Born in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Penfield
and Eunice (Ogden) Penfield
Sister of
Eunice (Penfield) Giddings, John Penfield Jr., Sturges Penfield, Allen Penfield and Abel Ogden Penfield
Wife of
Philo Stewart
— married
12 Sep 1791 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Wife of
Thomas Hammond
— married
9 Sep 1815 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Amasa Stewart
Died
at age 81
in Vermont, United States
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| Created 13 Jan 2018
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Biography
Sarah Penfield was born on 10 February 1771 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, British Colonial America. She was the oldest daughter of Sgt. John Penfield and his wife Eunice Ogden. She was one of 10 children from this family.
She died on 27 February 1852 in Vermont, United States and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States. [1]
Marriage
Sarah Penfield was married to her 1st husband Philo Stewart, (son of Alexander Stewart and Sarah Bogue) on 12 September 1791 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. He was co-founder of Oberlin College where many Penfields have attended.
After Philo's death in 1812, Sarah was married to her 2nd husband Col. Thomas Hammond the son of Daniel Hammond and his wife Lucy Jones, on 9 September 1815.
She was again widowed but died five years after Thomas's death.
Children
Children of Sarah Penfield and her 1st husband Philo Stewart;
- 1. Elizabeth "Betsy" Stewart. b. 1794 - d. 1874.
- 2. Allen Stewart. b. 1795 - d. 1814.
- 3. Philo Penfield Stewart Jr. b. 1798 - d. 1868.
- 4. Amasa Stewart. b. 1802 - d. 1884.
- 5. John Stewart. b. 1804 - d. ?
- 6. Sarah Ann Stewart. b. 1809 – d. 1901.
Sources
- Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #96017743
- ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVH-PYG : 19 February 2021), Sarah Hammond, 1852.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~1.56%
Pam Weir
:
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~1.56%
Jeff Wilson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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