Sarah Adams

Born about 1642 in Casco Bay, Cumberland, Maine [uncertain]

Daughter of Arthur Mackworth and Jane (Unknown) Mackworth

Sister of James Andrews [half], Rebecca Andrews [half], Jane (Andrews) Neale [half], Elizabeth (Andrews) Blaney [half], Samuel Andrews [half], Philippa (Andrews) Nelson [half] and Rebecca (Mackworth) Rogers

Wife of Abraham Adams — married about Feb 1665 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Mother of Sarah (Adams) Grant, Abraham Adams, Jane (Adams) Snelling, Mackworth Adams, Isaac Adams and Zachariah Adams

Died about 1678 at about age 36 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah Mackworth, daughter of Arthur Mackworth and Jane Andrews, the widow of Samuel Andrews[1] was born about 1642 in Casco Bay, Maine. Sarah's birth date is based on her father's marriage to Jane Andrews being after 1638,[2] [3] and that her sister, Rebecca was the eldest daughter.[4]

By the year 1665, Sarah was married to Abraham Adams[1] of Boston.[5] [2] Sarah and Abraham returned to Boston about 1667 where they had 6 children:

Sarah born about 1666 [5]
Abraham born 11 November 1667[6]
Jane born 22 February 1669 [7]
Mackworth born 17 April 1672 [8]
Isaac born 10 November 1674 [9]
Zachariah born about 1676 died 16 May 1703 [5]
Sarah passed away in Boston about 1678.[1][10]

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Profile last modified 24 Feb 2022 | Created 17 Jan 2020

Sarah (Mackworth) Adams (abt. 1642 - abt. 1678)

Sarah Adams formerly Mackworth

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nathaniel Lane Taylor, "The Mackworths of Shropshire: Royal Ancestry and Colonial Descendants," in The Genealogist, 2021. Vol. 35, No. 2, 182-191: profile of Arthur Mackworth, person 12. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660: A Descriptive List ..." Pages 131-2
↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700 AncestryLink
↑ Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Volume 5, page 742 (143/208)
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Volume 1, pages 58-59, pages attached
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMS-XDD : 15 January 2020), Sarah in entry for Abraham Adams, 1667.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTM-RF3Z : 10 November 2020), Sarah in entry for Jane Adams, 22 Feb 1669; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM3-J5N : 15 January 2020), Hannah in entry for Mackworth Adams, 1672.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMQ-DSC : 15 January 2020), Sarah in entry for Isaac Adams, 1674.
↑ Her death date is from the unsourced date estimate shown in the biography of her husband Abraham Adams
Collections of the Maine Historical Society 1st Ser.̈, Volume 1 (Google eBook) Maine Historical Society. Page 69.