Sarah Winch

Sarah Wentworth, thought to have been the daughter of 'Elder' William Wentworth and Elizabeth his wife, was born on 15 April 1666 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and died about 1706 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Married

1. by 1687 to Benjamin Barnard (d. 12 September 1694) of Watertown. He was the son of John Barnard and Phebe Whiting. (Ancestry,com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700)
2. 12 January 1698/9 to Samuel Winch (d 3 August 1718) of Framingham.

Children with 1st husband:

• 1. Sarah Barnard, b. about 1692, Watertown, MA d. 8 February 1734, Watertown, MA F (Age ~ 42 years)
• 2. Benjamin Barnard, b. 24 August 1693, Watertown, MA

Children with 2nd husband:

• Daniel Winch
• Mary Winch

Supporting Data

William Wentworth, in Wentworth, John. The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1878), 1:109-10.

We infer that Elder William1 had a daughter Sarah from the following facts: One Benjamin Barnard died in Watertown, Mass., 12 September 1694, leaving widow Sarah and two children. Their "uncle, Paul Wentworth, of Rowley," was made guardian, 19 December 1705, of these two children, viz. Sarah Barnard, then in her fifteenth year, and Benjamin Barnard, then in his thirteenth year. In another record is the following: "April 30, 1700, Sarah Barnard, in her 15th year, chose her Uncle Paul Wentworth, of Dover, N. H., for guardian." Savage, in Gen. Dict., gives Sarah Barnard, born in 1692; Benjamin Barnard, born 24 August 1693. That this uncle is called, in one record, "of Dover, N. H.," and in the other, "of Rowley, Mass.," is proof that he could be no other than Paul2.

Sarah Wentworth was probably daughter of Elder William1 Wentworth, but the relationship is not proven.

• The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
• https://archive.org/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent
• https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n256/mode/1up
• Pg.59
• .... Indeed under the head of the "Daughters of Elder William," the claims of Sarah, wife of Benjamin Barnard, to be his daughter, upon the ground that her children, left fatherless, call Paul Wentworth their uncle, are canvassed.
• Daughters. — No documentary evidence has yet been found to prove that Elder William21 Wentworth had any daughters. But the traditionary evidence that he had a daughter Elizabeth,22 and that she married Richard Tozer, Jr., of Berwick, Me., comes from so many sources, and is of so strong a character, that it will be assumed as a fact.
• It has been supposed that Elder William 21 had a daughter Sarah, from the following facts : One Benjamin Barnard died in Watertown, Mass., 12 September, 1694, leaving widow Sarah and two children. Their "uncle, Paul Wentworth, of Rowley," was made guardian, 19 December, 1705, of these two children, .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n258/mode/1up
• Pg.60
• ....
• VII. Benjamin Barnard, of whose children their "Uncle Paul22 Wentworth," became guardian. He had wife Sarah. He is found to be of York County, Me., in 1676, 1679, 1685, and 1689. He had land in Berwick of his brother James Barnard, of Kittery, .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n260/mode/1up
• Pg.61
• .... He and his wife, Sarah, were of Dover, 24 August, 1687, and deeded land to his brother Joseph Barnard, of Berwick, Me. He died 12 September, 1694.
• .... etc.
• Either Benjamin Barnard and Paul22 Wentworth married sisters (of which no trace has been found by most careful search), or, which is the more probable, Benjamin Barnard's wife Sarah was daughter of Elder William22 Wentworth. If there was even a tradition that the Elder had a daughter Sarah, it could be safely assumed that this was the case. Benjamin Barnard's residence in Dover, and his possession of land bounded by that of Richard Tozer, render it clearly possible.
• .... etc.
• Sarah, widow of Benjamin Barnard, senior, married, 2d, 11 January, 1698-9, Samuel Winch,(*) of Framingham. Mass., who died there 3 August, 1718; they had, — Mary Winch, born 23 November, 1700, who married Benoni Adams ; and Daniel Winch, born 23 June, 1702. Beyond this, nothing is known of the widow of Benjamin Barnard and of Samuel Winch, or of her descendants. _________________________________

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• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45K-N9F : 13 July 2016), Saraih Winch in entry for Mary Winch, 23 Nov 1700; citing Birth, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 872,797.

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• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I18042&tree=Schirado

1. [S37] Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,).
2. [S44] Henry Bond.

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 28 2017, 1:57:23 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 28 2017, 2:17:13 UTC