Sarah (Weston) Benton (1762 - aft. 1787)

Born 6 Dec 1762 in Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Benton — married 14 Mar 1782 (to 23 Sep 1787) in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Died after 23 Sep 1787 after age 24 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

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This Sarah Weston is often shown as the wife of Eliphalet Adams in Plainfield, New Hampshire. That has to be incorrect based on the fact that this Sarah died in Sep 1787 (sources shown) and the other "Sally Weston" married Adams in Nov 1787 and had children after that.

Sarah Weston, daughter of Jonathan Weston, was born on 6 December 1762 in Tolland, Connecticut.^[1]

Sarah Weston of Willington, Connecticut married Jacob Benton on Mar 14, 1782. ^[2] They had Anna (born Feb 1, 1783) and William (born Aug 29, 1785). ^[3]

Sarah Weston Benton, wife of Jacob Benton, died in Tolland, Connecticut on 23 Sep 1787 ^[4] and is buried in Tolland at South Yard Cemetery. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ This is a BIRTH RECORD indexed incorrectly as a death record. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F735-TFX : 11 June 2020), Sarah Weston, 1762.
2. ↑ This is a MARRIAGE RECORD indexed incorrectly as a death record. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L4-9V7 : 11 June 2020), Sarah Weston in entry for Jacob Benton, 1782.
3. ↑ The early history of Tolland Waldo, Loren Pinckney; Tolland County Historical Society. (Publisher Hartford, Press of Case, Lockwood & company, 1861) Pages 81-82
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KK-DFM : 11 June 2020), Sarah Benton, 1787.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225209987/sarah-benton: accessed 24 July 2023), memorial page for Sarah Weston Benton (unknown–23 Sep 1787), Find A Grave: Memorial #225209987, citing South Yard Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by C D Bird (contributor 49157592).

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