Sarah (Thompson) Parkhurst (1766 - 1860)

Born 3 May 1766 in Bellingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Parkhurst — married 23 Dec 1790 (to 14 Sep 1854) in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1860 at age 94 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Sarah (Thompson) Parkhurst was born in Massachusetts.

Sarah, the third of seven children of David Thompson and Lucy Blake was born on 3 May 1766 at Bellingham, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Sarah married Aaron Parkhurst (1761-1854) on 23 December 1790 at Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.^[2] They had seven children: Preston, Polly, Joel, Lewis, Nathan, Luch and David.

Death and Burial

Sarah (Thompson) Parkhurst died on 13 December 1860 at Stafford, Connecticut.^[3][4]She is buried in Stafford Springs Cemetery at Stafford Springs, Tolland, Connecticut.^[5]

Research Notes

• Find-A-Grave notified of misspelled husband's LNAB with sources to support PARKHURST spelling along with other additions and corrections on 16 April 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-NNHP : 18 October 2022), Sarah Thomson, 3 May 1766; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009658.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-NN3M : 18 October 2022), Aaron Parkhurst and Sarah Thomson, 23 Dec 1790; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009658.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7FS-S68 : 16 January 2020), Sarah Parkes, 1860.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7FR-D3N : 16 September 2020), Sarah Parkess, 1860.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51162426/sarah-parkess: accessed 16 April 2023), memorial page for Sarah Thompson Parkess (3 May 1766–13 Dec 1860), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51162426, citing Stafford Springs Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by John Miethner (contributor 46906642).

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M68B-Q2F : Tue Mar 14 06:17:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Aaron Parker and Polly Parker, 1850.