Sarah (Purrier) Mapes (abt. 1630 - bef. 1698)

Born about 1630 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Mapes — married 6 Jun 1653 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Descendants

Died before 1698 before about age 68 in Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, New York Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah (Purrier) Mapes immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Sarah was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, christened in 1630. She emigrated from London to Boston, Massachusetts aboard the Hopewell on April 3, 1635 at the age of seven, "Sarah Purryer 5 child of Wm. Purryer".^[1]

She married Thomas Mapes in 1650 in New York or 6 June 1653 in Southold, Suffolk, New York^[2] and had eight children.

"If Sarah Purrier was born about 1630, she might have married Thomas Mapes as early as 1646, but more likely 1648 or later." (p. 130)^[3]

Sarah Purrier Mapes is mentioned in her father's will of 13 December 1671, where he did "give and bequeath unto Sarah Mapes and Martha Osman my two youngest daughters, twenty pounds each of them'"^[3]

Death and Legacy

Sarah Mapes died sometime between 23 August 1686 when she was mentioned in her husband's will ^[4] and the 1698 Southold Census, when she does not appear along with other members of the Mapes family.^[5] One possible record of her death is found in the "Salmon Records" a private register of marriages and deaths in Southhold, there is an entry transcribed as "[13] Apr. 1697.....oodee Mapes, widow, buried."^[6] It has been suggested that this could be a mistranscription for "Sadee Mapes, widow."^[7]

Although there's no stone, Sarah Purrier Mapes is probably buried in the Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, New York.^[8]

Research Notes

Research needs: It might be possible to tighten the window for the date of death if there are any probate proceedings or land sales by Sarah after her husband's death.

Torrey NE Marriages before 1700: MAPES, Thomas1 (1628-1687) & Sarah [PURRIER] (1630-1697?), dau William; ca 1648/9; Southold, LI {Southold Index 26; Griffin's Journal 15; Reg. 55:379; Mapes 2; Ring-Mailer 177; Wickham-Billard 190; Yates-Terry 57; Davol-Willets 133; Suffolk Co. NY Deeds (ms) A:1; Coleman (1906); Sackett 11}

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Via Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Ancestry.com
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Stramara, D.F. (2005). Mary (Mapes) Wines, Daughter of Thomas Mapes of Southold, Long Island, New York. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 159, 127-130. Retrieved 1 July 2014 from http://www.AmericanAncestors.org.
4. ↑ See Thomas Mapes (abt.1628-1687)
5. ↑ Mapes, Lester D. Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line. (New York: J.S. Swift, 1941), page 2-3, citing O' Callahan, Documentary History of New York Vol 1 page 669.
6. ↑ Robbins, William A. "The Salmon Records." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-) vol 47 (Oct 1913), p 347. view on FamilySearch.
7. ↑ Mapes, LD, Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line. p 3.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135032387/sarah-mapes: accessed 15 February 2023), memorial page for Sarah Purrier Mapes (1630–1 Apr 1697), Find A Grave: Memorial #135032387, citing Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk County, New York, USA]

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 10 February 2011 through the import of James_s Complete Family Tree.ged.
• This person was created through the import of small2.ged on 30 November 2010.