Born about in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John (Beales) Beal
and Frances (Ripley) Beal
Sister of
Martha (Beal) Dunham, John Beal, Nathaniel Beal, Mary (Beal) Whiton, Jeremiah Beal [half], Joshua Beal [half], Caleb Beal [half], Rebecca Beal [half] and Jacob Beal [half]
Wife of
Thomas Marsh
— married
22 Mar 1649 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Wife of
Edmund Sheffield
— married
5 Sep 1662 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Marsh) Brackett, Thomas Marsh Jr, John Marsh, Ephraim Marsh, Mary (Marsh) Parmenter, Mary (Sheffield) Marshall, Nathaniel Sheffield and Deborah Sheffield
Died
at about age 85
in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Sarah (Beal) Sheffield immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Birth: 1625, Wymondham, Norfolk, England. Death: Nov. 9, 1710, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Though her baptismal record has never been found, based upon such records of her siblings and her age at death, Sarah was born in Wymondham, Norfolk, England in 1625.
Sarah BEAL married (1st) Thomas MARSH of 22d 3m 1648/49 in Hingham, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts and had five children, and married (2nd) the widowed Edmund SHEFFIELD 5d 9m 1662 at Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts and had three children. Of Sarah's combined eight children from both marriages, one son died in infancy, one daughter as at age 13, son Ephraim had four children of his only but one one grandchild who died in infancy. Thus Sarah has living descendants today from five of her eight children.
- Family links:
- Parents:
- John Beal (1593 - 1688)
- Frances Ripley Beal (1580 - 1630)
- Spouses:
- Thomas Marsh (____ - 1658)
- Edmund Sheffield (1612 - 1705)
Children:
- Sarah Marsh Brackett (1649 - 1727)*
- Thomas Marsh (1650 - 1738)*
- John Marsh (1654 - 1654)*
- Ephraim Marsh (1655 - 1715)*
- Mary Marsh Parmenter (1658 - 1719)*
- Mary Sheffield Marshall (1663 - 1718)*
- Deborah Sheffield (1667 - 1691)*
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #69718433
- Moriarty, G. Andrews. Genealogical Research in England, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1923) Vol. 77, Page 192.
- Hingham, MA History, 2:54
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