Sarah Moseley

Sarah was the daughter of Robert Hancock and Johana "Joan" Ligon. She married Arthur Moseley sometime in October 1688 in St. John's Church, Henrico County, Virginia.

They were the parents of:

1. Arthur (January 03, 1690-October 13, 1736) married Martha Branche Cocke
2. William (1692-unknown)
3. Mary (1694-unknown)
4. Robert Ligon (1696-unknown)
5. Judith (1700-unknown)
6. Sarah (1702-unknown)
7. Thomas (1698-unknown)
8. Hancock (1706-unknown)
9. Francis (unknown-unknown)

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References:

D’Aiutolo, Leila Eldridge, Warren L. Forsythe, William S. Hubbard, Mary Carolyn Mitton. The Descendants of William Moseley 1656/1606-1655 of Norfolk, Va. 2 vols. 2000. • A tremendous compilation of the descendants of this early Colonial immigrant. The book is based on other published genealogies in addition to the material John Hale Stutesman gathered on the Moseley family and contributed to the Chesterfield Historical Society. Covers Arthur Moseley who married Sarah Hancock and their son Arthur Moseley who married a Sarah Hancock.

Sarah was Arthur’s first cousin, his mother being sister of Sarah’s father Robert Hancock.

The Hancocks were neighbors of the Moseleys and the Ligons, and Robert Hancock, a son of Simon Hancock and his wife Sarah, the widow of Gilbert Gaye, was a man of means in the community around Lynnhaven Bay.

Sarah’s marriage to Arthur is recorded in Oct 1688/9 in Henrico Marriages p 97. She is mentioned in her mother’s (Johan Ligon Hancock) will dated Oct. 1726, probated 2 Nov 1726 indicating that she was still alive at this time.