Sarah Rouse

Not the same as Sarah Culver

Sarah (unknown)

• AKA Sarah Long, Sarah Wray, Sarah Long Langford, widow of Thomas Langford
• Birth: 1673 - (of) East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island
• Died: 1755 - (of) East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island
• Parents: unknown
• Wife of Thomas Langford - Married 1701
• Wife of Emmanuel Rouse — married 2 Sep 1711 in East Greenwich

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Biography

There’s no evidence seen supporting a maiden name for Sarah of “Long.”

Sarah Rouse, “ widow,” was living in East Greenwich in Jan. 1755, but died shortly after that date.

About 1701, Sarah married first to Thomas Langford (1.Thomas) [c.1665] Birth: Portsmouth, R.I. 1709 Death: Intestate. He had married first at : Newport R.I. to Comfort [Holderbe?], d.1699.

As a widow, she m.13 Sep.1711, Immanuel Rouse. 20 Jun.1690. He and Jacob Pindar were engaged in ferrying Deputies from Newport, R.I. to Narragansett. 1697-1698.

(Vol 1, Genealogies of R.I. Families - Boyd & Shotwell's Ancestorspage 46).

Thomas Langford and his family moved to East Greenwich, R.I., where he was made Freeman in 1699.

Children by 1st wife, Comfort Holderbe:

+3.Thomas Langford, b.22 Mar.1695

Children of Sarah and Thomas Langford:

• 4. Ruth Langford, b.29 Feb.1702; m.1720, Thomas Nichols, b.1691. Children, surnamed Nichols:
  • Thomas, b.1722;
  • Hannah, b.1723;
  • Ruth, b.1729;
  • Benjamin, b.1731.
• 5. Comfort Langford, b.1 Jan.1704; m.1728, Thomas Casey, b.1706, d.1797. Children, surnamed Casey:
  • Sarah, b.1729;
  • Ruth, b.1730;
  • Silas, b.1734;
  • Barbara, b.1737;
  • Elizabeth, b.1744.
• +6.John Langford, b.10 Oct.1705.
• +7. Jonathan Langford, b.1708, d.1739.

Children of Sarah and Emmanuel Rouse:

• Sarah Rouse, b.c. 1712, m. Harrison Weaver
• James Rouse, b. 24 May 1715

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Thomas Langford’s estate

Abstracts of East Greenwich Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman) 2:115.

• Thomas Langford of East Greenwich died intestate. Town council wrote a will for him on 11 Jun 1709, pps. 77-78.
• Widow: Sarah.
• Sons: Thomas (eldest), John and Jonathan.
• Daughters: Ruth (eldest) and Comfort, both under 18 and unmarried.
• Son Thomas chose his own guardian.
• Widow Sarah requested Capt. Thomas Fry and Clement Weaver be guardians to her sons John and Jonathan.

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probate for Thomas Langford 1709

Children of Emmanuel Rouse and his wife Sarah:

Emmanuel and Sarah separated in 1719 as she feared for her life. The Court granted her permission after examination.

(Court of General Trials,Volume A dated 1671 - 1724 (IGA 0945807)

Emmanuel Rouse of Rhode Island

References

1. Rhode Island Roots. Warwick, RI: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1975–. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) < AmericanAncestors >
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Long-3129 wrong parents, extra marriage
3. https://mckaystevens.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I7052&tree=1 wrong parents, extra marriage
4. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Langford_%283%29
5. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/LYTR-DYB wrong parents, cites
   1. Narraganset Reg. Vol. 2 pg. 302 Rhode Island Pub. A pg. 129, Vol. 1 Rhode Island Vol. 1 pg. 44 Submitted by; Clarice Harding Holbrook 1064 South 8th East Salt Lake City, Utah NOTES: Place of birth is listed as East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
   2. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KV-VQ1 : 22 January 2020), Sarah Langford in entry for Manuel Rouse, 13 Sept 1711.
   3. "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8M4-LSD : 4 November 2020), Sarah in entry for James Rouse, 24 Jul 1715; citing Birth, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 926,786.