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About Sarah Morgan
Sarah Blower was the daughter of Thomas Blower and Alice Frost.
She is known as Sarah Tilley - William Tilley was her step father.
Sarah was married four times
- 1st to Henry Lynn/Linn
- 2nd to Hugh Gunnison
- 3rd to Capt. John Mitchell
- 4th to Dr. Francis Morgan
Biography
Sarah was born about 1616 based on her estimated marriage in 1636. She was NOT the daughter of William Tilley, as was initially believed-- even by Anderson as late as 1995 (but he revised this opinion by 2011).[2] She called William Tilley "father" in a 1660 letter. However, William's age based on epositions he gave calculate to a birth year of 1603/4; Sarah's own deposition calculates back to a birth of 1619-- when William would only have been 12. Anderson as well as (independently) Mary Beth Norton concluded that Sarah must have been daughter of Alice (Frost) Blower Tilley by Alice's first husband, Thomas Blower.
Sarah married first by 1636, Henry Lynn, a coastal trader, who by 1642, had absented himself to Virginia where he died soon, leaving her and four very young children to fend for themselves. The court in Maine ordered that his estate-- what there was of it-- be sold to support the children.
Sarah m2 by 15 May 1647 Hugh Gunnison. The following week, she had her Lynn children brought to Boston church for baptism.
She m3 after 20 July 1660 and before 1 July 1661... Capt. John Mitchell.
She m4 by 18 Jul 1665 Dr. Francis Morgan.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morgan-1683
Francis Morgan and Sarah (Blower) Morgan were married about 18 Jul 1665.[citation needed] One text consistently suggests that the fourth marriage of Sarah would have been after 1660 (when she had married Captain John Mitchell), describing her fourth husband as Surgeon Francis Morgan, though the author does refer to her by her stepfather's surname (Tilley) instead of her father's (Blower).[1]
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There is much info in "Old Kittery and Her Families Hugh Gunnison was a tavern-keeper and leased a tavern at Kittery Point near the cemetary and church which stands today. There is an old walled-in private cemetary bordering the prominent one that is presumed to contain his and his family's remains.
After his death, his wife Sarah continued to run taverns. A cove nearby carried the name Brew House Cove for many years.
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Noyes, Libby and Davis stated that the "only known child" of William Tilly was "Sarah, m. 1st Henry Lynn, 2d Hugh Gunnison, 3d Capt. John Mitcvhell, 4th Dr. Francis Morgan." Some of this same information was included in the sketches of HENRY LYNN {1630, Boston} and of HUGH GUNNISON {1635, Boston}. This conclusion was based on William Tilly's involvement in a dispute arising out of the estate of Hugh Gunnison, which gave rise to the following document, in which Sarah calls William her father.
On 26 May 1660, "Sarah Gunison" wrote to "Captain [Richard] Davenport" that " I have here enclosed Mr. Robert Saltinstoone's bill & my earnest request unto you is that you will be pleased to do me that favorable courtesy as in my name and behalf and for me to draw up a petition and profer it unto the General Court according to law concerning my land due from the country. Sir, I suppose I need not write at large about it yourself being so well informed in the business and willing to help one which is not in a capacity to help herself. I have intimated concerning it unto Mr. Russell, pary also advise with him desiring his assistance. I have not it spoken with [Mr.?] Peter Coffin & therefore cannot fully inform who I desire should be appointed to bound the land." After dating and signing this letter, Sarah added this addendum: "For if you shall lack money for the proferring of the petition ask it of my father Tilly" [MA Arch 15B:58].
However, close attention to chronology shows that Sarah cannot have been William's biological daughter. On 13 April 1660, "William Tilly aged about fifty [altered to fifty-three] years" deposed regarding a bond engaged in by his son-in-law Hugh Gunnison. This would mean that William Tilly was born about 1607, which is in accord with his age given on the 1635 passenger list. On 29 June 1670, "Mrs. Sarah Morgan the wife of Mr. Francis Morgan aged about 51 years" deposed in a civil proceeding, which computes to an approximate year of birth of 1619, consistent with her marriage to Henry Lynn by 1636. Thus, William Tilly was only about twelve years older than Sarah.
A possible solution arises when we look at the life of his wife. Alice Frost was baptized in 1594, married Thomas Blower in 1612, and had children born at Sudbury, Suffolk, between 1613 and 1630. Probably because of gaps in the parish registers of Sudbury, however, no baptismal records have been found for this family between 1615 and 1621.
We propose that the Sarah who married Henry Lynn and three other men was Sarah Blower, born about 1619, daughter of Thomas and Alice (Frost) Blower. She would, then, have been William Tilly's stepdaughter. This hypothese derives some slight further support from the observation that Henry Lynn and wife Sarah had a daughter Sarah who married William Rogers, and that this latter couple named a daughter Alice.
On 11 October 1665, in "answer to the petition of Mr. Willjam Tilley, the court, having heard what he & his wife could say for themselves, judge meet to order & enjoin Mr. Tilley & his wife forthwith to live together as man & wife, that Mr. Tilly provide for her as his wife, & that she submit herself to him as she ought, on the penalty of forty pounds on his part, & imprisonment on hers"
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38442871
From the Great Migration Project
MARRIAGE: By 1636 Sarah Tilley, daughter of William Tilley [MPCR 1:251-53]. She married (2) by 15 May 1647 Hugh Gunnison (when she was admitted to Boston church as "Sarah Gunnyson the wife of our brother Hugh Gunnyson" [ BChR 47; YLR 2:83]; a marriage date of 23 May 1647 has been claimed for this couple, but this is the date when she brings in her children by Henry Lynn for baptism and is called "our sister Sarah Gunnison late wife to Henry Lynne deceased" [BChR 308]). She married (3) after 20 July 1660 (when she is called Sarah Gunnisson, widow of Hugh [YLR 2:83]) and before 1 July 1661 (when Major Nicholas Shapleigh was presented for "marrying Mr. Michell & Miss Gunnison before publication" [MPCR 2:106]) Capt. John Mitchell. She married (4) by 18 July 1665 Dr. Francis Morgan [MPCR 1:221, 2:417].
- Residence: (1631 — Age: 12) Maine, USA
- Marriage to Henry Lynn: (Jun 1635 — Age: 16) Little Minories, London, England
- Marriage to Hugh Gunnison: (23 May 1647 — Age: 28) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
- Marriage to John Mitchell: (1 Jul 1661 — Age: 42)
- Marriage to Francis Morgan: (1665 — Age: 46) Kittery, York, Maine, USA
- Marriage to Henry Lynn: United States
- Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via daughter Sarah Linne/ Lynn by SmartCopy: Mar 14 2015, 22:04:02 UTC
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Sarah Morgan's Timeline
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1619
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London, Middlesex, England
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| 1636 |
June 20, 1636
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1638 |
January 27, 1638
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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| 1640 |
January 16, 1640
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1645 |
February 15, 1645
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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| 1647 |
December 20, 1647
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Probably Kittery, York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1649 |
January 31, 1649
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of Kittery, York, ME
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| 1650 |
February 12, 1650
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Kittery, York County, Maine, British Colonial America
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