Sarah (Gittins) Clarke (1747 - 1841)

Born 1747 in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Clark — married 31 Oct 1772 in Church Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 1841 at about age 94 in Pulverbatch, Church Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Sarah (Gittins) Clarke was born in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England.

Sarah (Gittins) Clarke was baptised on Apri 25, 1747 at St George in Pontesbury, Shropshire^[1]. Her parents were Thomas Gittins (1719 - ) and Martha (Harris) Gittins (1723 - ).

St George's parish church, Pontesbury, Shropshire, seen from the southeast (1885), taken by John Thomas, Photographic collection. (WlAbNL)003381774, Wikimedia Commons

Sarah married William Clark (1744 - 1808) on October 31, 1772 by licence at St Edith in Church Pulverbatch, Shropshire^[2]. Sarah signed the marriage record with an X.

St Edith's parish church, Church Pulverbatch, Shropshire, seen from the southeast (2010), taken by Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

They had the following children:

1. Mary Clark (1773 - )
2. John Clark (1774 - )
3. Sarah Clark (1778 - 1778)
4. Martha Clark (1779 - )
5. Christianna (Clark) Blower (1783 - 1859)
6. Ann Clark (1785 - )
7. William Clark (1787 - )
8. Susannah Clark (1789 - )
9. Laetitia Clark

Sarah was buried on February 19, 1841 at St Edith's, Church Pulverbatch.^[3]

Research Notes

• Pontesbury to Church Pulverbatch - three miles.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Shropshire Baptisms"
   Reference: P220/A/1/2; Page: 39
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 12 December 2021)
   Sarah Gittins baptism on 26 Apr 1747, daughter of Thomas & Martha, in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Shropshire Marriages"
   Reference: P65/A/3/1
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 12 December 2021)
   William Clarke marriage to Sarah Gittins on 31 Oct 1772 in Church Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England.
3. ↑ Burial: "Shropshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1900"
   Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at Shropshire Archives; Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Page number: 40
   Ancestry au Record 62291 #248971 (accessed 2 July 2023)
   Sarah Clarke burial (died in 1841) on 19 Feb. 1841 in Church Pulverbatch, Shropshire, England.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 May 2021, 00:05), entry for Sarah Gittins (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHZ5-SXK ); contributed by various users.