Sarah (Potter) Eldred (1772 - 1795)

Born 6 Mar 1772 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Eldred — married 27 Jan 1790 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1795 at age 23 in New Lisbon, Otsego, New York

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1772. She was the daughter of William Potter and Alice Waite. She passed away about 1795.

Their daughter as Electa Eldred on uncle Caleb Potter's admin papers at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYCP-97S?i=238&cc=1920234

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Daughter of William Potter and Alice Waite. . First Wife of Thomas Eldred, whom she married on January 27, 1790, in Pownal, Bennington, VT

She is identified as Sally Eldridge, "third daughter" in the probate of her father William Potter's estate. As third daughter, she would have been born before daughter Olive (in 1774). Hence, any other Sally Eldred who is linked to William Potter and Alice Waite is erroneous

Birth date on Find a Grave page 6 Mar 1772

Myers Cemetery, Otsego County, New York

Gravesite Details: Stones overturned and family plot now used for farming

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Richard Sheldon Sr.

• Their daughter as Electa Eldred on uncle Caleb Potter's admin papers at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYCP-97S?i=238&cc=1920234

• Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180887973
• "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1N-NLFK : 29 November 2018), Sarah Eldred in entry for Ishmael Eldred, 16 Dec 1894