Born in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gershom Nelson
and Abigail (Ellithorpe) Nelson
Sister of
Nathaniel Nelson, Ann Nelson, Mary (Nelson) Chapin, Hannah (Nelson) Legge and Nehemiah Nelson
Wife of
Moses Gage
— married
13 Jan 1731 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died
at age 84
in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2015
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1707[1], the third child of Gershom Nelson and Abigail Ellithorpe[2].
She spent most of her youth in Rowley where she was born, but joined her family in their move to Mendon in 1722. She married Moses Gage in 1731 in Mendon[3][4]. It is not known whether Sarah and Moses knew each other in Rowley, but both their families became established in Mendon a number of years before their eventual marriage.
Moses and Sarah had three children to our knowledge, as follows:
- Moses Jr. b. 1732; m. Mary Boynton 17 Feb. 1758
- Daniel b. 1 June 1734; m. Priscilla Jones 1 Jan. 1756, and
- Molly b. 18 Nov. 1737; m. Phinehas Davis 23 Aug. 1764.
Sarah lost her husband in 1774 and outlived him by 17 years. She passed away in 1791 at the age of 84. She was buried at her husband's side in Vernon Grove Cemetery in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Essex Institute, Salem, Ma, 1928| Vital Records Page 145
- ↑ History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Part II, by Adin Ballou, Boston, 1882| History of Milford Page 915
- ↑ Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts to the year 1850, compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, NEHGS, Boston, 1920| Mendon Vital Records, Page 301
- ↑ History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Part II, by Adin Ballou, Boston, 1882| Gage Family Page 759
- ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Sarah (Nelson) Gage
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.39%
Deborah (Mead) Anderson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EF1209186 [compare], Ancestry member debmead
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~0.39%
David Bailey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T337298 [compare], FTDNA kit #640876
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