Sarah (Waterhouse) Nott (1702 - 1779)

Born 16 Jan 1702 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Gershom Nott — married 17 Sep 1721 in Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1779 at age 77 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Sarah Waterhouse was born 16 August 1702 to Abraham and Hannah (Stark) Waterhouse (aka Watrous) in Saybrook, Connecticut.^[1]

She married Gershom Nott ^[2] on 17 September 1721. Their marriage is recorded in Wethersfield,^[2] but the record, as per Barbour, lacks a date. It is not clear how various genealogies fixed on this date.^[3]

Children, all born in Wethersfield:^[2]

• Patience Nott, b. 24 May 1722
• Sarah Nott, b. 12 March 1727
• Prudence Nott, b. 16 November 1729
• Mehitable Nott, b. 10 August 1732
• Hannah Nott, b. 18 October 1741

Sarah was executrix of Gershom's estate on his death in 1772. She died 1 March 1779 in Wethersfield.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Schott, Nancy E, and Lorraine C. White. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Saybrook, 1635-1850 : Sharon, 1739-1865. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2000.; consulted as "Saybrook Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - T-Y." transcribed by Coralynn Brown, dunhamwilcox.net, Jane Devlin, 2014 (http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/saybrook_barbour_t-y.htm).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wilmes, Debra F, and Lorraine C. White. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2002; consulted as "Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1634-1868 - M-Q," transcribed by Coralynn Brown, dunhamwilcox.net. Jane Devlin, 2014 (http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/wethersfield_barbour_m-q.htm).
3. ↑ Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Hartford: F.A. Brown, 1856, p. 166 (https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalnote00good#page/166/mode/2up).