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Sarah Munson (Prudden)

Also Known As: "Prudden"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Morristown, Hunterdon County, Province of West Jersey
Death: May 20, 1790 (72-73)
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph "Joe" Prudden, Sr. and Joanna "Joan" Lyon
Wife of Bois John Prudden and Samuel Munson
Mother of Pvt. Amos Prudden; Boyse John Pruden II; Elizabeth Munson; Charity Hedden; Catherine Griffin and 3 others

Managed by: Ivy Jo Smith
Last Updated:

About Sarah Munson

Samuel Munson married 3 times:

  • 1/w Elizabeth Potter m. 9 Nov. 1743 Morristown, Morris, NJ Children: No issue
  • 2/w Mary Allen/Allyn m. 9 Oct. 1745 Morristown, Morris, NJ Children: a. Ruth Monson m. 14 July 1765 Rowan Co., NC to Benjamin Van Cleave b. Eliaseph Munson m. Sarah ? m. 2/h Moses Adams probably Wilkes Co., NC
  • 3/w Mrs. Sarah Prudden widow of Bois John Prudden m. 1 May 1751 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ

Children:

  • c. Elizabeth Munson Bapt. 27 Jan. 1754 Morris town, Morris Co., NJ.
  • d. Catherine Munson Bapt. 15 Feb. 1757 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ m.@1773 North Carolina to Ralph Griffin (circumstantial evidence)
  • e. Samuel Munson m. 18 Jan 1785 Surry Co., NC. to Clare Hudspeth
  • f. Charity (Munson?) m. Abraham Hedden @ Montgomery Co., VA.
  • g. (Rev.) Isaac Moss Monson m m. Nancy Webb 28 Jan. 1793 Bourbon Co., KY

Comments

  • Sarah's maiden name was Baldwin from Book Reference: The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881 Abbrev: Baldwin Genealogy Author: Charles Candee Baldwin Publication: Cleveland, Ohio 1881 (Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125535660/sarah-prudden-munson)
  • birthplace seen as North Carolina [not if she was a Baldwin]
  • death date seen as 1760
  • “Isaac M. Monson was the son of Samuel Munson and 3/w Mrs. Sarah Prudden of Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey, Rowan Co., NC, and Fayette Co., KY.” (Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35775484)

Citations

  • History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J., 1880 link “REV. JOHN PRUDDEN AND DESCENDANTS ... 5TH GENERATION. 5. Joseph Prudden [s. 3. John], and his w. Joanna Lyon, had : - 6 Bois John ; m. Sarah ; [? she m. (2d May 1751, Samuel Munson. q. v.]”
  • "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ5B-N4R : 10 February 2018), Saml. Munson and Sarah Prudden, 01 May 1751; citing 899,807
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Sarah Munson's Timeline

1717
1717
Morristown, Hunterdon County, Province of West Jersey
1745
January 27, 1745
Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA
1746
October 10, 1746
Morristown, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
1754
January 27, 1754
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
1756
September 15, 1756
Morristown, New Jersy
1757
February 15, 1757
Morristown, Morris County, Province of New Jersey
1763
1763
Province of North Carolina
1765
September 1, 1765
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States of America