Sarah Sparrow

Marriage to Henry Young regarded as probable by the Thomas Rogers Society, but not completely proven.

Sarah (Snow) Sparrow (1674 - 1746)

Sarah Sparrow formerly Snow aka Young

Born 26 Feb 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

ANCESTORS

Daughter of Jabez Snow and Elizabeth (Smith) Merrick

Sister of

Jabez Snow II, Edward Snow, Grace Snow, Thomas Snow, Deborah Snow, Rachel Snow,

Mercy (Snow) Wetherell and Elizabeth (Snow) Kendrick

Wife of Henry Young — married 1694 (to Apr 1706) in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Wife of Jonathan Sparrow Jr — married 1707 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

DESCENDANTS

Mother of

Martha (Young) Rogers, Reliance (Young) Paine, Jabez Sparrow, Sarah Sparrow

and Hannah (Sparrow) Heard

Died 28 Nov 1746 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Profile managers: Chet Snow and Nick Dann

Profile last modified 8 Jan 2019 | Created 7 Dec 2012

Biography

Sarah Snow was born in February 1674, modern-style date or 1673/74 old-style. Old-style calendar dates (until 1755 in many cases) were vague for January through March dates as, under the old system, the New Year began on March 25, not January 1. Sarah's parentage has also been contested but the preponderance of evidence says she was the "very likely" the daughter of Jabez Snow and his wife, Elizabeth (Smith) Snow. She was born in Eastham on Massachusetts' Cape Cod (Barnstable County).[1]

Sarah married Henry Young in about 1694 when she was 20 years old. They had 5 children together before Henry's untimely death on April 26, 1706.[2]

Martha Young b: 28 Jul 1695 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA Elizabeth Young b: 8 Jan 1698 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA Reliance Young b: 3 Mar 1700 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA Moses Young b: 15 Nov 1702 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA Thomas Young b: 24 Oct 1705 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA After Henry Young's death, leaving Sarah a young widow with 5 minor children to raise, she married Jonathan Sparrow Jr., b: 9 July 1665 in Eastham, Mass., in about 1707. He was the son of Captain Jonathan Sparrow, a colony official, and a recent widower with 6 under-age children of his own. He and Sarah settled near a cove, called by the Indians "Kescayogansett," in Orleans, Barnstable Co. (Cape Cod), Massachusetts.[3]

Sarah and Jonathan Sparrow Jr had two more children together:[4]

Sarah Sparrow b: ca. 1708 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. Jabez Sparrow b: 1712 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Sarah and Jonathan Sparrow lived relatively long and prosperous lives in their second marriages. Jonathan Sparrow Jr., died on March 9, 1740, at home in Orleans, Massachusetts; his wife Sarah survived him and died on November 28, 1746 at the family home near the town of Orleans, on "old Cape Cod," in the British province of Massachusetts Bay, New England.

The will of Jonathan Sparrow [Jr.] of Eastham, dated 25 Nov. 1737 and proved 19 March 1740, mentioned wife "Serah" [Sarah] (executrix); sons Jonathan (executor), Joseph, John and Jabez; grandson Joshua Hurd; granddau. Sarah Mayo; dau. Hannah Hurd; the children of Samuel Mayo by dau. Abigail; the children of Joshua Paine by dau. Rebecca, and dau. Sarah Knowles.[5] Sources

↑ "Mayflower Families in Progress," NYHGBR Vol. 35, pp. 257-258; Eastham MA Vital Records; and "The Mayflower Descendant," Vol. 54 #2, p. 111. ↑ Ancestry of Carol Austin - Sarah Snow ↑ "History and Genealogy of the Bangs Family in America," by Dean Dudley; Published by Dean Dudley, Montrose, Massachusetts, in 1896; and "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," by John D. Austin, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1992, p. 23. ↑ "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," by John D. Austin; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1992, p. 23. ↑ See preceding note, pg. 101 See also:

"Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," by John D. Austin; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1992, Vol. 6 (2nd Edition)--Stephen Hopkins, p.101. Find A Grave Memorial# 45044489 - Reliance Young Paine; mentions parents Henry Young and Sarah (Snow) Young. Sarah Snow on werelate.org; cites Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 4:32. Find A Grave Memorial# 68102294 Sarah Snow Young/Sparrow

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Snow-2838 was created by Nick Dann through the import of "An American Genealogical Tapes.ged" on December 3, 2014. Chet Snow researched and wrote this biographical sketch and added sources, October 18, 2015.