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Sarah Dowthwaite (Polhill)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boxley, Kent, England, UK
Death: December 29, 1800 (43)
Goudhurst, Kent, England, UK
Place of Burial: Goudhurst, Kent, England, UK
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev Robert Polhill, Vicar of Goudhurst & Rector of Shadoxhurst and Meliscent Polhill
Wife of Rev William Dowthwaite
Mother of Private; Private; Private; Private and Private
Sister of Robert Stanford Polhill; Private; Rebecca Polhill; Dorothy Pilbin; Robert Polhill and 3 others

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About Sarah Dowthwaite

Inscription on her tomb "In memory of Sarah the wife of the Reverend William Dowthwaite Who died December 29 1800 aged 43 years Also 4 of their children who died in their infancy Likewise, the Reverend William Dowthwaite, who departed this life on 4 October 1828 aged 77"

Quote ref:
1. https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/monumental-inscriptions...

2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150102492/sarah-dowthwaite

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Sarah Dowthwaite's Timeline

1757
May 21, 1757
Boxley, Kent, England, UK
May 21, 1757
St Mary the Virgin Church, Boxley, Kent, England, UK

Ref: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

1800
December 29, 1800
Age 43
Goudhurst, Kent, England, UK
1801
January 2, 1801
Age 43
St Mary's Churchyard, Goudhurst, Kent, England, UK

Sarah Dowthwaite (b.1757) was recorded on a Polhill family memorial at Gundhurst Cemetery, Gundhurst, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England, UK as buried 2 January 1801 having passed away 29 December 1800 with memorial ID: 150102492.

Also on the inscription is acknowledgement of 4 of her children having died in infancy but no names or dates are mentioned.

Ref:
1. Goudhurst burials 1558-1916, Kent Burials
2. https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/monumental-inscriptions...
3. http://www.goudhurstlocalhistorysociety.org/burial-records/