Sarah Case

Sarah Spencer

• Birth: 1637 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Death: Nov 3 1691 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
• Parents: William Spencer, Agnes Harris
• Married: John Case

Children of John and Sarah Case

1. Elizabeth (born 1658 in Windsor; married Joseph Lewis; died 9 Oct 1718)
2. Mary (born June 22, 1660 in Windsor; married first William Alderman; married second James Hilliard; died August 22, 1725)
3. John, Jr. (born November 5, 1662 in Windsor; married first Mary Olcott on 12 September 12, 1684; married second Sarah Holcomb in 1693; died May 22, 1733 in Simsbury)
4. William (born June 5, 1665 in Windsor; married Elizabeth Holcomb; died March 31, 1700 in Simsbury)
5. Samuel (born 1667 in Windsor; married first Mary Westover; married second Elizabeth Thrall; died July 30, 1725)
6. Richard (born April/August 27, 1669 in Simsbury; married Amy Reed; died April 27, 1746 in Simsbury)
7. Bartholomew (born October 1, 1670 in Simsbury; married Mary Humphrey; died October 25, 1725 in Simsbury)
8. Joseph (born April 6, 1674 in Simsbury; married Anna Eno; died 11 August 11, 1748 in Simsbury)
9. Sarah (born April 20, 1676 in Simsbury; married Joseph Phelps, Jr.; died May 2, 1704)
10. Abigail (born May 4, 1682 in Simsbury; married Jonah Westover, Jr.)

Notes

• from Find A Grave Memorial# 10350175

Sarah Spencer, second dau. of William Spencer and Agnes Harris, born circa 1636-7 at Cambridge, Mass. Her father died in early 1640 at Hartford, Conn. and Sarah was raised at Hartford by her mother and stepfather, William Edwards. In the June 1650 initial distribution of her father's estate, it is stated that Sarah was to reach her 18th birthday in the year 1653, and Richard Lord of Hartford was to hold Sarah's legacy until the first occurred: reaching 18 years of age or marriage. This indicates she was born circa 1636. She d. at Simsbury, Conn. Nov. 3, 1691. Her gravestone errantly calls her married surname as "Cass" but also states she died "Aged" 55, meaning "Ætatis" 55. This indicates when she died she was then 54 years old b. on or after Nov. 4, 1636.

By early 1656, probably at Hartford, Conn., Sarah m. John Case. ... On Aug. 17, 1656 at Maspeth Kill in extreme northwest Long Island, then part of Dutch New Netherlands, John Case penned a power of attorney "to his Loving ffather William Edwards, living at Hartford in New England." This requested that William Edwards recover the remainder of the legacy held by Richard Lord granted to wife Sarah in the will of her father, William Spencer. Two witnesses signed the power of attorney, the second being Thomas "Casse." That John and Sarah (Spencer) Case were residing in or near New Amsterdam, now New York City, is complimented by the baptism of their eldest child, dau. Elizabeth, at the Reformed Dutch Church then located inside Fort Amsterdam, the annotated entry being:

• 1656, 26 Nov; Jan Cees (father), Sara Cees (mother); Elisabeth (child); no witnesses.

Comments

• 9th cousin 8 times removed from Lady Diana Spencer. Hard to believe we didn't inherit the china
• One of the more interesting aspects of the Case family of Simsbury, Conn. is that beginning in the third generation it was common for close Case cousins to marry. This continued for many generations thereafter.

References

• SAR record PDF file
• http://www.charlemagne.org/p99.htm#i3283
• http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p84.htm#i4183
• First Settlers of Simsbury
• Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut By Lucius Barnes Barbour Pg.556
• Title: Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W page 1724 AncestryImage Sarah Spenser b abt 1635 m by 1656 John Case [TAG 34:66 - 69]