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Sarah Shreve

Also Known As: "Nixon", "Scattergood", "Sarah Shreeve"
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Birthplace: Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
Death: 1821 (76-77)
Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Shreve and Rebecca French
Wife of David Scattergood; Joseph Archer; John Nixon; David Scattergood and Joseph Beck
Mother of Rebecca Scattergood; Benjamin Scattergood; Elizabeth Shumar; Margaret Archer; David Scattergood, Jr and 6 others
Sister of Keziah Ivins; Richard Shreve; Caleb Shreve, Sr.; Colonel William Shreve; Col. Israel Shreve and 4 others

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About Sarah Shreve

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Sarah Shreve Birth  18 October 1744 • Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Death  13 July 1821 • Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Parents  Benjamin Shreve • Rebecca French Spouse  David Scattergood • John Nixon • Joseph Beck Sr Children  Ann Beck • Benjamin Scattergood • Elizabeth Scattergood • Henry Beck • Joseph Charles Beck • Rebecca Scattergood

Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LXQ6-NRX

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FamilySearch: New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956 Sarah Leathergood, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956" Lead confidence: 2 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKM6-5MS

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1) David/Scattergood * 4 May 1768 3) John/Nixon Sealing approved to David/Scattergood 26 Mar 1963 L

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2) Joseph/Beck * 24 Apr 1779 3) John/Nixon

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!BIRTH, DEATH,CHILDREN,MARRIAGE: Descendants of Thomas French in America; pgs 222-223; FHL Film #1033962

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bp. 19Mar1912

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OK J.C.

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may have other spouse named /Beck

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Research Notes: New Jersey Marriages 1665-1800, p. 22 Gives Joseph Beck of Burlington and Sarah Scattergood married 24 Apr 1779. This could have been her second marriage because in his will he lists the children as his "son-in-law or daughter-in-law". Step children were referred to this way back then. New Jersey Archives, Vol. VIII, p. 31 Will of Joseph Beck Sr. 8 Apr 1790 of Chesterfield Township, Burlington Co, N.J. Wife, Sarah was left a bed, 6 pewter plates and dish; 4 chairs, walnut chest and a pair of silver shoebuckles. Son-in-law, Benjamin Scattergood, 12 pounds when 21. Daughter-in-law, Rebekah Scattergood, 7 pounds, 3 chairs and pewter sugar bowl, when 18. Daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Scattergood, 7 pounds, and 3 chairs, when 18. Remainder of personal estate to be sold and proceedsto be used by wife during term of her life; after her decease, remainder of estate to be divided equally between my above named children-in-law, and my sons, Henry and Joseph Beck. Executors - wife, Sarah and Caleb Shreve. Proved 14 Apr 1791. She married (Scattergood) who was not a member of Friends around 1779. By 1788 she was wife to Joseph Beck and she had 3 children by Scattergood. Records ofthe Chesterfield, N. J. Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, Men's Minutes, 1756-1786, R. S. 99, pp. 472, 475, 478. Research notes on the Ancestry of Joseph Ellison Beck, p. 35. She married first to David Scattergood at Chesterfield, second Joseph Beck at Chesterfield, and third John Nixon at Chesterfield.


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Sarah Shreve's Timeline

1744
October 18, 1744
Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
1763
1763
New Egypt, Ocean, New Jersey, United States
1764
1764
Burlington Co., N.J.
1766
1766
1766
Prob. of Burlington, N.J.
1772
1772
1772
1775
1775