Sarah (Wakelee) Barnes (abt. 1756 - 1812)

Born about 1756 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Barnes — married 20 Nov 1777 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1812 at about age 56 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Born ABT 1756. probably Waterbury, Connecticut. Note: calculated from age at death.

Died 1 APR 1812. Wolcott, Connecticut. ^[1]

Note: Admitted to the Cong Church at Wolcott by letter on 6 Nov 1791 (1:39).

Marriage Husband Josiah Barnes. Wife Sarah Wakelee. 20 NOV 1777. Wolcott, Connecticut. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S9 Wolcott Cong Ch Rec 1:34 "Josiah Barns & his wife the parents of 1 young man, died, both of them in 1 morning of Wednesday the 1st of April - he, between the hours of 12 & 1 - she about 7 oclock. They were both interred in one grave. Their disorder was considered to be peripneumony. He was 67 years of age she 56." (NEHGS has a document that was discovered amongst the papers of New Milford town clerk John S. Addis. The description on the document identifies it as, "A list of the unfortunate persons who have died with a disorder which carrys them off from 3 to 8 days after taken, named by the Doctors the Peripnumony an inflammation of the lungs fom January in the year of LORD 1812." So this was some type of flu or other contagion that was going around in more than one town at the time.)
2. ↑ Source: #S9 Wolcott Cong Ch Rec 1:21

• Source: S9 church record