Sarah (Goodwin) Worrall (abt. 1690 - 1755)

Born about 1690 in Llandewi-Brefi, Cardiganshire, Wales

Wife of John Worrall Sr., Esq. — married 9 Apr 1714 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1755 at about age 65 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

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Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Sarah Goodwin was born in 1690 in Cardiganshire, Wales. Her parents were Thomas Goodwin, b: 1650 in Llandewi Brefi, Cardiganshire, Wales, and his wife, Elizabeth (Unknown) Goodwin, b: 1652 in Wales and died in Pennsylvania on Nov. 10, 1739. The family emigrated from Wales to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1708. They were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and of local gentry-level of society.^[1]

On April 9, 1714, in Pennsylvania, Sarah Goodwin married John Worrall, b: 1657 in Oare, Berkshire, England. She was his 2nd wife. He was also a Quaker and a man of substantial means.^[2] The couple settled in Edgemont Township, Chester County (became Delaware Co. in 1789), English Colony of Pennsylvania and had the following 9 children: ^[3]

1. Elizabeth WORRALL b: 29 MAR 1715 in Edgemont, Chester, PA
2. Mary WORRALL b: 17 JUN 1717 in Edgemont, Chester Co., PA
3. John WORRALL b: 26 OCT 1719 in Edgemont, Chester, Co., PA
4. Peter WORRALL b: 26 OCT 1719 in Edgemont, Chester, Co., PA
5. Sarah WORRALL b: 19 SEP 1722 in Edgemont, Chester, Co., PA
6. Thomas WORRALL b: 21 NOV 1724 in Edgemont, Chester, Co., PA
7. Peter WORRALL b: 1726 in Edgemont, Chester Co., PA
8. Thomas WORRALL b: 29 JUL 1728 in Edgemont, Chester, Co., PA
9. Mary WORRALL b: 12 DEC 1731 in Edgemont, Chester Co., PA
10. Peter WORRALL b: 1726 in Edgemont, Chester Co., PA

John Worrall Sr. died on April 19, 1742 in Edgemont, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His wife survived his passing. She died on July 5. 1755, in Edgemont, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

d/o Thomas & Elizabeth Goodwin

Sarah died at the home of William Abbott, while on a religious visit to Cork, Ireland.

"Sarah Worrall, a public Friend from Chester County, Pennsylvania, America, died at the house of Wm Abbott's in Cork 28th 2nd mo 1755. She came over in company with Elizabeth Ashbridge, to visit this nation: her illness she bore with much patience and resignation of mind, and we believe she has laid down her head in peace and full assurance of everlasting rest and joy in the Lord, being heard to say a little before her departure 'the time is now come, come Lord Jesus, receive my spirit'. Her corpse was carried from Friend's Meeting House in that city [Cork], after a said meeting, to Friend's Burying Ground, and there decently interred." - From the Cork Monthly Meeting Minutes book

Sources

1. ↑ Colonial Families of Philadelphia by John Woolf Jordan, pg. 1316. A Google book.
2. ↑ See preceding Note.
3. ↑ Lobb-Schaefer Families on RootsWeb - Sarah Goodwin

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Goodwin-420 was created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011.

- Casey Collection, published 1952-71; Author:: Albert E. Casey: O'Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher, and Upper Blackwater in Ireland.

- Historical Committee of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland Archives; MM VIII M1.

- Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records; Women´s Minutes, 1733-1779. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

- Myers, Albert Cook. Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750. Baltimore, MD, USA: Southern Book Co., 1957.

- John Woolf Jordan. Colonial Familes of Philadelphia, Vol. 2. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1911.

- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231915741/sarah-worrall : accessed 13 September 2021), memorial page for Sarah Goodwin Worrall (1690–28 Feb 1755), Find a Grave Memorial ID 231915741, citing The Friends’ Cemetery, Cork, County Cork, Ireland ; Maintained by Salkeld Genealogy Research (contributor 48113546) .