Born about in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Snyder
and Catharine Amelia (Voorman) Snyder
Sister of
John Snyder, George Washington Snyder, Charles Snyder, Henry Snyder, Jacob Henry Snyder, Leah R. (Snyder) Fout and Issac Snyder
Wife of
Joseph Wilkin
— married
about 30 Jun 1815 in Hardy, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mathias (Wilkin) Wilkins, Catherine (Wilkin) Whetzel, Job Wilkins, Archibald (Wilkin) Wilkins, Margaret (Wilkin) Vaughn, Pharoah Wilkin and Silas Wilkin
Died
at about age 50
in Lost River, Hardy, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Sarah Snyder was born in September 1792 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Jacob Snyder and Catherine Voorman.
She married Joseph Wilkin in Hardy Co., Virginia in June 1815.[1]
1820 census -- Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
- Name: Joseph Wilkens
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Hardy, Virginia
- Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 (Mathias, Moses)
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 (Joseph)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 (Catherine)
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (Sally)
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
- Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 5
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5[2]
1830 census -- Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
- Name: Joseph Wilkin
- Home in 1830: Hardy, Virginia
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Pharoah)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3 (Job, Archibald, Aaron)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Moses)
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 (Joseph)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Margaret)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Catherine)
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Sarah)
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 9
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9[3]
1840 census -- Hardy Co., Virginia, USA
- Name: Sarah Wilkins
- Home in 1840: Hardy, Virginia
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Silas)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (Pharoah)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Job)
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 (Archibald, Aaron)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Margaret)
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (Catherine)
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Sarah)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
- No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 8
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8[4]
She died in November 1842 in Lost River, Virginia. She is buried in Wilkins Family Cemetery in Lost River, Virginia.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR63-1YS : 11 February 2018), Joseph Wilkins and Sally Snider, 30 Jun 1815; citing Hardy Co., West Virginia, v 1 p 54, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 818,697.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLY-WCX : accessed 20 June 2021), Joseph Wilkens, Hardy, Virginia, United States; citing p. 1196, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 137; FHL microfilm 193,696.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH54-CB6 : 17 August 2017), Joseph Wilkin, Hardy, Virginia, United States; citing 106, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 191; FHL microfilm 29,670.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHB9-9P4 : 20 August 2017), Sarah Wilkins, Hardy, Virginia, United States; citing p. 112, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/60686490/sarah-wilkins : accessed 20 June 2021), memorial page for Sarah “Sallie” Snyder Wilkins (3 Sep 1792–8 Nov 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #60686490, citing Wilkins Family Cemetery, Lost River, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Ruth (Wilson) Lowell (contributor 47305255) .
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Categories: Hardy County, Virginia | Wilkins Cemetery, Lost River, West Virginia
I can't tell from the profile how Sarah's father, Jacob, was identified as the Jacob Snyder born in Ulster Co., NY. I will be grateful for an explanation of the connection.