Sarah Lawrence1

#8687, (circa 1644 - 25 December 1713)
Relationship7th great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Thomas Lawrence1 (s 1608 - 1655)
Mother*Elizabeth Bates1 (s 1614 - )

Family

William Pixley b. s 1640, d. 1689
Children 1.Sarah Pixley9 (1665 - 1683)
 2.Thomas Pixley+9 (1667 - 1731)
 3.William Pixley Jr.+9 (1669 - c 1712)
 4.Joseph Pixley+9 (1676 - )
 5.Anthony Pixley8 (1687 - 1689)
Not incl. in Savage III:63.2 
There are two marriages of "Sarah Lawrence" in Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (see citation); the Hadley/Northampton marr. is selected as Sarah's sister Elizabeth removed to Northampton betw. 1660 and 1665.3 
According to Judd in "History of Hadley", Sarah d. before 1681, and William m. Sarah _____ in 1681 as his 2nd wife. This second Sarah d. 25 Dec 1713.4 
Birth*circa 1644She was born circa 1644 at MassachusettsG.1 
Baptism4 March 1643/44She was baptized on 4 March 1643/44 at Hingham, Suffolk (now Plymouth) Co., MassachusettsG.1,5 
circa 1656She removed with Elizabeth Bates to Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG, circa 1656.6 
24 November 1663 As of 24 November 1663,her married name was Pixley.7 
Marriage*24 November 1663She married William Pixley on 24 November 1663 at Hadley/Northampton/Westfield, Massachusetts.7 
1668She and William Pixley removed in 1668 Northampton.4 
Death*25 December 1713She died on 25 December 1713 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MassachusettsG.8 

Citations

  1. [S814] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol. II (Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co. (reprint), 1893), pp. 429-7, bapt. Hingham 4 Mar 1643/4.
  2. [S165] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, four volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), III:63, entry for Thomas Lawrence of Hingham.
  3. [S183] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (GPC) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), p. 589, William Pixley and Sarah Lawrence, 24 Nov 1663, Hadley/Nothampton/Westfield; p. 829, Joseph Winslow ( -1699) and Sarah [Lawrence], m/2 Charles LeBros. Online Ancestry.com.
  4. [S290] Sylvester Judd and Lucius Boltwood, History of Hadley, including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby Masssachusetts (Springfield, Mass.: H.R. Hunting and Company, 1905), p. 111.
  5. [S816] Rev. Peter Hobart and others, Hobart's Journal 1637-1847 (online Ancestry.com), 133 images from the journal, from the Journal, as written by Andrew H. Ward, Esq., in his article "First Settlers of Hingham" (NEHGR II:250, July 1848), attributed to Rev. Hobart's son., img 9/133; Sarah Lawrence bp. 4 Mar1644. Hereinafter cited as Hobart's Journal.
  6. [S2647] John B Lawrence, The Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence (Boston: S K Whipple and Company, 1857), p. 189. "Mr. Thomas Lawrence died Nov. 5, 1655, at Hingham. The “Widdow Lawrence,” named on the town-records, shortly after the decease of her husband, removed with her family to Dorchester."
  7. [S183] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p. 589, William Pixley and Sarah Lawrence, 24 Nov 1663, Hadley/Northampton/Westfield; (see also a diff. Sarah, p. 829, Joseph Winslow ( -1699) and Sarah [Lawrence], m/2 Charles LeBros.
  8. [S817] Rev. Emerson Davis, "A Record of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Westfield, Mass., Prior to the Year 1700", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6:3 (July 1852): p. 269: "William Pixley, wife Sarah --- had Anthony, b. July 4, 1687, d, Ap. 25, 1697. Mr. Wm. Pixley d. Oct 9, 1689. Mrs. Pixley d. Dec. 25, 1713."
  9. [S818] Edward Evans Pixley and Franklin Hanford, compilers, Edward Dinwoodie Strickland, editor, William Pixley of Hadley, Northampton, and Westfield, Mass. and Some of His Descendants (Buffalo, NY: Privately Printed, 1900).