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Sarah Leete (NN)

Also Known As: "widow Rutherford"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: England, (Present UK)
Death: February 10, 1673 (56-65)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, (Present USA)
Immediate Family:

Wife of Henry Rutherford and William Leete, Colonial Governor of New Haven and Connecticut
Mother of Sarah Trowbridge; Lydia Rutherford; John Rutherford; Mary Hall; Elizabeth Rutherford and 1 other

Occupation: Wife #2 Widow of Henry Rutherford
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About Sarah Leete


Sarah died 10 Feb. 1673/4 in Connecticut.

"Instructions about Mrs. Leete's will taken by her sister." Bequests were made to her husband Wm. Leete, to Mr. Streete, to daughter Hall, to granddaughter Sarah Trowbridge, to the rest of the children of Thomas and Sarah Trowbridge, and to son Caleb. Caleb was given use of the property for life. Thomas Trowbridge was given the management of Caleb's estate "because of weakness of his intellect." Mr. James Davids and Widdow Joans in court 12 Feb. 1673, took oath to the writing.[1]

Sources

  • "Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book 1, Part I, 1647-1687." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 81:126,127. 1927. link American Ancestors p. 127
  • Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 1582, 1854
  • page 716 of History of the Colony of New Haven to Its Absorption Into Connecticut By Edward Elias Atwater, Lucy M. Hewitt, Bessie E. Beach
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Sarah Leete's Timeline

1612
1612
England, (Present UK)
1641
July 31, 1641
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
1644
1644
1646
1646
1648
1648
1650
February 23, 1650
New Haven, New Haven Colony
1652
June 14, 1652
1673
February 10, 1673
Age 61
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, (Present USA)