Comments on Sarah (Gager) Allyn

Question

On 22 May 2020 Sarah Schleicher wrote on Gager-33:

Dr. William Gager and his wife had two daughters named Sarah and both died before marrying age. The first was born in 1618 and died in 1627. The second was born in 1628 and died in 1630 after making the voyage overseas with her mother. Their only surviving child to make it to the "new world" was their son John. Jacobus prepared an excellent treatment of this family, including the evidence needed to identify the wife of John Gager. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project. There should be no Sarah with the maiden name of Gager married to Mr. Allyn/Allen

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In 1656, ROBERT owned jointly several plots of land with John Gager around Ledyard

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What sources do you have for the death dates of the Sarahs ?

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New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, Volume 2. Alphabet section G-O.

Lists under William Gager:

Children (all baptized and buried Little Waldingfield, Suffolk):

i SARAH bp. 6 August 1618; bur. 27 April 1627

ii JOHN bp. 25 May 1620; (he is the only one that lived)

iii WILLIAM bp. 31 March 1622; bur. 26? Apr 1622

iv WILLIAM bp. 11 May 1623; bur. 12 Apr 1626

v REBECCA bp. 11 May 1625; bur. late May or early June 1625

vi WILLIAM bp. bp. 27 April 1626; bur. 5 May 1626

vii THOMAS bp. 13 July 1627; bur. 6 October 1627

viii SARAH bp. 29 June 1628; d. Boston 29 November 1630

They were a very unfortunate family.  As you can see, it is not possible that a GAGER FEMALE married into the Allyn family because none survived. It would be nice if someone with more experience, pre-1700 qualified as it were, could update the profile to removed the surname Gager from her profile.

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Yes, it is true that John Gager, Dr. William Gager's son did.  He is the only surviving member of the Gager family that made the trip overseas from England.  As such, you could see how the current profile with a Sarah Gager born Abt. 1620 from England is not possible as the wife of Mr. Robert Allyn.  Certainly, any Sarah could have married him, just not a Sarah Gager. :) They were both dead by 1630.

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You might want to add this information to the profile of husband in the comment section, so the managers see it.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Allyn-36

Answer 1

I'm going to go ahead and detach Sarah from the father, and change her LNAB to Unknown.