Sarah Hart (abt. 1653 - 1666)

Born about 1653 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 1666 at about age 13 in Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah Hart, born in Farmington about 1653, baptized October 23, 1653, burned to death December 16, 1666^[1].

Marriage

25 JUL 1673 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

15 JUL 1692 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Notes

This fire may not have occurred as described here. Research by David Mauro published in the July/August 1997 issue of Hart Historical Notes seems to show that no Indians were involved. Dr. C. Bickford of the Connecticut Historical Society is quoted:

"The 19th century accounts of Farmington contain a lot of fiction. Without any corroborating evidence to support Andrew's story, I had to conclude that it was without substance."

There may have been a fire of unknown origin, though. From the "Hart Family History, Silas Hart, His Ancestors and Descendants." by William Lincoln Hart, 1942, Alliance, Ohio, page 17:

"The Rev. Samuel Danforth, pastor of the first church in Roxbury kept a diary, and under the date of February 11, 1666 (O.S.) appears the following entry: "Tidings came to us from Connecticut how that on ye 15th of 10M66 Sergeant Hart, ye son of Deacon Hart and his wife, and six children were all burned in their house at Farmington, no man knowing how the fire was kindled, neither did any of the neighbors see ye fire till it was past remedy. The church there had kept a fast at this man's house two days before. One of his sons being at a farm, escaped the burning."

Sources

1. ↑ Hart, William Lincoln, "Hart Family History: Silas Hart, His Ancestors and Descendants" Alliance, Ohio. (1942)

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1862)
• Great Migration Begins database: NEHGS Website: Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society website - www.newenglandancestors.org