NameSarah GILBERT
Birth1624, Compton, Berkshire, England
Deathaft 20 Jul 1682, Malden, Middlesex, MA
Misc. Notes
She married in Braintree, shortly after July 14, 1640, to Joel Jenkins, her father's servant, who probably came with the family from England. They had seven children: Lydia, Theophilus, Lemuel, Hannah, Ezekiel, Sarah, and Obadiah.
BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Sarah is identified with other children of Thomas Gilbert of Wethersfield in his distribution of estate, 6 Feb 1663/4, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:118 (FHL #974.5 P2m). Date and place of birth are approximations based on family history and chronology.
MAR: No mar rec found. See mar intentions, 14 Jul 1640, in WINTHROP PAPERS, 5 vols. (Boston, 1929-47), 4:268 (BYU Collections, Library of American Civilization, ultra/fiche #Z1236.L5 1971 no. 22358-60). She is called Sarah Jenkins in the distribution of her father's estate, above.
DEATH: No death rec found. Sarah was living on 20 Jul 1682 when she acknowledged a deed for her husband, Joel Jenkins of Malden, Massachusetts to Lemuel Jenkins of Malden (Middlesex Co. Deeds, 8:456 [FHL #554002]).
Spouses
Birthabt 1624, England?
Death4 Jul 1688, Malden, Middlesex, MA
Marriage14 Jul 1640, Braintree, Norfolk, MA
ChildrenLydia (1640-1652)