Biography

This profile is part of the Sapwell Name Study.

1850 Census Record shows Williams' family in Vermont, with father, motheer and firsts child born in England. Father birth date would have been approximately 1804:

Name: William Sapwell Sex: Male Age: 3 Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States Event Place (Original): Middletown, Rutland, Vermont, United States Birth Year (Estimated): 1847 Birthplace: Vermont Race: White Event Type: Census Household Identifier: 755 House Number: 733 Line Number: 22 Schedule Type: 1850 Population Affiliate Film Number: 927 Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Thom Sapwell M 46 England Susanna Sapwell F 39 England James Sapwell M 18 England Mary A Sapwell F 15 New York Elizabeth Sapwell F 8 Vermont Thom Sapwell M 6 Vermont

Digital Folder Number: 004206190 Microfilm Number: 444926 Image Number: 00686 Indexing Batch: N00992-3 ^[1]

Marriage Record: Name: William Sapwell Sex: Male Age: 30y Birth Date: 1850 Birthplace: Hamilton, New York Spouse's Name: Josephine S. Nicholson Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 23y Spouse's Birth Date: 1857 Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1880 Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1880 Marriage Place: Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan Marriage Place: Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan ^[2]

Death Record: Name: William Sapwell Gender: Male Age: 54 Race: White Birth Date: 1852 Death Date: 09 Apr 1905 Death Place: Nelson, Kent, Michigan, USA Father: Thomas Sapwell ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census Record Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2F-9HP : 23 December 2020), William Sapwell in household of Thom Sapwell, Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36X-75H : 18 February 2021), William Sapwell and Josephine S. Nicholson, 21 Sep 1880; citing Marriage, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207610. Reference: v 2 p 143 rn 1149 Digital Folder Number: 4207610 Microfilm Number: 2342466 Image Number: 142 Indexing Batch: M01713-7
3. ↑ Death Record Source: Citation information: The Library of Michigan; Michigan Death Records Project; Rolls: 1-302; Archive Barcode/Item Number: 30000008531141; Roll Number: 82; Certificate Number: 18. Title: Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1920, Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Publisher date: 2010, Publisher location: Provo, UT, USA. Repository information: Name, Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Item Data FAMILY NAME Sapwell GIVEN NAME William TYPE OF RESOURCE text COUNTY Kent CITY Nelson FATHERS GIVEN NAME Thomas FATHERS FAMILY NAME Sapwell BIRTH YEAR 1852 DEATH DATE 1905-04-9 Notes AGE 54