Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins (abt. 1593 - 1649)

Born about 1593 in Bocking, Essex, England [uncertain]

Wife of Rowland Stebbins — married 30 Nov 1618 in Bocking, Essex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1649 at about age 56 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

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Biography

This profile is part of the Whiting Name Study.

Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins migrated from England to Colonial America.

Sarah Whiting^[1] was born in England and emigrated as part of the Great Puritan Migration. She and her husband, Rowland, probably both lived in Roxbury upon arrival to New England, but then helped to establish Springfield, Massachusetts, where they settled.

Birth

It is surmised that she was born in Bocking, Essex, England, where her marriage was recorded, but proof has not yet been found.^[2] See Research Notes for discussion.

Marriage

She married Rowland Stebbins on 30 November 1618 at St. Mary's, Bocking, Essex.^[3][4][1]

Immigration

She departed on or about the 10th of April 1634 from Ipswich, Suffolk, England on the Francis under Captain John Cutting with her husband Rowland Stebbins, son Thomas 14, daughter Sarah 11, son John 8, and daughter Elizabeth 6.^[5]

Death & Burial

At Springfield Cemetery, in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, "Sarah Stebbin wife of Rowland Stebbin was buried ye 4th day of the 8th mon 1649." ^[6][7][1]

Research Notes

Disputed Parents: John Whiting (abt.1565-abt.1617) had 6 children who are listed in the Parish records of Baptisms of St. Boltoph's, Boston, Lincolnshire. There is no Sarah listed in this baptismal record or later in John's Will.^[8] Also John, son of John and Isabel Whiting, is recorded in the same baptismal record as being born June 4, 1592. If the date for this Sarah's birthday is November 30, 1591 there is no possible way for John to have been born seven months after her birth. Unless there is some form of overwhelming proof beyond the Baptismal record and the Will of John Whiting, this Sarah should remain disconnected from these parents.

More information suggesting parents are not correct. Found on 9/28/2017 at Geni.com.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections. Text: Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20.
2. ↑ The Stebbins Ancestral Society, Wayback Machine, archived page from 3 Jun 2019
3. ↑ "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK8H-H9N : 12 February 2018), Rowland Stebbing and Sara Whiting, 30 Nov 1618; citing Marriage, St. Mary, Bocking, Essex, England, Essex Record Office, England.
4. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. VI R-S (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2009) pages 494-98. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription) citing TAG 31:194, 196.
5. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)"The Founders of New England" p. 331
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1ZQ-73L?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DG-7M3%3A353349501%2C353356001%2C353397501 : 9 December 2022), Hampden > Springfield > Births, marriages, deaths 1638-1728 vol 1, copy > image 96 of 129; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138948551/sarah-stebbins: accessed 04 February 2024), memorial page for Sarah Whiting Stebbins (1591–4 Aug 1649), Find A Grave: Memorial #138948551, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493). Includes gravestone photo and inscription.
8. ↑ Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John, with references to some of their English ancestors and American descendants, by Whiting, William, 1813-1873, p. 15 & 16, 1873, Boston : Press of Rand, Avery & Co.

See also:

• Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. VI R-S (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2009) pages 494-98. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)p. 351-354.link for subscribers