Sarah C (Bowater) Underwood (1688 - 1765)

Born 17 Aug 1688 in Chester, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of John Beals Jr — married 14 Aug 1711 (to 12 Dec 1745) in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania

Wife of Alexander Underwood — married 28 Apr 1748 in Fairfax, Virginia,

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1765 at age 77 in Wellsville, York, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Sarah was the first of two children born to Thomas Bowater & Sarah Edge of England, late of Chester Co PA. As a British Quaker looking for religious freedom, her father had immigrated to America aboard the ship "Bristol Comfort", arriving in Pennsylvania on 28 Jul 1683. Her mother had most likely arrived about the same time, also from England, the daughter of John & Mary (Smedley) Edge.

Thomas and Sarah met in America and were married in Edgemont, Chester Co PA. Her mother died at age 28 yrs, when Sarah was 4 yrs old. Her middle name may have been Carter, for her paternal grandmother Ann (Carter) Bowater.

Sarah's father Thomas Bowater became friends and business associates with her future father-in-law, John Beals. As early as 1685, three years before Sarah's birth, the two were involved in mutual land purchases in Chester Co PA. Sarah's marriage to John Beals Jr most likely was a collaboration between the longtime friends.

Sarah married:

1)John Beals Jr on 14 Aug 1711 at New Garden Friends MH in Chester Co PA; he died 12 Dec 1745. They had eight children, three sons and five daughters.

2) Alexander Underwood in Feb 1748 at Warrington Friends MH in York Co PA; a late in life marriage, they had no children.

After the death of husband John, Sarah transferred to Warrington Friends MH. She was accompanied by her son Bowater Beals, who had married Sarah Cook, a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Underwood) Cook. Sarah Beals met her future husband through her daughter-in-law Sarah (Cook) Beals, to whom he was maternal grandfather.

"Sarah (Beals), wd with ch, rpd m 2mo-1748 to Alexander UNDERWOOD; she was gct Warrington MM, Pa., 25-4-1748 (Note: The mtg appoint to Henry Ballinger & Daniel Matthews to settle the affairs between her & her children in accordance of the will of her dec h, which was satisfactorily done, as rpd 30-1-1748."

Sarah is again recorded on 12 Sep 1761, when she was succeeded as "overseer". She died a few years later, aged 77. Alexander died two years later, in 1767, aged 79. -from her Obituary ^[1]

Quaker Abbreviations:

ch = child, children

dec = deceased

gct = granted certificate to

h = husband

ltm = liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry

m = marry, married, marrying, marriage

prc = produced a certificate

rpd = reported

wd = widow

Vitals

Names Used

Sarah C Bowater

Sarah C Beals

Sarah Underwood ^[1]

Please note months will vary due to the Quaker Calendar and the time period is when the Julian calendar was still in use. A bad conversion in the dates used can cause multiple records to display different dates. If the date is before 1751 then is it called "Old Style or o.s." after the conversion to the Gregorian Calendar the Quakers adopted the new style.

Birth:

17 6th month 1688 o.s.

Quaker calendar conversion 17 Aug 1688 o.s.

Alt. converted date : 17 Jun 1688 n.s. ^[1][2]

Chester, Pennsylvania ^[3]

Marriage:

1st :John Beals ^[1]

29 of 8th month (October) 1711 (marriage intent filed at monthly meeting) o.s

Converted date: 11 Aug 1711^[4]

24 Sep 1711 (marriage date) n.s.

Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania

2nd :Alexander Underwood^[1][5]

1748

Maryland, USA

Death:

27 DEC 1765

Wellsville, York, Pennsylvania^[1]

Parents:

Thomas Bowater 1655 - 1686

Sarah Edge 1657 - 1692

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Find A Grave Find A Grave: Memorial #82845144
2. ↑ Quaker Calendar[1]
3. ↑ Image: Hinshaw Records see: [2]
4. ↑ Chester Monthly Meeting, Men's minutes
5. ↑ Web Bill Putman[3]

• Baldwin, Stewart. "John and Thomas Bowater and Their Sister Mary (Bowater Wright): Early Quaker Immigrants to Pennsylvania." The American Genealogist, volume 75, pages 37-46, 117-123.
• U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Pennsylvania, Chester, Chester MM, Birth Records Ancestry Record 2189 #1630311

See also:

• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-20691161-7-201/sarah-beals-born-bowater-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
• http://www.billputman.com/Beals.pdf
• http://www.billputman.com/Bowater.pdf
• Sarah C Bowater Underwood on Find A Grave: Memorial #82845144 00:18, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
• http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/The_Cannaday_Family_of_Virginia.pdf