Sarah (Hankins) Clift (1746 - 1792)

Born 13 Jan 1746 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Clift — married about 1762 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1792 at about age 45 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1746. She was the daughter of Daniel Hankins and Hannah Clift.

Sarah's parents had a rocky marriage and for part of her life Hannah Hankins, lived with Sarah and her husband Thomas Clift. In 1790 Hannah was not living with Daniel when and the Pittsylvania County Court ordered him to pay her support.^[1]

It appears that Hannah probably lived the remainder of her life with her daughter & son-in-law in Pittsylvania Co., VA. ^[2]

Two years after Hannah's death Thomas Clift, the husband of Sarah Hankins (Hannah's daughter) filed a Bill of Complaint (called a "breach of assumption") Mar 1793 and the court awarded him funds from Daniel Hankins for the support and maintenance of Hannah. An agreement was apparently reached between the parties involved because Daniel gave two hundred acres to his daughter, Sarah Hankins Clift. The timing of the gift to Hannah's death and the wording of the deed looks somewhat like a "make-up".

Sources

1. ↑ Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Order Bk 6, pg. 428, August 1790: Hannah Hankins, Plt. agst Daniel Hankins, Dft.. Court decrees and orders Daniel to pay his wife Hannah support of five pounds per quarter on temporary basis until case fully determined, and first payment to be immediate.
2. ↑ Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Order Bk 7, pg. 139, March 1791: Suit of Hannah Hankins agst. Daniel Hankins dismissed due to death of Plaintiff.

See also:

• Research of Jim Self for the Cottage Hill website of Jim Hankins--website no longer online
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