Sarah Chittenden

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name
Sarah Chittenden
aka
[Sarah Holbrook]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of John Holbrook of Scituate and Eastham, whom she married at Scituate in 1709. Mother of Elisha Holbrook (b. 1716), and probably of seven more of his children born 1710-1729. She was probably the Sarah born at Scituate in 1688 to Stephen Chittenden, probably by his wife Mehitable Buck.
born
date
12 Mar 1688
place
Scituate, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-scituate, online-tree-pane-joyce]
note
"Sarah, d. Stephen, Mar. 12, 1688" (Scituate VR 1:68; the archive.org OCR reads "i638"). That this is John Holbrook's wife is inferred: no other Sarah Chittenden was born at Scituate near that date (the next is Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, born 1 Dec 1712, VR 1:68). The FamilySearch tree has 1688.
residences
date
1738
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
possible
note
Her husband John Holbrook was 'now of Eastham' in a Suffolk court case of 1738 and their sons settled at Eastham and Wellfleet; she would have gone with him if living (her death is not known).
father
id
stephen-chittenden-1654
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-scituate, online-tree-pane-joyce]
note
The birth record names Stephen as her father; that this Sarah is the one who married John Holbrook in 1709 is inferred (no other Sarah Chittenden born at Scituate near 1688). Pane-Joyce agrees.
mother
id
mehitable-buck-fl1679
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-scituate, online-tree-pane-joyce]
note
Stephen Chittenden's wife Mehetable Buck, married 1679; the birth record names only the father. Pane-Joyce has her as the mother.

Sarah was born at Scituate on 12 Mar 1688, probably the daughter of Stephen Chittenden recorded there, "Sarah, d. Stephen" (Scituate VR 1:68), and probably of his wife Mehitable Buck. She was baptized on 2 May 1708, "Sarah, d. Steph[en]," the year before her marriage. On 3 May 1709 she married John Holbrook (1686-by 1749) of Scituate and Eastham: "John and Sarah Chittenden, May 3, 1709" (Scituate VR 2:151). She was the mother of Elisha ("Elisha, s. Jo[h]n Jr. and Sarah").

King Philip's War had touched both families before she was born. Benjamin Chittenden, probably her uncle, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce on 26 March 1676 (Newman's letter, Deane p. 123), and Pierce was her husband's grandfather, if, as it seems, her husband's mother was Abigail Pierce. Her grandfather Isaac Chittenden came through the raid on Scituate that May and died later in the year; Deane's story that he "fell in repulsing the Indians from the Town 1676" (p. 232) is a mistake.

Open questions

  • Her death and burial (Scituate or Eastham).
  1. ---
  2. name: Sarah Chittenden
  3. aka: [Sarah Holbrook]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of John Holbrook of Scituate and Eastham, whom she married at Scituate in 1709. Mother of
  8. Elisha Holbrook (b. 1716), and probably of seven more of his children born 1710-1729. She was
  9. probably the Sarah born at Scituate in 1688 to Stephen Chittenden, probably by his wife Mehitable
  10. Buck.
  11. born:
  12. date: 12 Mar 1688
  13. place: Scituate, Massachusetts
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [vital-records-scituate, online-tree-pane-joyce]
  17. note: '"Sarah, d. Stephen, Mar. 12, 1688" (Scituate VR 1:68; the archive.org OCR reads "i638"). That this is John Holbrook''s wife is inferred: no other Sarah Chittenden was born at Scituate near that date (the next is Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, born 1 Dec 1712, VR 1:68). The FamilySearch tree has 1688.'
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1738"
  20. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  21. basis: inferred
  22. confidence: possible
  23. note: "Her husband John Holbrook was 'now of Eastham' in a Suffolk court case of 1738 and their sons settled at Eastham and Wellfleet; she would have gone with him if living (her death is not known)."
  24. father:
  25. id: stephen-chittenden-1654
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [vital-records-scituate, online-tree-pane-joyce]
  29. note: The birth record names Stephen as her father; that this Sarah is the one who married John Holbrook in 1709 is inferred (no other Sarah Chittenden born at Scituate near 1688). Pane-Joyce agrees.
  30. mother:
  31. id: mehitable-buck-fl1679
  32. basis: inferred
  33. confidence: probable
  34. sources: [vital-records-scituate, online-tree-pane-joyce]
  35. note: Stephen Chittenden's wife Mehetable Buck, married 1679; the birth record names only the father. Pane-Joyce has her as the mother.
  36. ---
  38. Sarah was born at Scituate on 12 Mar 1688, probably the daughter of Stephen Chittenden recorded
  39. there, "Sarah, d. Stephen" (Scituate VR 1:68), and probably of his wife Mehitable Buck. She was
  40. baptized on 2 May 1708, "Sarah, d. Steph[en]," the year before her marriage. On 3 May 1709 she married
  41. John Holbrook (1686-by 1749) of Scituate and Eastham: "John and Sarah Chittenden, May 3, 1709"
  42. (Scituate VR 2:151). She was the mother of Elisha ("Elisha, s. Jo[h]n Jr. and Sarah").
  44. King Philip's War had touched both families before she was born. Benjamin Chittenden, probably her
  45. uncle, was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce on 26 March 1676 (Newman's letter, Deane p. 123), and
  46. Pierce was her husband's grandfather, if, as it seems, her husband's mother was Abigail Pierce. Her
  47. grandfather [Isaac Chittenden](/people/isaac-chittenden-1625/) came through the raid on Scituate that
  48. May and died later in the year; Deane's story that he "fell in repulsing the Indians from the Town
  49. 1676" (p. 232) is a mistake.
  51. ## Open questions
  53. - Her death and burial (Scituate or Eastham).
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