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Sarah (Hix) Huff (abt. 1755 - bef. 1800)

Sarah Huff formerly Hix
Born about in Virginiamap [uncertain]
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 3 Mar 1773 in Bedford, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died before before about age 45 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

On 13 Mar 1773 in Bedford County, Virginia, Samuel Huff (about 1750 place unknown – after 1820 / unknown, possibly Marion County, Illinois) married Sarah Hix (about 1755 – about or after 1800?, probably Jackson County, Tennessee). Sarah was the daughter of John Hix, as specified in the marriage record. John Hix gave consent and Peter Huff was surety.[1] That one Peter Huff served as surety would indicate a close relationship, although not necessarily that of father and son, unless such was specifically noted in the surety statement or other record that may be available. If a primary source record(s) have been located, please bring it forward, there presently being merely a record as indexed in a secondary source.

She was divorced several times (she is said to have 4 divorce certificates).[2] This was alleged on previous version of this profile, but absent sources to substantiate the notion, it seems implausible.

Can someone provide, does anyone have information that is documented by primary or authoritative sources? While it's all interesting to compare others' undocumented family trees, what too often occurs is that poor information got "out there" at some point, and then others simply copied it. A consensus of misinformation, as it were. How does that adage go?... a Family Tree without sources, is just gossip. And every time it gets repeated, is subject to ever-increasing additional mis-statement or errors creeping in.

So below is some of the may-be gossipy comparisions? that have appeared in this profile during 2010-2019 etc. Maybe it should simply all be disregarded as unsupported, and reference made to what appears to be much better thought-out information appearing on the profile of Sarah (Hix) Huff's spouse, Samuel Huff.

Altogether she is said to have borne fifteen children, including the following: [no source(s) provided]
  1. Elizabeth Huff
  2. Frances Huff
  3. John Huff,
  4. Nancy Huff
  5. Richard Huff
  6. Rachel (Huff) Hays
  7. Samuel Huff, Samuel Huff Jr.
  8. Leonard Huff
  9. William Huff, William Nathan Huff
  10. Leonard Huff
  11. Sarah (Huff) Denton
  12. Tabitha Huff
In c1800, when she was in her mid-forties, Sarah died of unknown causes in Tennessee.

From Ancestry.com'

Sarah Hix, 1755–1800
Birth 1755, Jackson County, Tennessee; Death: 1800, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States.
Marriage: 3 Mar 1773, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia: Samuel Huff (1750–1820)
Residence: 1860 • Monroe, Kentucky, USA. 1860 United States Federal Census.
Family: Parents: John Hix, 1732–1804; Sibella Lydia Rice, 1742–1810. Spouse: Samuel Huff, 1750–1820; Children:
  1. John Huff 1770–1861
  2. Richard Huff 1773–1850
  3. Mary Polly Huff 1774–1823
  4. Rachel Huff 1774–1855
  5. Francis Huff 1777–1855
  6. Samuel Allen Huff 1778–1845
  7. Leonard Peter Huff 1781–1851
  8. Richard Huff 1781–1869
  9. William Huff 1785–1872
  10. Elizabeth Huff 1785–
  11. Nancy Huff 1785–1826
  12. Phillip Huff 1785–1857
  13. Leonard Huff 1788–1824
  14. Sarah Sally Huff 1788–1842
  15. Mary Huff 1790–1852
  16. Tabitha Huff 1791–1863
  17. Elizabeth Huff 1806–1876[3]

From Geni.com

Sarah Huff (Hix)
Birth: circa 1755, Virginia; Death: 1800 (41-49), Jackson, Tennessee, United States.
Immediate Family: Daughter of John Hix/Hicks; Wife of Samuel Huff, Sr.; Mother of Rachel Hays; Francis Huff; Samuel Allen Huff; William Nathan Huff; Leonard Peter Huff and 9 others.
She married Samuel Huff, Sr., 1773.
Rachel Hays, daughter; Francis Huff, son; Samuel Allen Huff, son; William Nathan Huff, son; Leonard Peter Huff, son; Nancy Huff, daughter; Sally Denton (Huff), daughter; Elizabeth Hix, daughter; Tabitha Huff, daughter; Phillip Huff, son; Samuel Huff, son[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ [Marriage record indexed in] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw; Thomas Worth Marshall, compiler. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., vols. 1-6, 1991-<1999>. Reprint of the 1936 ed. published by Edwards Brothers. vol. 6: Virginia, with Douglas Summers Brown, collaborator and historian for Virginia. vol. 6, “Marriage Bonds of Bedford Co., Virginia,” p. 937: HUFF: 1773, 3, 3. Samuel & Sarah Hix, dt John, Peter Huff, Surety. [in this case, being indexed in a Quaker-related source does not mean that Samuel or Sarah were Quaker; non-Quaker marriages that had occurred in Bedford Co. were also indexed along with Quaker marriages.]
  2. ↑ [citation needed] This seems highly dubious, especially since it has also been said in this profile that she had 15 Huff children during the period from her marriage in 1773 and her supposed death in about 1800.
  3. ↑ Tim and NatalieDay, "Sarah Hix," Day Family Tree, Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58715548/person/46487733350/facts. Accessed 18 Sept 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
  4. ↑ Peggy Joyce Huff, "Sarah Huff (Hix)," Geni.com. Record added on October 7, 2008. URL: https://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Huff/6000000011928818169. Accessed 18 Sept 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Non-Sources or See Also / Compare

Others' family tree info and internet, etc. query postings are not "real sources," as it were... as WikiTree Sources.

  • Day, Tim and Natalie, "Sarah Hix," Day Family Tree, Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58715548/person/46487733350/facts. Accessed 18 Sept 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
  • Peggy Joyce Huff, "Sarah Huff (Hix)," Geni.com. Record added on October 7, 2008. URL: https://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Huff/6000000011928818169. Accessed 18 Sept 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
  • Campbell, Elma; James B Daniel Family, Page 29 [unidentifiable source]
  • Apparent cut-and-paste queries or online postings
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 December 2019), memorial page for Sarah Hix Huff (1755–1800), Find A Grave Memorial no. 113145910, ; Maintained by reed (contributor 46920885) Unknown. Note: This Find A Grave Memorial is merely a rough entry for an unknown / non-existent grave. As of Dec 2019, its text information was, for example "married Samuel huff 1773 in Jackson county, tenn"...as the marriage was in Bedford County, Virginia, other data in the stub Memorial may be similarly based on misinformation or guesswork.
  • DAR application approved lineage to Patriot Samuel Huff/Hough. DAR records indicate death date for Sarah Hix Huff as 13 Dec 1794, Jefferson Co, Tennessee.

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.
  • WikiTree profile Hix-116 created through the import of Stough Family Tree.ged on Nov 1, 2011 by Lindsay Coleman.




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Linda (Williams) Martino
The wrong John Hix is attached as her parents. John and Sibiller Hix of Campbell County VA had a daughter Sarah but this is not her. Many will and land records for John and Sibiller exist which clearly define their family. This Sarah Hix Huff e will be disconnected from them.
posted by Linda (Williams) Martino
Huff-3661 Barbara Bartlett Huff
Profile seems like might benefit from a clean-up and update. It kinda doesn't make sense. I'm not a Hix specialist, that seems to be what's needed, someone who is knowlegable about the individual, and who has actual primary (or authoritative!) source citations!!

I have my own mini-summary:

Sarah's years of birth are unknown and have been estimated. Her places of birth and death remain unknown. She may have been born in Virginia and possibly died in Tennessee.

On 13 Mar 1773 in Bedford County, VA, Samuel Huff married Sarah Hix, daughter of John Hix. Peter Huff was surety. --Source: [Marriage record indexed in] Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, vol. 6, p. 937. This does not mean that Samuel or Sarah were Quaker; non-Quaker marriages that had occurred in Bedford Co. were also indexed along with Quaker marriages.

Sooooo... if Sarah was supposed to be the daughter of John Hix per the marriage record--so, like, documented--what other record says the father was a Henry? :-) I mean, a "real" source. Which, of course we know, does NOT mean somebody's undocumented family tree, that they copied from somebody else, who copied from... well, you know how that goes! Anyone have some to cover some of this?

Plus... it would seem remarkable for her to have had all those Huff children (12 listed in this profile...are they all really hers? at least one looks real questionable), and also have been divorced 4 times, like it alleges in the profile bio section. When would she have had the time?!

posted by Barbara Bartlett Huff
Alvis-9 Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
Hix-613 and Hix-5 appear to represent the same person because: Husband is Hix
posted by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
Prickett-120 [Living Prickett]
Hix-335 and Hix-5 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same dob, same spouse

Tn as place of birth is probably wrong as Wikipedia says the first British settlement in Tennessee was in 1756.

posted by [Living Prickett]

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