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Sarah (Unknown) Fairfield (abt. 1639 - 1713)

Sarah Fairfield formerly [surname unknown] aka Whipple
Born about in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1676 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Wife of — married after 14 Apr 1711 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 74 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Sarah is believed to have been born in Ipswich of the Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1639 but this has not been confirmed. Her parents are currently unknown. She was the widow of Joseph Whipple.

She married Joseph Whipple on July 18th, 1676, just two days after the death of his previous wife who was also named Sarah [1] [2]. They had several children together including:

  • Jonathan - born 1679
  • James - born 1681 [3]
  • Elizabeth - born 1685
  • John - born 1690
  • Ruth - born 1692 [4]
  • Anna - born 1695 [5]

After Joseph's death, Sarah remarried to Walter Fairchild on either February 14th or April 8th of 1711 in Wenham [6] [7].

Sarah passed away on November 18th, 1713 in Wenham [8].

From "Inquiries Relating to the Ancestors and Descendants of Job Whipple: Of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Greenwich, Washington County, New York"

"JOSEPH WHIPPLE , born died 1708 - 9 , son of Matthew Whipple , Sen . , and father of Dea . James . [9][10]

He died about the year 1708 - 9 , and had two wives ,
Sarah died July 16 , 1676 .
Sarah . Children . -
Joseph , born Nov . 1 , 1665 ; died in infancy , Nov . 12 , 1665 .
Joseph , born Oct . 31 , 1666 .
Margaret , born August 28 , 1668 .
Sarah , born March 29 , 1670 .
Matthew , ( Capt . ) born Nov . 25 , 1672 ;
Bethia , died 70 G . S . , Jan . , 1743 .
Mary , born Dec . 25 , 1674 . John ;
Mary Fairfield of Wenham .
James , ( Dea . , ) , born 1681 ;
Mary Fuller , of Salem , December , 1703 ; died , aged 85 , Nov . 3 , 1766 . Jonathan ;
Frances Edwards , July 14 , 1702 .
Ruth , born Oct . 27 , 1692 .
Anna , born July 29 , 1695 ."

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5P-N6V : 17 January 2020), Joseph Whipple in entry for Sarah, 1676.
  2. Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Page 803.
  3. https://genweb.whipple.org/d0592/I3569.html
  4. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/Images/Ipswich_B393.shtml
  5. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/Images/Ipswich_B390.shtml
  6. https://db.whipple.org/getperson.php?personID=I3561&tree=whipple
  7. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Wenham/Images/Wenham_M177.shtml
  8. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Wenham/Images/Wenham_D196.shtml
  9. “Descendants of Matthew Whipple.” Inquiries Relating to the Ancestors and Descendants of Job Whipple, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Greenwich, Washington County, New York, by Frank V. McDonald, Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 1881, pp. 30–32. Found online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=MJ1bAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA30&printsec=frontcover
  10. Page 30




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Didn't she marry Walter Fairfield, not Walter Fairchild?
Fairchild-252 and Unknown-284230 appear to represent the same person because: Sarah's LNAB is unknown. She was the widow of Joseph Whipple when she married Walter Fairchild. Profile should be for Sarah (Unknown) (Whipple) Fairchild
posted by M Cole

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