source: S445 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (R) LDS Family Search Publication: Name: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998; NOTEAXXT: DATE: 31 DEC 2005

• Source: S609 Pennocks of Primitive Hall, http://www.pennock.ws/index.html NOTEDATE: 7 JAN 2006