Sarah (White) Young (1663 - 1755)

Born Oct 1663 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Young Sr. — married Jan 1689 in Scituate, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1755 at age 91 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah White was born in Marshfield, then part of Plymouth Colony, Oct 1663, daughter of Peregrine and Sarah (Bassett) White.^[1][2]

Sarah married at Scituate, Jan 1688/9, Thomas Young.^[3][1] Thomas was born in Scituate, 5 Nov 1663, son of George and Hannah (Pinson) Young. He died 25 Dec 1732 in Scituate.^[1]

Administration of Thomas' estate was granted to his sons, George and Thomas Young, both of Scituate on 19 Mar 1732. Joseph Young and Joshua Young signed for their share of their father's estate 23 Jan 1737.^[1] This number of sons agrees with Sarah's obituary published in the Boston Newsletter.

The death of Sarah (White) Young was reported in "The Boston Weekly News-Letter" of Friday, August 29, 1755:

"Saturday August 9th died at Scituate, in the 92d Year of her Age, Mrs. Sarah Young, the virtuous Widow of Mr. Thomas Young, and eldest Daughter of That Mr. Peregine White of Marshfield, who was the First Born English Child in New-England: Being Son of William and Susannah White, born on board the Ship in Cape-Cod Harbour, in the latter Part of Nov. 1620, in which Governor Carver and the Rest of our Plimouth Planters came to New-England, before the Ship left said Harbour and set sail for said Plimouth. Said Peregrine White liv'd in great Health and Vigour to the 84th Year of his Age, when a Fever carried Him off on July 22. 1704 as our News-Letter soon after inform'd the Publick: And this his Eldest Daughter was Born at Marshfield in Oct 1663, enjoy'd her Senses and Health in good measure, till towards her End, and left four Sons surviving. Two observable Instances of the Long Lives of the very first and second Race of Children born in this happy Country."^[4][2]

Children of Thomas and Sarah (White) Young, all born in Scituate.^[1][5][3]

1. George Young b. 30 Nov 1689
2. Joseph Young b. 3 Oct 1692; d. Scituate Aug 1699
3. Sarah Young b. 12 Sep 1695; d. Scituate Aug 1699
4. Thomas Young b. 29 Sep 1698; d. Scituate Aug 1699
5. Thomas Young b. 18 May 1700
6. Joseph Young b. 10 Oct 1701
7. Ebenezer Young b. 1 April 1703; d. before 23 Jan 1737 (division of father's estate)
8. Joshua Young b. 27 Sept 1704
9. Isaac Young b. 20 Sept 1706; d. before 23 Jan 1737.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) p. 10. 19
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Eldest Daughter of Peregrine White." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4:192. Obituary from the Boston News Letter p. 192 at Archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Volume II – Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909). marriage p. 339;deaths p. 471.
4. ↑ "Miscellaneous Death Records" The Mayflower Descendant 24:128 citing The Boston Newsletter Monday July 31. 1704. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
5. ↑ Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Volume I – Births. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909) pp 420-423

• Sinnett, Rev. Charles Nelson. Walter Merryman of Harpsell, Maine and His Descendants, is in error when he states that he is a descendant of Mayflower passenger William White through John Bailey and Sarah White, daughter of Peregrine White. The stated Sarah White that married John Bailey was the daughter of Gawen and Elizabeth (Ward) White of Scituate, MA. She married John Bailey on January 25, 1672/3.

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