Sarah (Savage) Sutliffe (1674 - 1733)

Born 10 Mar 1674 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Sutliffe Jr. — married about 1691 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1733 at age 59 in Durham, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Sary/Sarah Savage, daughter of John Savage and Sarah (Bowen) Savage was born 10 March 1674 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.^[1] Her father died in 1678^[2] and her mother remarried in 1681,^[3] but the family remained in Rehoboth.

Did she marry Nathaniel Sutliff? Torrey's New England marriages lists: SUTLIFF, Nathaniel (-1732) & Sarah [SAVAGE?] (1673-1733); by 1694; Rehoboth {Deerfield 2:330; New Haven Gen. Mag. 1713} ^[4] "[Savage?] indicates that Torrey was less than certain "or had reason to doubt the credibility of the source"^[5] "Deerfield 2:330 is the History of Deerfield (published 1896) which states Nathaniel married Sarah, perhaps daughter of John Savage of Rehoboth.^[6] "New Haven Gen. Mag. 1713" otherwise known as Families of Ancient New Haven (publ. 1922-1932) just calls her Sarah _____.^[7] Two Sutliff Genealogies (publ. 1903 and 1909) claim positively that Sarah Savage, daughter of John, married Serj. Nathaniel Sutliff, ^[8][9] Both of these, typically, fall short of offering proof or evidence. Without further evidence Sarah's marriage to Nathaniel Sutliff remains questionable.

Sarah Sutlif, wife of Nathaniel, died 4 July 1733 in the 60th year of her age (age 59).^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold , James Newell. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 : marriages, intentions, births, deaths : with supplement containing the record of 1896, colonial returns, lists of the early settlers, purchasers, freemen, inhabitants, the soldiers serving in Philip's war and the revolution, (Providence, R.I. : Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , 1897), p. 739 and p. 898,
2. ↑ Arnold, Vital Record of Rehoboth, p. 875, p. 903
3. ↑ Arnold, Vital Records Rehoboth Page: p. 334, p. 907
4. ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) p.1474
5. ↑ Introduction p. x Torrey's New England Marriages (2015)
6. ↑ Sheldon, George, A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the times when the people by whom it was settled, unsettled and resettled: Volume 2 (Deerfield, Mass. [Greenfield, Mass., Press of E.A. Hall & co. 1896)
7. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932). p. 1713
8. ↑ Sutliffe, Bennett Hurd, Genealogy of the Sutcliffe-Sutliffe family in America from before 1661 to 1903; the descendants of Nathaniel Sutcliffe .. (Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck, 1903) [https://archive.org/details/genealogyofsutcl00sutl/page/10/mode/2up p. 11
9. ↑ Sutliff, Samuel Milton. A History of the American and Puritanical Family of Sutliff or Sutliffe, Spelled Sutcliffe in England (Kelmscott Press, Downers Grove, Ill., 1909) p. 30
10. ↑ Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Old Cemetery Durham, Connecticut, 704-1 p. 12.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9181097/sarah-sutliff: accessed March 9, 2024), memorial page for Sarah Savage Sutliff (10 Mar 1674–4 Jul 1733), Find A Grave: Memorial #9181097, citing Old Durham Cemetery, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by rvmcclure (contributor 47575837).

• Hutton, Mary Louise Marshall. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century 1915-1975 (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Bros., 1976). p. 245, Text: "Sutliff, Nathaniel (1672-1732) Mass., m. Sarah Savage; Selectman, Constable"; digital images, Family Search, (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/280053-seventeenth-century-colonial-ancestors-of-members-of-the-national-society-colonial-dames-xvii-century-1915-1975 accessed March 2024).
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:36F3-FW4 : accessed 22 December 2018), entry for Sarah /Savage/, cites sources; "Andrew G Janssen family tree" file (2:2:2:MM63-QC2), submitted 13 July 2017 by JanssenAndrew
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7J-HDZ : 10 February 2018), John Savage in entry for Sary Savage, 10 Mar 1674; citing REHOBOTH, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.