Sarah Willett

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Willett was born in 1808, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Willett, was 34 and her mother, Mary Tatom, was 37. She married Stewart Warren on 2 April 1831, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Stewart Warren
1802–
Sarah Willett
1808–
Marriage: 2 April 1831
James T Warren
1832–
Sarah Hannah Warren
1834–
Amanda M Warren
1836–
Mary U Warren
1839–
William G Warren
1841–

Sources (18)

  • Sarah Warren in household of Stuart Warren, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Willett, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions: Franklin. Court Minutes January 1827–October 1831, June 1829–January 1936

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal names Wilot, Wilet, pet forms of Will , itself a short form of William .

English: sometimes a variant of Willard .

English: perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Willet, in Elworthy (Somerset). It is from an earlier name of Doniford Stream, which rises at Willet, and is probably a compound of Old English wiell, will ‘spring’ + an unrecorded gīete ‘stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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