Sarah (Wheeler) Horton (1719 - abt. 1808)

Born 1719 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Horton — married about 1744 in Stafford, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1808 at about age 89 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Born: Sarah Wheeler, daughter of William Wheeler.

Married: Sarah Wheeler married John Horton, "bef.18 Nov. 1761: bride dau.of Wm. Wheeler (d. WC 1762)". This date is based upon the date of execution of William Wheeler's Will.^{[1][2][3][4][5] [6]}

Residence: Stafford County, Virginia.^[4][7][1]

Named in Father's Will: "Sarah Horton" was named in her father William Wheeler's Will of November 18, 1761. That Will provided as follows: to William Wheeler's "Wife Elizabeth land; dau. Sarah Horton land and £10; dau. Elizabeth Strother 1 negro; sons Richard and John 5 shillings each; son Thomas land at death of wife." The Will was proven in Probate on September 28, 1762. ^[8]

Death: Based upon Sarah having been named as a devisee in her father's will, she must have died after November 18, 1761. One researcher puts her death in 1808 in Pendleton County, S.C., but I have no sources to confirm that assertion.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800, p. 185 (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003) Available on Ancestry here
2. ↑ Source: S240040038 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 7836
3. ↑ Source: #S240040038 Source number: 103.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: ELW Ancestry Record 7836 #602226
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} John Horton and his wife Sarah are listed as the parents of Orpan Horton in her certificate of christening dated February 14, 1754 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, United States. "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-VM4 : 28 January 2020), John Horton in entry for Orpan Horton, 1754. They are also listed as parents at Orpan's death on August 8, 1755. Overwharton Parish Register 1720 to 1760 Available on Archive.org here
5. ↑ John and Sarah are listed as the parents of Phobe Horton, b. March 14, 1752, d. July 17, 1755. Overwharton Parish Register 1720 to 1760 Available on Archive.org here
6. ↑ John and Sarah are listed as the parents of Clara Horton, b. December 5, 1757, Overwharton Parish Register 1720 to 1760 Available on Archive.org here
7. ↑ Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1773 VA Census, Rental Rolls for John Horton, Stafford, Virginia Available on Ancestry here
8. ↑ Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 abstracted here
9. ↑ Wheelers Of Virginia/Kentucky available on Ancestry here

• Boddie, John Bennett, and Mrs. John Bennett Boddie. Historical Southern Families. Vol. IX. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1965.