Sarah (Halstead) Gurnee (1736)

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Biography

Sarah Halstead was born in 1736 to Jonah Halstead and Martha Denton. She was named as Sarah Gurney, a daughter, in the will of her father on 19 May 1759.^[1] She was married in 1760 to Stephen Gurnee.

Children:

1. Benjamin Gurnee
2. Halstead Gurnee
3. Martha Gurnee, b. 30 January 1767 at Ramapo, New York, d. 14 October 1846 at Yates, New York, marr. Matthew D. Coe

Sources

1. ↑ Fernow, Berthold, Calendar of Wills, 1626-1836. (The Colonial Dames of the State of New York, New York 1896) Page 185 Digital Image: Archive.org. (https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwillso01fern#page/184/mode/2up : Accessed 24 Sept. 2017)

• Seversmith, Herbert Furman,.Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith .... Washington: unknown, 1939-1958. Halstead 1,230
• Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett (Boston: Bartlett, 1911), Pg. 97; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/robertcoepuritan00bart#page/96/mode/2up : accessed 7 July 2014).

Acknowledgements

This page was created by Gerrie Schneider, WikiTree profile Halstead-460 with biography and sources, on 7 July 2014. Go to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gerrie and others. Thanks to Gerrie Schneider for starting this profile.