Sarah (Hall) Wiswall (1737 - abt. 1769)

Born 9 Apr 1737 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Daniel Wiswall — married 12 Apr 1753 (to 12 Sep 1767) in Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 17 Sep 1769 at about age 32 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah, daughter of Richard and Mary (Maudsley) Hall, was born in Dorchester, Suffolk, Provence of Massachusetts on 9 April 1737; She married Daniel, son of Ebenezer and Ann (Capen) Wiswell, there on 12 April 1753; She died there on or afrer 17 September 1769.

Sarah died at age 32, during or after childbirth, she was survived by her husband Daniel and at least five of their nine known children

Children

1. Daniel (1754-1824), m. 1785 Mary Howe
2. Ann (1755-1845), m. 1788 George Manning
3. Mary (1757-1826), m. 1782 Thomas Perry
4. Johnathan (1759-1831), m. Sarah Blackman
5. Richard (1761-1761), d.y.
6. Elizabeth 1763-1763), d.y.
7. Elizabeth (1764-1844), m. 1782 Samuel Davenport
8. Hannah (1768-1800), m. 1796 John Farrington
9. Sarah (1769-1769), d.y.

Timeline

• 1737, 9 April - Sarah is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts to Richard and Mary Hall ^[1]
• 1753, 12 April - Sarah Hall married Daniel Wiswell in Dorchester ^[2]
• 1754 to 1769 -births of 9 children in Dorchester
• 1761, 10 Nov - death of son Richard in Dorchester
• 1763, 13 Apr - death of daughter Elizabeth in Dorchester
• 1767, 12 September - death of daughter Sarah Hall Wiswell in Dorchester, age 13 years ^[3]
• 1768, 5 Nov - birth of Hannah Wiswell, daughter of Daniel and Sarah ^[4]
• 1769, 17 Sep - death of daughter Sarah Wiswall, in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 33 days ^[5]
• 1769, 17 Sep or after - Sarah (Hall) Wiswell.dies at age 32 (record not found.)
• 1770, 1 Nov - widower Daniel Wiswall married second Lydia Tufts in Medford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts ^[6]

Research Notes

• need 1769/1770 death record for Sarah (Hall) Wiswall/Wiswell
• was Daniel Wiswall a Loyalist?, did he remove to Nova Scotia?
• a second and different Lydia Tufts of Charlestown married in 1795 to John Tapley

Sources

1. ↑ 1737 Birth for Sarah Hall in "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, database online with images [subscription Ancestry Image
2. ↑ 1753 Marriage for Daniel Wiswell and Sarah Hall in "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-HZY1 : 11 May 2022), Daniel Wiswell and Sarah Hall, 12 Apr 1753; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.
3. ↑ Daniel Wiswell in entry for 1767 Death for Sarah Wiswell in "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, database online with images [subscription Ancestry Image
4. ↑ 1768 Birth for Hannah Wiswell in "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, database online with images [subscription] Ancestry Image
5. ↑ Daniel Wiswall in 1769 Death for daug. Sarah Wiswall in "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," ancestry.com [subscription] Ancestry Record
6. ↑ 1770 Marriage for Daniel Wiswell in "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records," ancestry.com [subscription] Ancestry Record