Sarah Post

Biography

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Sarah Post was born November 6, 1659, in Saybrook in the Colony of Connecticut. She is the daughter of John Post and Hester Hyde.[1]

In 1659, the congregation at Saybrook obtained permission to establish a new settlement in the Colony of Connecticut. Rev. James Fitch was the first minister of the new church and took a large number of the Saybrook congregation with him to Mohegan in 1660.

Sarah and her family followed Rev. Fitch, as they had before. Her father was one of founders of Mohegan in 1660. Their home lot was across the street from her grandfather and uncle on the Hyde side and her uncle on the Post side was just up the street.[2] Two years later, the town became known as Norwich.

Sarah married John Hough on January 27, 1680, in Norwich.[3]

Known Children:

1. Sarah (23 Apr 1684 CT - 9 Feb 1716 New London, CT) on 11 Feb 1707 md Ebenezer DENNIS, son of George and Elizabeth (SMITH) DENNIS. They kept a public house, and their five DENNIS ch were Elizabeth; Sarah; Esther; Mary; and a dau who d. young.
2. Hannah (30 Jan 1688 CT - 9 Oct 1754) was second wife of Oliver MANWARRING, son of Oliver and Hannah (RAYMOND) MANWARRING, marrying him on 15 Mar 1705 at New London. They had at least 4 MANWARRING ch, possibly 10, incl Richard; William; Oliver; and Samuel. Others were:
3. Abiah (3 Oct 1690 CT - ) on 18 Nov 1708 md Abial MARSHALL of Norwich, CT. They had at least 5 MARSHALL ch: Anne; Sarah; Abial; John; and Sarah.
4. Hester (6 Oct 1695 CT - ) on 14 Nov 1716 md Capt George RICHARDS (1695-1750), high sheriff of New London, son of Lt John RICHARDS. They had at least one RICHARDS ch named Love who md Samuel ROGERS on 6 Oct 1745. Other RICHARDS ch were:
5. Capt John (1 Oct 1697 CT - 7 Feb 1785 Bozrah, CT) md 4 Sept 1718 (1) Hannah DENNISON (28 Mar 1699 New London - 9 Apr 1782 Bozrah) dau of George and Mary (WITHERELL) DENNISON of New London, and she had John; Sarah; David; Hannah; Abiah; Jabez; John (2); George; and Esther. The son, Jabez HOUGH, received a parcel of land his grandfather, John HOUGH, had accepted for building the first school house in Norwich, CT. John md (2) on 24 Oct 1782, an old widow, Mrs. Abigail (BINGHAM) BALDWIN, who was mother-in-law to his son David.
6. David 23 Oct 1699 CT - d unm).
7. Jabez (21 May 1702 CT - 24 Jan 1725) on 7 June 1725 md Anne DENNISON of New London just 17 days before he died. There were no ch. She md (2) Samuel RICHARDS and had a large family. Jabez HOUGH inherited a parcel of land from his father John which John had received for building the first school house in Norwich. After Jabez died, this land went to his brother John, who in turn passed it to his son Jabez.

John Hough died in 1715 and his will and probate records mention his wife Sarah and his children[4]

Sarah's date of death is shown by Hough researchers as 1754 although no primary documentation has been found to verify this date. It is certain that it was after 1715 as she is mentioned in the 1715 probate records for her husband.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
2. ↑ Walworth Page 4
3. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
4. ↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999

Sources

• Walworth: Walworth, Reuben Hyde. Hyde genealogy, or, The descendants, in the female as well as in the male lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich, Volume 1, J. Munsell, Albany, 1864. On Archive.org
• Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org
• Max Huff, "JOHN AND SARAH HOUGH OF CT" unpublished report 2/5/94
• Research by Elida C. Hough, recorded in unpublished ms, "Descendants of William Hough of Connecticut".
• Caulkins, History of Norwich, CT. p 283
• American Ancestry. p 232
• Manwarring Family Genealogy (Oct 1920). pp 306, 310, 312
• CT Nutmegger, (Sep 1973), Hough births before 1730. p 177
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.