Sarah Jane (Abbott) Pickett (1742 - 1808)

Born 30 May 1742 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 27 Oct 1808 at age 66 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

From the family history referenced below:

Ebenezer Pickett (II) is supposed to be the son of Ebenezer Pickett and Elizabeth Knapp as the family names of Thomas Pickett, Elizabeth, Ebenezer and Seymour are continued through several succeeding generations. He was born Aug 13 1735/6, and died May 27, 1812. His wife Sarah Abbott, daughter of Lemuel Abbott and Martha Wood, was born Apr 10, 1742, and died Oct 27, 1808. She married Ebenezer Pickett about 1760. Below is a copy of their family record in possession of their great grandson Ezra A. Knapp:

• Ebenezer Pickett b. Aug 13, 1736 d. May 27, 1812
• Sarah Abbott b. Apr 10, 1742 d. Oct 27, 1808
  • Their children:

1. Sarah Jane b. Sep 25, 1762 d. Nov 9, 1836
2. Elizabeth b. Apr 25, 1764
3. Delila b. Mar 22, 1766 d. Aug 28, 1825
4. Ebenezer b. May 6, 1769
5. Seymore b. May 6, 1772
6. Thomas b. Jan 12, 1774 d. Feb 8, 1855
7. Rebecca b. Jan 23, 1776
8. Caleb b. Jun 10, 1778
9. Mary b. Mar 17, 1782 d. Sep 25, 1843
10. Rufus b. Jul 22, 1784

Sarah Abbott Pickett gave a Queen Anne highboy (chest on chest) to her oldest daughter Sarah Jane Pickett Knapp; she to her youngest child Thomas Pickett Knapp; he to his oldest daughter Sarah Knapp Law; she to her son William C Law, to his daughter Sarah Law Coons. (Kathleen adds in 2020 - this piece of furniture was passed then to her son William L Coons who passed to his oldest daughter, I believe).

Sources

• Law, William Consider. Self published approx. 1948. Family history of the Law, Creaser and Coons Families. Passed to his daughter Sarah Law Coons to her granddaughter Kathleen Buckner Morris.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WH-SHS : 7 January 2020), Sarah Abbott, 1742.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8018273/sarah-pickett