Sarah Bartlett

Sarah Brewster

• Birth: 1635 Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
• Death: after 5 March 1667/8 and before 21 January 1678/9 (aged 32–33) Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
• Burial: Myles Standish Burying Ground,Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Parents: Love Brewster, "Mayflower" Passenger and Sarah (Collier) Parke
• Spouse: Benjamin Bartlett, Sr. (Bef 1633-1691) - married after 4 Apr 1654 and before 8 August 1655 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. (2nd of 3 wives.)

Biography

Updated 19 August 2023

Retrieved from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brewster-194 and then edited

Sarah Brewster, daughter of Love and Sarah Collier, was born say 1635 in Plymouth Colony in the section that is now Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Her father, Love, left her a bequest in his 1650 will.[1]

Sarah married Benjamin Bartlett probably in Duxbury, after 4 April 1654 and probably before 8 Aug 1655. Benjamin was the son of Robert and Mary (Warren) Bartlett. Sarah was Benjamin's second wife. His first was Susannah Jenny who was deceased before 4 April 1654, when her mother made a bequest in her own will to "elder Thomas Cushman the Bible which was my Daughter Susanna's. Benjamin married a third time to Cecelia ____.[1]

The proof of the marriage between Benjamin Bartlett and Sarah Brewster lies the circumstantial evidence found in several Plymouth records.[1]

• A letter from Jonathan Brewster to his widowed sister-in-law Sarah (Collier) Brewster, 1 Sept 1656, gave Sarah's daughter [unnamed but Sarah (Colliier) Brewster had only one daughter] land.
• 7 Feb 1664/5 Benjamin Bartlettdemanded land in Alcarmus Field formerly belonging to William Brewster [grandfather of Sarah and father of Jonathan]
• 5 Mar 1667/8 The court ordered the claim "unto some land given by Mr. Jonathan Brewster, deceased, unto his wife ... be allowed.
• 2 Mar 1668/9 the court ordered the four acres to be "laid out"
• Documents prove that Benjamin had an unnamed wife, whose maiden name was Brewster (giving her claim to the Brewster land). She was niece to Jonathan Brewster and daughter of his brother Love. Jonathan's letter gave his niece land and Sarah was the only daughter of Love living 6 Oct 1650.[1]

Sarah Bartlett died after 5 Mar 1667/8 (she was mentioned in a court case) and before 21 Jan 1678/9 (her husband's third wife consented to the sale of land).[1]

Children

Sarah (Brewster) Bartlett and Benjamin Bartlett had the following children:[1]

1. Benjamin Bartlett, b. say 1658; m. Ruth Pabodie
2. Samuel Bartlett, b. say 1662; m. Hannah Pabodie
3. Rebecca Bartlett, b. say 1664; m. (1) William Bradford; m. (2) Robert Stanford

Children of Benjamin Bartlett and unknown mother, Sarah or Cecelia. They are not proven as Brewster descendants.[1]. We are showing them as children of Benjamin Bartlett only.

1. Ebenezer Bartlett, b. bef 1670, say 1666; m. Hannah (_____) bef. 1 Mar. 1697/8
2. Sarah Bartlett, b. bef Sept. 1670, say 1668, d. Plymouth, 20 Feb. 1687/8; m. Robert Bartlett in Plymouth, 28 Dec. 1687; no children
3. Ichabod Bartlett, b. bet Sept. 1670 and My 1674; m. (1) Elizabeth Waterman in Marshfield, 28 Dec. 1699; m. (2) Desire Arnold in Duxbury, 14 Nov. 1708.

Source: Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" pp 114, 181-189

References

1. Great Migration Begins, Anderson, Robert Charles, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995), Page 115, m. after 4 April 1654 "Sarah Brewster, daughter of Love."
2. Mayflower Increasings, Roser, Susan E., (Genealogical Publishe Co., Inc.), page 129.
3. Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Volume lll. “Brewster Family.” Page 79. AncestryImage
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46316209/sarah-bartlett FindAGrave # 46316209
5. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr05/rr05_141.html#P9933