Sarah Crowell

From her Thomas Rogers Society page:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p29.htm#i867

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Sarah married John Crowell. Her married name was Crowell.

Child of Sarah and John Crowell

• 1. John Crowell+ b. 29 Oct 1695, d. Nov 1776

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What we know for certain about Sarah, wife of John Crow(ell) is limited. Her parents, maiden name and place of birth are unknown. We can only estimate her date of birth and marriage based on her husband's estimated age and the birth years of her children. As for her date of death, we only know that she was still alive when her huband died.

Sarah was named in her husband's will in in 1714. John Crowell of Yarmouth died in 1715,[1] probably shortly before his will was proved on 11 July 1715. The will of John Crow of Yarmouth was dated March 20, 1713/4.[2][3] It included a bequest to his wife Sarah and "to my wives Eldest daughter Jane Okilley ten shillings." It also named all of the children listed below except Joshua.[2]

Her children included:[4][5]

1. Jane, b. prob. before 1690[2] named in her stepfather John Crowe(ll)'s will,[2] and who may have married David O'Kellia of Yarmouth[4] (This marriage to David O'Kellia is unlikely, given it occurred before 1696.)

Her children by husband John Crowe(ll):

1. Thomas,[2][4] born May 1, 1691[6][7], who married Sarah about 1715, and who died November 24, 1730[1]
2. Sarah,[2][4] born March 16, 1693[7][6], who married Jonathan Hatch on October 26, 1729[1]
3. John,[2][4] born October 21, 1695[7][6], who married Experience Higgins of Eastham. He died on a prison ship at Newport Rhode Island in 1778[1]
4. Jemima,[2][4] born January 31, 1698[7][6], who died in 1745.[1]
5. Thankful,[2][4] born November 9, 1700[7][6] who married William Eldredge on March 20, 1718, and who died in 1782.[1]
6. Joshua, born February 25, 1703[7][6], who died young (not named in father's will).[1]
7. Hannah,[2][4] born February 8, 1705[7][6][1]
8. Ephraim,[2][4] born March 31, 1711,[7][6] who married Elizabeth Baker on April 18, 1737.[1]

Disputed parents

She has been said to be Sarah Fuller, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Lothrop)Fuller, and Sarah O'Killia, daughter of David and Jane (Powell) O'Killia.[1][8] The former assumption is unproven, and the latter is proven to be false by the estate settlement of Sarah O'Killia as a single woman. See their respective profiles for further details. John's wife clearly was related to the O'Killia family, but it is so far unproven how.

Disproved origins

Not the daughter of Sarah O'Killia

............For those interested in early English Crowells on Cape Cod..........

"Who was the wife of John Crowell, grandson of the immigrant John? She's frequently listed as Sarah O'Kellia, daughter of David O'Kellia and Jane Powell, but that's been shown to be incorrect and we now realize we don't know her maiden name. This is one of the inaccuracies that the Levi Crowell 1903 book has perpetuated and it will live forever courtesy of the internet!

Levi states unequivocally, "JOHN CROWELL, of Bass Ponds (Thomas, John), m. Sarah, eldest dau of David and Jane O'Kellia. He died 1715." He continues on to list 8 children for the couple, including my ancestor Thomas born 1691.

However, the NEHGS Register article Vol. 151, April 1997, page 131, "David Okillea of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants," by R. Dudley Kelley, proves the earlier theory wrong. Apparently, the identification relied on John Crowell's mention of Sarah's daughter in his will. Quoting the article: "The will of John Crowe, dated 12 March 1713/14, includes a bequest 'to my loving wife Sarah for her support and livelihood so long as she shall remain my widow. To my wives Eldest daughter Jane Okilley ten shillings.' The identity of these two women remain a mystery, but it is clear from her estate administration that Sarah OKillia did not marry John Crowe: she is named there as 'Sarah OKilley, Single Woman."

Sarah daughter of David and Jane O'Kellia is described in the article as follows, "SARAH2 OKILLIA, b. ca. 1660; d. at Yarmouth 25 July 1715. The administration of Sarah's estate lists house, lands, and meadow worth [63 pounds]. She never married and probably never left her father's homestead, even though it had been bequeathed to her brother, Benjamin. Their mother died in 1711, about the time Benjamin removed from Barnstable County, and Sarah may have acquired his house and lands at Yarmouth as a result. Administration on Sarah's estate was given to her brother, Jeremiah OKilley, 17 Aug. 1715, and distribution ordered as follows: 'Whereas Sarah Okilley late of Yarmouth in sd County Single Woman died intestate and left some Estate both Real & Personal within sd County. I do therefore. order. that it shall be equally divided. among Jeremiah OKille, David OKille, Benjamin OKille, and John OKille the son of John OKille Deceased and Elizabeth Sears all the brothers and sisters of sd deceased..'"

So it really is clear that this Sarah daughter of David O'Kellia is not the woman who married our John Crowell (probably her second husband since she already had one daughter) and went on to have 8 additional children with him.

If Sarah daughter of David O'Kellia had had children, they would have received her estate."

References

1. http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p29.htm#i867
   1. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 78. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.
2. Crowell History http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/796216/3
3. WikiTree contributors, "Sarah (Unknown) Crowell (abt.1670-aft.1715)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-557094 : accessed 07 April 2024). cites
   1. Crowell, Levi, John Crowe and His Descendants (New York: Thomas Crowell, 1903) See person #6, page 23.
   2. Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 3:314, John Crow's estate.
   3. “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789. Volume III, page 314 found in Volume 3, page 202-203 of the Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.] (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
   4. surname of O'Killia in 1714 will of her stepfather John Crow(ell). Genealogy of Some Descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower (lettered vol. I), Fuller, William Hyslop, (Palmer Mass.: C. B. Fiske, 1908), see page 33 < Archive.Org >
   5. Bullard, Edgar, John Bullard and Allied Families. The American Ancestors of George Newton Bullard and Mary Eli Bullard (Detroit, Mich., 1930), see page 195
   6. Yarmouth Mass Vital Records, page 50 found in Volume 11 (1909), page 113 of the Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
   7. Bowman, George Ernest, "Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 11:113.
   8. Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V., Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families (Brownson, 1967) Vol. 15 (Crowell to Curtiss) page 106, citing Cape Cod Library pamphlets.