Sarah (Hovey) Rea (1768 - 1850)

Born 21 Nov 1768 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Malachi Orcutt — married 22 Apr 1788 in Castine, Hancock, Maine

Wife of Benjamin Rea — married 1 Oct 1808 in Castine, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 28 May 1850 at age 81 in Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Sarah Hovey; b or bapt. Nov 21, 1768 at Topsfield or Saint John (not listed in Topsfield births)

m1. Malachi Orcutt, son of Jacob Orcutt and Abigail James, Apr 22, 1788 at Castine, Hancock, Maine;^[1]

m2. Benjamin Rea, son of Benjamin Rea and Lydia Putnam, Oct 1, 1808^[2] at Castine, Hancock, Maine; (intentions pub. 10 Aug 1807^[3] at Penobscot)

She died May 28, 1850 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, Æ 82y 6m; she was buried at West Brooksville Congregational Church Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine. ^[4]

From the Hovey book: Sarah married Malachi Orcutt of Penobscot, Maine, yeoman, and she probably died childless, before 1793. Mr. Orcutt for six pounds, conveyed to John Tibbits of Bangor, Maine, yeoman, the estate "coming to me or my wife Sarah Orcutt by heirship out of my father Stephen Hovey's estate, late of Topsfied, desceased, he being heir to his father Aaron Hovey's estate, of Topsfield deceased," July 24 1793. ^[5]

Known children of Sarah¹ Hovey and Malachi Orcutt were as follows:

• i. Malachi Jr.; b. Apr 11, 1789 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Prudence Gray, daughter of Samuel Gray and Mercy Watson, Jan 5, 1809; he and Susan Marks were marr pub. Mar 24, 1832 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Ruth Black May 1, 1856 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. Apr 2, 1858 at age 68.
• ii. Stephen; b. Dec 29, 1790 at Castine, Hancock, Maine.
• iii. Sarah; b. Jan 5, 1793 at Castine, Hancock, Maine; m. Edward Lawrence, son of Abel Lawrence and Deborah Gordon; d. Oct 15, 1882 at Castine, Hancock, Maine, at age 89; she was buried at Lot 190 Castine Cemetery. She also went by the name of Sally.
• iv. Amos; b. Dec 11, 1794 at Castine, Hancock, Maine.
• v. Elizabeth; b. Apr 14, 1798 at Castine, Hancock, Maine.
• vi. Abigail; b. Jul 30, 1796 at Castine, Hancock, Maine; she and John Randall Redman were marr pub. Oct 4, 1817 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. Apr 26, 1872 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, at age 75.
• vii. Aaron; b. Mar 31, 1800; d. Jul 3, 1824 at Castine, Hancock, Maine, at age 24.
• viii. Desire Bell; b. Jan 19, 1802 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Samuel B. Redman, son of Benjamin Redman and Mary Byard, Dec 18, 1823 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for she and Samuel B. Redman, son of Benjamin Redman and Mary Byard, were published Dec 19, 1823 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. Dec 31, 1879 at Cape Rosier, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, Æ 77yrs 11ms 15ds; d. Jan 3, 1880 at age 77; she was buried at Carver Field, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Sarah Hovey and Benjamin Rea were:

• i. Benjamin; b. Oct 7, 1809 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Sarah Condon, daughter of Richard Condon and Rachel B. Foster, Apr 22, 1830 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ ONE, Bangor Historical Magazine, (July 1885), Maine State Library, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine 04330
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-HHH : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Rea, 1808.
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FL-ZLN : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Rea, 1807.
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial#116060833
5. ↑ Hovey Association, The Hovey Book describing The English Ancestry and American Descendants of Daniel Hovey of Ipswitch, Massachusetts (Haverhill, Massachusetts: Lewis R. Hovey, 1913