Sarah Anna (Beers) Burr (abt. 1762 - abt. 1842)

Born about 1762 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 4 May 1842 at about age 80 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Burial

Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Probate

Her will is dated 17 October 1837 and proved on 7 May 1842 in Fairfield. She mentions her nieces and nephews, Laura A. Smith, Lucy E. Smith, Charlotte Smith, Sarah W. Rand, wife of Richard Rand of Middletown, Julia A. Burr Smith, daughter of Samuel B. Smith of Middletown, Julia A. Burr Nichols, daughter of Samuel B. Nichols of Fairfield, Willia Pitt Beers, Jonathan Sturges Beers, Samuel S. Beers, Catherine M. Beers, widow of Augustus P. Beers, Henry M. Smith, and Samuel B. Smith of Middletown.^[1]

Her inventory was completed on 9 February 1843 in Fairfield.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 32-33, 1835-1847”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TY2S  :18 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007627298, image 282-283, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 33, 1840-1847, Pages 85-86.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 32-33, 1835-1847”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TYK1 :18 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007627298, image 315, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 33, 1840-1847, Pages 150-151.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #9002862
• Perry, Kate E., The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Conn. (American Pub. Co., Hartford, Conn., 1882) Page 62.