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Sarah Read (Sherman)

Also Known As: "Sarah (Shearman) Chase Read"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, (Present Newport County), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, (Present USA)
Death: September 19, 1748 (80)
Swansea, Bristol County, MA, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samson Sherman and Isabel Sherman
Wife of Joseph Chase; Joseph Chase and John Read, Jr.
Mother of Moses Chase; Abigail Chase; Lydia Chase; Job Chase; Alice Chase and 24 others
Sister of Alice Howland; Samson Sherman, II; Abiel Sherman; Isabel Baker; Phiilp Sherman and 1 other

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About Sarah Read

SARAH SHERMAN, b. 24 Sept 1667, Portsmouth, R.I., d. 19 Sept 1748; dau of Sampson Sherman and Isabel Tripp. Joseph and his family were Quakers. Res Portsmouth, R.I. and Swansea, Ma. (ref: NEHGR Jan 1933, pg 53; Gen. of R.I. Fam., Vol I, pg 791; Chase Gen 1, pg 10-11, 119-120; Chase Gen 3, pg 11; Woods Gen, pg 113-115; Sherman Gen, pg 148; New Englanders in Nova Scotia; Torrey, pg 147).

  • parents: Samson Shearman,   b. April 1642, Portsmouth, RI ,   d. 27 June 1718, Portsmouth, RI  & Isabel Tripp,   b. about 1651, Portsmouth, RI ,   d. 1716, Portsmouth, RI  

Married 

  1. 28 February 1693/4  Portsmouth, RI   [1] "Joseph Chase and Sarah Sehearman, daughter of Samson, were married by Giles Slocum, Assst., 28 Feb 1693/4". 9 JOSEPH CHASE (William (2-1)) b. ca 1670-1673, Yarmouth, Ma., d. Swansea, Ma., will dated 8 Nov 1724, proved 30 Mar 1725. m. 28 Feb 1693/4, Portsmouth, R.I.,
  2. Married  3 October 1737  Freetown, MA  to John Read,   b. about 1668, Freetown, MA ,   d. 5 June 1750, Freetown, MA  

Children of Joseph and Sarah (Sherman) Chase, the first eight born at Portsmouth, the others perhaps at Swansea:

  • i. Abigail Chase, b. 6 Jul 1695, M. 27 Aug 1720 John Davis;
  • ii. Lydia Chase, b. 18 Oct 1696, m. 4 Mar 1716[/7] Thomas Davis;
  • iii. Job Chase, b. 21 Oct 1698, d. before 25 Dec 1766 at Swansea, m. there 6 Nov 1718 Patience Bourne;
  • iv. Alice Chase, b. 7 Sep 1699 or 6 Sep 1700, d. unmarried;
  • v. Ruth Chase, b. 15 Feb 1701/2, d. young;
  • vi. Sampson Chase, b. 1 Feb 1703/4, d. young;
  • vii. Isabel Chase, b. 6 Aug 1705, m. 8 Aug 1726 Benjamin Buffington;
  • viii. Joseph Chase, b. 11 May 1707, d. young;
  • ix. Stephen Chase, b. 2 May 1709;
  • x. Sarah Chase, b. 14 Aug 1711, m. 20 Nov 1730 George Shove;
  • xi. Silas Chase, b. ca 1713, m. 2st at Swansea 20 Dec 1733 Hannah Buffinton, d. ca. 1771, dau. of Benjamin & Hannah Buffinton of Swansea), m. 2nd at Swansea 27 May 1774 Sarah (Tucker) Chase (dau. of Moses & Sarah Tucker, widow of Elisha Chase);
  • xii. George Chase, b. ca 1715, d. 1786, m. 2st at Swansea 8 Feb 1736 Lydia Shove (b. 31 Jul 1707, dau. of Edward & Lydia Shove of Dighton), m. 2nd Sarah Cornell;
  • xiii. Ebenezer Chase, d. young; and
  • xiv. Moses Chase, b. ca. 1718, d. before 1790 at Swansea, m. there 25 Mar 1742 Abigail Sherman (dau.l of Samuel & Martha (Tripp) Sherman). [1, 2]

Sources  [# S116] James N. Arnold, (Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, 1893, volume 4).

  1. [S225] Some of the descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass., John Carroll Chase & George Walter Chamberlain.

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Sarah Read's Timeline

1667
September 24, 1667
Portsmouth, (Present Newport County), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, (Present USA)
1677
1677
Age 9
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1695
July 6, 1695
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
July 6, 1695
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1696
October 18, 1696
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
October 18, 1696
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States
1698
October 21, 1698
Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
October 21, 1698
Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1699
November 16, 1699
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States