Sarah (Warner) Lake (1737 - 1775)

Born 22 Mar 1737 in New Milford, Litchfield, Colony of Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Knapp — married 29 May 1750 in New Milford, Connecticut

Wife of Joseph Lake — married 11 Jul 1764 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1775 at age 37 in Sharon, Litchfield, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah Warner or Walner

Name

Sarah Warner

Birth

Sarah Warner was born on 22 Mar 1736/7 at New Milford, a daughter of Joseph Warner and Sarah Bartlett.^[1]

Sarah's parents were married on 25 December 1729 at Hadley, Massachusetts.

The Joseph Warner family settled at New Milford in On 25 May 1728 Joseph received his first land grant at New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.^[1]

Sarah, daughter of Joseph, was baptized May 15 1737 at First Congregational Church, New Milford, CT ^[2]

Marriage

Sarah married on May 29 1750 to Moses Knapp as his 2nd wife. ^{[3] [4]}

Moses was born 1705 in Danbury, CT to Moses Knapp and Elizabeth Crissey. He died Sep 17 1751 in New Milford, CT^[5]

In 1752, she and Moses Knap of New Fairfield were jointly appointed guardians of her son Gillead, youngest son of Moses Knapp, decd.^[6]

Sarah married on 11 July 1764 to Joseph Lake.^[3]

Death

Sarah Lake died Feb 9 1775, age 38, in Sharon, CT ^{[7] [8]}

Research Notes

Siblings of Sarah Warner ^[2]

Thankful, bpt Oct 4 1730

Christian Warner, bpt Mar 9 1735

Elizabeth, bpt Sep 2 1739

The work of Lucien Warner, The Descendants of Andrew Warner, reports that Sarah Warner (b 22 Mar 1736/7), daughter of Joseph Warner and Sarah (Bartlett), was "probably" the Sarah who married on 29 May 1750 at New Fairfield, Connecticut, to Moses Knapp (New Milford Church records).^[1]

The Nicholas Knapp Genealogy reports that Moses Knapp settled at New Fairfield in about 1740-43 and removed to New Milford in 1750 where he married to Sarah Warner.^[9]

This would make Sarah about 13 years old marrying Moses at about 45 years old. Not impossible, but unlikely, and as Kenneth R. Brown points out, indeed there was no marriage between Moses and Sarah. In the article for The American Genealogist, Brown points to the marriage on 11 July 1764 between Sarah and Joseph Lake.^[3] Prior this date, Sarah signed deeds as "Sarah Warner," proving this was her first marriage.^[3]

Location Notes

New Milford, Litchfield Co, Connecticut is located 14 miles north of Danbury Connecticut.

Rootsweb Notes

Following from Rootsweb Nicholas Knapp Descendants ^[5]

Generation 4 - Moses Knapp(2) and Sarah WARNER Marriage: 29 MAY 1750, New Milford, Litchfield Co, CT. ^[4]

1. Child: Gilead KNAPP Birth: 25 MAY 1751.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Warner, Lucien C. & Nichols, Josephine G., The Descendants of Andrew Warner (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, 1919) Page 95.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} First Congregational Church. New Milford, CT, Baptismal Records 1716-1830
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Brown, Kenneth R., (1958) "Warner-Knapp-Lake of New Milford." The American Genealogist. NEHGS AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 35, Page 182). Caution: contain errors
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Descendants of Nicholas Knapp on Sandie's Genealogy Page on Rootsweb Generation 4, Knapp page 2 Caution: No sources
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Descendants of Nicholas Knapp on Sandie's Genealogy Page on Rootsweb Caution: No sources
6. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TF1Q : 17 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 219, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1745-1775, Pages 35.
7. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7D9-WMN : 9 February 2018), Sarah Lake, 09 Feb 1775; citing Sharon, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,157.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JH-HJH : 9 February 2018), Sarah Lake, 09 Feb 1775; citing , reference p 6 cem 619-1 & 2; FHL microfilm 3,361.
9. ↑ Knapp, Alfred Averill, (1953) Nicholas Knapp Genealogy. Winter Park, FL: Archive.org or FamilySearch.org (Pages 75-6) Caution: contain errors.