Sarah Pickett was born about 1641, probably in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her parents were John and Margaret / Margrett (Unknown) Pickett. Sarah was baptized along with three other siblings on 19 November 1648, in Salem.[1] Based on the years of their first marriages, Sarah appears to have been the first born of the siblings, hence her estimated birth year of 1641.
Per Torrey, Sarah's parents were married in Salem about 1639.[2] However, John Pickett is not listed in Anderson's Great Migration Directory, and the 1648 baptisms appear to be John's first Colonial record. It is possible that he and Margaret were married in England and arrived in Salem with children. The 1639 marriage year estimate is probably based on John and Margaret having four children by 1648.
John's youngest child Jacob was baptized in Salem in September 1654.[1] He moved his family to Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony by 1660, where he appears in 1660 as holding home lot 61.[3]
Sarah Pickett married her neighbor Robert Lane on 19 December 1665, in Stratford.[4] They had children, all born in Stratford:[5][6][7]
Sarah (1666/7), married Ebenezer Hurd
Hannah (1668), married Nathaniel Wilcox / Wilcoxson
Daniel (1671-1673/4)
Robert (1673-1674)
John (1674), married Lydia Kelsey, then Hannah Parks
Elizabeth (1676/7), married Thomas Fitch
Margaret (1679), married Theophilus Crane
Rebecca (1682/3), married George Nettleton
Jonathan (1685), married Marcy Wellman and Patience Strong
Mary (1688)
Robert Lane moved this family to Killingworth, New London (now Middlesex), Connecticut Colony in 1695 (see his profile for references).
Robert made his will on 28 July 1712. He names his wife Sarah, sons John and Jonathan, daughters Hannah and Mary, and Thomas Fitch, relic of his deceased daughter Elizabeth.[8]
Robert died in Killingworth on 12 April 1718, and his widow Sarah died there on 11 March 1725/6.[9]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.2 p. 1186(Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
TEXT: "PICKETT, John (-1684) & Margaret ____ (1622-1683); ca 1639?; Salem/Stratford, CT {Keeler-Wood 180, 195; TAG 14:45-6; McCormick-Hamilton 835, 874; Salem 2:188; Stratford Hist. 2:1268; Fairfield Fam. 1:478; Fairfield Prob. 62; Christophers 48; Cary Anc. 66; Lane (#5) 11; Marvin 309; Seymour 2; Reg. 72:210}"
↑ Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886 v.1 p.104 InternetArchive
↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.2 p.918 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
TEXT: "LANE, Robert (1638-1718) & Sarah PICKETT (1648-1725); 19 Dec 1665; Stratford/Killingworth, CT {TAG 9:15, 19, 17:113, 20:Supp. 12; McCormick-Hamilton 836; Cole (1909) 18; Keeler-Wood 180, 195; Stratford Hist. 2:1235, 1268; Lane (,2) 134; Lane (,5) 9; Beckwith Gen 16; Cary Anc. 66; Fairfield Fam. 1:373, 479}"
↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Stratford, p.90 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. NEHGS member site
↑ Chapman, Jacob, Lane Genealogies, 1891, v.2 pp.133-135 InternetArchive
↑ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. 2 vols. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932. v.1 p.373 NEHGS member site
↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1932-. v.17, pp. 113-114 The Mother of Governor Thomas Fitch (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) NEHGS member site
↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870; Killingworth, p.75 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. NEHGS member site
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What is the relation of Sarah to a Mayflower passenger? I have not found any connection (the John Pickett of Salem and Stratford does not appear to have been related to the John Pickett of New London). Might the Mayflower category and sticker be misapplied to Sarah?