Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Baxter
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
William Baxter and Elizabeth (Baxter) Freeman
Wife of
Robert Helme
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
[location unknown]
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Biography
Sarah Helme was the wife of Robert Helme, West India merchant. Sarah's residence was stated as "Nevis".
In 1683/4 Sarah travelled out to Nevis to join her husband against the advice of her brother-in-law, William Freeman. Several letters between William Freeman and Robert Helme suggest that in William's opinion, Robert did not treat her considerately.[1]
During 1687-1691 William Freeman became embroiled in a lawsuit brought against Sarah Helme by creditors of her dead husband.[2]
Sources
- ↑ William Freeman, 'Freeman's Letters, 1684: nos 344-369', in The Letters of William Freeman, London Merchant, 1678-1685, ed. David Hancock (London, 2002), pp. 360-386. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol36/pp360-386 [accessed 3 October 2016]. Letter no 353.
- ↑ The Letters of William Freeman, Introduction, footnote 72.
See also:
- Transcription of the will of Sarah Helme, proved 1690.
- The History of the Island of Antigua, One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time, by Vere Langford Oliver. pp. 270-1.
- The Letters of William Freeman, London Merchant 1678-1685., page xvii.
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Categories: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bap. 31 May 1655, Married lic. 1680 aged 28 Will dated 4 October 1687; proved 17 May 1690 (72, Dyke)
She also appears to have had no (living) children as she left her residuary estate to her niece Elizabeth Baxter, daughter of her deceased brother William Baxter and then still a minor.
Source: Caribbeana (Were Langford Oliver) - Helme of Nevis