Sarah HOWLAND

Female 1645 - 1712  (67 years)

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  • Name Sarah HOWLAND 
    Birth 1645  Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 Oct 1712  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22376  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Henry HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1603   d. 1671, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Mary NEWLAND   d. 17 Jun 1674 
    Marriage Abt 1625 
    Family ID F09299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert DENNIS,   b. Abt 1630   d. 5 Jun 1691, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 19 Nov 1672  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • HOWLAND Sarah, Duxbury, to Robert Dennis, Portsmouth, Nov. 19, 1672 (recorded at RI Monthly Meeting of Friends, Portsmouth).

      Robert & Sarah were married "att the house of Joshua Coggeshall of Portsmouth before the people of God." (source: Descendants of Robert Dennis of Portsmouth, RI by Otis M. Humphrey, NE Historic and Genealogical Register Vol 49 p 441)
    Children 
     1. Mary Dennis,   b. 20 Sep 1673, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Robert DENNIS,   b. 5 Nov 1677, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1729/30 (Age 52 years)
     3. Sarah Dennis,   b. 31 Oct 1679
     4. John Dennis,   b. 15 Aug 1682   d. 4 Aug 1732 (Age 49 years)
     5. Joseph Dennis,   b. 25 May 1689   d. 24 Oct 1759 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F08486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • DENNIS Sarah, widow of Robert, Portsmouth, aged 67 years, Oct 2 1712, maiden name Howland (death recorded at Quaker Monthly Meeting).

      The will of Sarah Dennis of Portsmouth, widow, dated 26 Sep 1712, proved 13 8th month (Oct) 1712, mentions sons Robert, John, and Joseph; daughters Mary wife of George Lawton, and Sarah wife of Thomas Fish; also grandchildren Ruth and John Lawton. In addition to possessions, she willed 12 shillings each to son John, son Joseph, daughter Sarah Fish, and two grandchildren -- to buy each of them a Bible. Daughter Mary Lawton received a "great bible."

  • Sources 
    1. [S012496] John O. Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), 65.

    2. [S012590] Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S013084] RI Friends' Records, (James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI).