Sarah (Gregory) Betts (abt. 1711 - abt. 1760)

Born about 1711 in Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1760 at about age 49 in Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Biography

Sarah was born abt, 1711. She married in 1736 to John Betts. She died after 1760, the date of John's death, as she is mentioned in his Will. Their children are:

1. Nehemiah Betts, m. Hannah Bouton; had children
2. Timothy Betts
3. John Betts, m. Martha Smith; children include Nehemiah of Ballston.
4. Jesse Betts, m. Ruth Belden. Children include Esther (m.Aaron Hyatt), Sarah (m. Samule Loder)
5. Sarah Betts, m. Samuel Seymour of Horse Neck, had children
6. Susannah Betts, m. Zuriah Fitch of Huntington, Long Island, NY
7. Elizabeth Betts, b. 4 Jun 1742, d. Jan 1786-7; m. Abraham Gregory, a relative, b. 17 Sep 1736.
8. Mary Betts, m. Sylvanus Hoyt of New Canaan. Children include Jesse Hoyt whom she lived with in New York,
9. Hannah Betts

Sources

• "Connecticut Ancestry", Stamford Genealogical Society, p.183 [1]

• "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1", edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, p. 103 [2]

• Charles Melbourne Selleck, "Norwalk", 1896, p.466 [3]

• Royal Ralph Hinman "Genealogy of the Puritans", 1852, p. 400, citing children of John Betts and Hannah Burwell: John, b. July 27, 1711, m. Sarah Gregory. [4]

• James E. Richmond, "War On the Middleline: The Founding of a Community In the Kayaderosseras Patent In the Midst of the American Revolution" 2016 [5]

• Ancestry.com [6]

Notes

A search of FamilySearch.org, Ancestry.com, AmericanAncestors.org and Find-a-Grave returned no records for her based on dates and locations in this profile. Caryl Ruckert 9/30/2018.

Thanks Caryl. Research indicates that the "Gregory" surname from Ancestry.com may be corroborated by both the Charles Melbourne Selleck source, and the Royal Ralph Hinman source, both cited above. Selleck states: "Abraham (1st), born September 17, 1736, son of John Gregory (4th), married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Gregory) Betts...". No further information on this Sarah Gregory is given in this source. The previously noted DoB of 27 Jul 1711 on this profile seems to come from Ancestry,com and has been given in other sources as the DoB of John Betts, her husband. Until further corroboration is found, I have changed the DoB to 1711, uncertain; location of birth Connecticut, uncertain, and date of death "1760, uncertain". A possible resource for her ancestry may come from the James E. Richmond book, in reference to the disposition of the estate of John and Hannah Betts, which states that their son Joseph shared executor responsibilities with his older brothers John and Burwell... "John had married Sarah Gregory in 1736 and Burwell married Thankful Gregory four years later". (Note that the profile for Burwell The Betts and Gregory families owned considerable acreage next to each other for generations, and several marriages between the two families, with similar names, requires care in research. Norm Davis 10/9/2018

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