Marah Newberry
(1709/10-1758)
| Father | Capt Benjamin Newberry II (1669-1709) |
| Mother | Hannah Sacket (1668/69-1749) |
Marah Newberry, daughter of Capt Benjamin Newberry II and Hannah Sacket, was born in Windsor, Hartford County, ConnecticutG, on 3 February 1709/10.1,2 She died aged 48 on 5 June 1758.1,2 She married on 10 October 1728, Major Roger Wolcott, son of Governor Roger Wolcott and Sarah Drake.2 Major Roger Wolcott was born on 14 September 1704.2 He died aged 55 on 19 October 1759.2
Children of Marah Newberry and Major Roger Wolcott
- Roger Wolcott d. young
- Mary Wolcott d. young
- Roger Wolcott d. young
- Sarah Wolcott
- Roger Wolcott
- Epaphras Wolcott
- Mary Wolcott
- Amelia Wolcott d. young
- Parmenio Wolcott
- Amelia Wolcott
- Martha Wolcott d. young
Children of Capt. Benjamin and Hannah (Sackett-Dewey) Newberry of Windsor, Conn.:
...
v. Marah, (posthumous) b. 3 Feb. 1709/10, d. 5 June 1758; m. 10 Oct. 1728, Maj. and Hon. Roger Wolcott of Windsor, Conn., b. 14 Sept. 1704, eldest son of Gov. Roger and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott. (Gov. Roger Wolcott continuously held public state office in Connecticut for forty-five years, his service closing as governor of the colony from 1750 to 1754.) Maj. Roger Wolcott resided in that part of Windsor now South Windsor, and followed in his father's footsteps a career in public life, serving successively as representative in the Connecticut Assembly, member of the Council, judge of the Superior Court, and major of Connecticut troops; and doubtless he would have attained the gubernatorial chair but for his premature death, 19 Oct. 1759, aged fifty-five years. Children (Wolcott): Roger d. y., Mary d. y., Roger d. y., Sarah, Roger, Epaphras, Mary, Amelia d. y., Parmenio, Amelia, Martha d. y.
v. Marah, (posthumous) b. 3 Feb. 1709/10, d. 5 June 1758; m. 10 Oct. 1728, Maj. and Hon. Roger Wolcott of Windsor, Conn., b. 14 Sept. 1704, eldest son of Gov. Roger and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott. (Gov. Roger Wolcott continuously held public state office in Connecticut for forty-five years, his service closing as governor of the colony from 1750 to 1754.) Maj. Roger Wolcott resided in that part of Windsor now South Windsor, and followed in his father's footsteps a career in public life, serving successively as representative in the Connecticut Assembly, member of the Council, judge of the Superior Court, and major of Connecticut troops; and doubtless he would have attained the gubernatorial chair but for his premature death, 19 Oct. 1759, aged fifty-five years. Children (Wolcott): Roger d. y., Mary d. y., Roger d. y., Sarah, Roger, Epaphras, Mary, Amelia d. y., Parmenio, Amelia, Martha d. y.
—J Gardner Bartlett, The Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Newberry of Dorchester, Mass., 1634, Boston, Mass (1914)
Notes & Citations
- Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "51. Marah Newbury, b. Feb. 3, 1709, d. June 5, 1753."
- J Gardner Bartlett, The Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Newberry of Dorchester, Mass., 1634, Boston, Mass (1914), digital image, Ancestry.com.
| Sackett line | 3rd great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet |
| Charts | Line 3a (American) |
| Generation.Tree | 4L.3 |
| Last Edited | 19 Jun 2023 |
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