Born about in Gloucester County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edmund Berkeley
and Mary (Unknown) Mann
Sister of
Edmund Berkeley
Wife of
Joseph Ring
— married
about 1690 [location unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Walker
— married
about 1705 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Ring, Edmund Ring, Isaack Ring, Elizabeth (Ring) Wormley, Joseph Ring, Sarah Ring, Mary Ring, Judith Walker, Mary (Walker) Carter and Matthew Walker
Died after
after about age 50
in York, Virginia
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Biography
Sarah Berkeley, was born about 1674, the daughter of Edmund Berkeley and Mary Kemp, her step-father was John Mann. Mary Kemp Berkely Mann, will was proved 16 June 1704, she included her son-in-law and grandchildren, Joseph, Edmund, Elizabeth and Sarah.[1]
She was married to Joseph Ring, before 1688, he wrote his will 3 December 1698, he died 26 February 1703, at the age of 57. Sarah received his house and plantation, "beloved wife Sarah during her naturall life." This area was 630 acres, and called "Ringfield" or "Ring's Neck"--Joseph Ring had acquired this estate from the Underhill family, and in his will assigned this area first to his wife Sarah for her natural life, then it was to go to Joseph Jr, if he died without heirs, it was to pass to Edmund, Isaac, Elizabeth and Sarah. By 1769, Elizabeth the wife of John Wormley eventually inherited this 630 acres, because those siblings who had lived to adulthood had no heirs.[2]
Sarah was widowed with four young children, she married her second husband Joseph Walker, a wealthy merchant from Yorktown. Sarah and Joseph Walker were the parents of Mary, Sarah, and Matthew Walker.
Joseph Walker wrote his will 11 November 1723, making "Sarah executrix" along with Mann Page and John Wormley. It was probated 16 December 1723.
Sarah' date of death is unknown.
Sources
- ↑ William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, 3, 139-140, copy of Mary Mann's will
- ↑ William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, 6, 139-140, Joseph Ring's will
- The Wormeley administration of Ringfield is described in Charles E. Hatch, Ringfield Plantation (National Park Service 1970) p.40-57 B&WScans https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/461983
- William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, 6, 148-149, notes in 1898, the old home was still standing. Also see p.150-151, Joseph Walker's will.
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Jeanne (Lunn) Aloia
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Sarah-187 and Berkeley-175 appear to represent the same person because: Possible Duplicates?
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