Sarah (Rogers) Searle (1677 - 1770)

Born 4 May 1677 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Searl Sr — married about 1694 (to 5 Feb 1750) in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1770 in Little Compton, Plymouth, Rhode Island

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Biography

Sarah Rogers was born on 04 May 1677 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers.^[1][2]

She married Nathaniel Searl, son of Robert and Deborah (Salter) Searl, in Little Compton, Rhode Island in 1694.^[3][2]

Nathaniel Searle of Little Compton, weaver, wrote his will 03 October 1744 and it was presented on 03 April 1750. In it, he named his wife Sarah; son Nathaniel as executor to have all his housing; and daughters Deborah Pearce and Sarah Dring.^[2]

She died in Little Compton, Rhode Island in her 92nd year January 19, 1769/70,^[2] and her gravestone still stands in the Old Commons Burial Ground in Little Compton.^[4][5]
Gravestone inscription:

In memory of Sarah, the wife of Mr. Nathaniel Searle, who died Jan. 19th, 1769, in ye 92nd year of her age.

Children born Little Compton:^[6]

1. Deborah, b. 17 Nov 1695, d. May 1776
2. John, b. 12 Mar 1698; drowned 20 [per Arnold] (26? per MF5G) Mar 1714.
3. Sarah, b. 2 Apr 1700
4. Nathaniel, b. 26 Apr 1703, d. 8 Dec 1781

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-44RR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-T3F%3A353350201%2C353419701%2C353423501 : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Duxbury > Town records 1645-1749 > image 13 of 96; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   "General Records Dates Included 1645-1749, Town of Duxbury", p. 23.

   Sarah Rogers the daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth his wife was borne May 4: 1677

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) pp. 15, 47-48.
3. ↑ James N Arnold, compiler, Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850, (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company: Providence, RI, 1891). james N. Arnold, Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., 1891) Vol. 4, Little Compton, p. 53.

   Searl, Nathaniel, and Sarah ____, 1694.

4. ↑ Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine Jan-Dec 1897 New Series Vol. V Volume 5 (Danvers, Mass: Eben Putnam, 1897) p. 208 (Gives date as 19 or 20 January 1770.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 July 2019), memorial page for Sarah Rogers Searle (4 May 1677–19 Jan 1769), Find A Grave: Memorial #70621093, citing Old Commons Burial Ground, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Mary Grace Lisk (contributor 47518054). (Includes gravestone photo.)
6. ↑ Arnold, VRs of RI, Vol. 4, Little Compton, p. 157.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile.

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