Sarah was born about 1665. She passed away in 1739.
Sarah Foxall was the daughter of John Foxall and Martha [Butler] Foxhall. She is mentioned in a record dated 1669, of Westmoreland, VA.
MR. JNO. FOXHALL, 314 acs. W'moreland Co., bet. Potomack & Rappa. Rivers; 23 Oct. 1669, p. 276 Adj. Lt. Col. Jno. Washington, Jno. Piper, Mr. Jno. Watts, near Ned the Indians path, &c. Trans. of 7 pers: Jno. Foxhall, Marth. Foxhall, Mary Foxhall, Sara Foxhall. Sara Taylor, Kath. Hine, Senr., Kath. Hine, Junr.[1]
Sarah's first marriage was to John Elliott. With him she had five children:
Mary
Sarah
John
William
Martha
1709-Marriage to Monroe
Sarah's husband John Elliott died in 1708. In 1709 she married Andrew Monroe, who was also recently widowed. Andrew died in 1714. In Andrew's will he mentions 'his wife Sarah, and son in law William Elliott'.[2] By 'son in law', in colonial times, it often meant stepson.
Later, his widow Sarah would petition the court for certain items she said she had not received and were her right, as promised by her late husband. The court granted her request as valid and as a 'particular bequest' of her late husband.
- MUNROE v MUNROE's Exrs.
SARAH MUNROE, Relict of ANDREW MUNROE, Gent., deced. by her Petition to this Court sett forth that ANDREW MUNROE by his Last Will and Testament did give and bequeath to her, SARAH, the Horse she usually did ride with her bridle and saddle, a feather bed and bolster with a rugg blanketts and sheets, a quilt and a pair of curtains and vallances, and that RICHARD WATTS, CHARLES TYLER and WILLIAM MUNROE, the Executors do refuse to deliver the same to SARAH and prayed thereon &c., to which the Executors appeared and said that they have paid the Petitioner one full Child's part ofthe Testator's Estate in which she hath had all and singular the Legacies in the Will delivered to her by these Defendts. and they say that neither by Law nor Equity she ought to have both &c., upon hearing as also the arguements by each party alleadged it is the opinion of the Court that the Legacy abovementioned was designed by the Testator as a perticular bequest and not intended to be in lieu of any part of ANDREW MUNROE's Estate which by Law the Petitioner might claime, and thereupon they doe order the Executors to deliver her the same with costs alias Exon; [3]
1739-Death and Will
Sarah's will was written July of 1739, and proved November, 1739.
MONROE, SARAH, 25 July 1739; 27 Nov. 1739. Son John Elliott; dau. in law Sibella Elliott; grandson John Elliott 1 negro boy; grandson Foxhall Sturman 1 negro girl; grandson Spence Monroe 12 shillings; to Mr. Wharton Ransdell 3 shillings for pair of gloves; dau. Sarah Ransdell; my five grandchildren Elizabeth, Sarah, Martha Sturman, Thomas Ransdell and Sarah Elliott Ransdell; exr. John Elliott.[4]
Research Notes
Regarding the child's share mentioned above in the claim made by Sarah against the will of Andrew Monroe, of interest is the following:
'Dower and Widow Rights'
A later act in 1673 more specifically established the dower rights of widows ... that the widow should receive one-third of her husband’s property, including his personal items. This clause, however, only applied if there were one or two children as a result of the marriage...If there were more offspring then the widow was guaranteed at least a child’s share. An additional clause cemented dower claims even harder by stipulating that a husband could leave his wife more estate than the law required, but not less.'
Maiden Name Foxhall
Birth Date 1665
Birth Place Stalisfield, Swale Borough, Kent, England
Death Date 27 Nov 1739
Death Place Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States of America
Cemetery Saint James Episcopal Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States of America
Has Bio? Y
Spouse John Elliott
Children John Elliott
URL http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49092840&ref=acom
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Foxall-19 and Foxhall-26 appear to represent the same person because: The multiple marriages and multiple ways of spelling Foxall and Elliott has probably led to the confusion but these two profiles represent the same woman.