Sarah (Welch) Newton (1660 - 1723)

Born 7 Dec 1660 in Milford, New Haven Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Fowler — married 1688 (to before 1695) in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Wife of Samuel Newton I — married about 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1723 at age 62 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Sarah, daughter of Thomas Welch, was born in Milford on 7 Dec 1660, or perhaps christened that day at Milford 1St Church^[1]

Sarah Welch married John Fowler, before 1687, in Milford or New Haven. John Fowler died about 1693^[2]

John Fowler died about February 1693, by one account killed in the taking of an Indian fort. ^[3]

The baptism of "John, s. Sarah", was recorded and dated 1690.^[4] It was unusual for the mother's name, rather than the father's, to be recorded at baptism. Perhaps John was away fighting Indians at the time, perhaps the record is a belated one with an incorrect date.

The widowed Sarah (Welch) Fowler married Capt. Samuel Newton, as his second wife, about 1697.^[5] No record of that marriage yet found in the town records, but their son Abner was born recorded as born to Capt. Samuel in May 1699.^[4]

Sarah, "Mrs. Newton alias Fowler", died in Milford on 5 Aug 1723.^[4]

John and Sarah Fowler had, in Milford:^[6]

• Margaret, b. 1688, died 1691
• John, b. 5 Apr 1591, or perhaps 1690^[4], m. Susannah Burwell, then Abigail Prince.

Samuel and Sarah Newton had, in Milford:^[4][7]

• [Newton-8970 | Abner], b. May __ 1699, m. Mary Burwell, removed to Durham

Sources

1. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Milford, p. 170 in transcription, citing Vol. 1, p. 4 and OL, p. 13 in original records, viewed on americanancestors.org (Subscription required)
2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages until 1700, Vol. 1, p. 571, citing as his sources three published family histories: Genealogical Memoir of the descendants of Capt. Wm. Fowler of New Haven (1870), pp 14-15; The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Conn (1909), p. 29, and Rev. Roger Newton, Deceased 1683 and One Line of his Descendants 1914, p. 14, viewed on americanancestors.org (subscription req.)
3. ↑ Rev. Roger Newton, Deceased 1683 and One Line of his Descendants 1914, p. 14,viewed on archive.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Milford, p.. 110, 113 in transcription, citing ES, p. 238 in original, viewed on americanancestors.org (Subscription required)
5. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 2, page 1090
6. ↑ Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Capt. Wm. Fowler of New Haven (1870), pp 14-15, viewed on archive.org.
7. ↑ Rev. Roger Newton, Deceased 1683 and One Line of his Descendants 1914, p. 14-19,viewed on archive.org

• Chapman, Frederick. The Buckingham Family; or The Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1872) Page 13
• Ancestral File Number: RF96-3X

In certain references the name Welch is spelled Walch.