John Sadler III

Brief Life History of John

When John Sadler III was born on 25 June 1762, in Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Sadler II, was 45 and his mother, Abigail Scott, was 32. He married Lavina Porter on 8 October 1782, in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1800 and Colesville, Broome, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 1 August 1846, in Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

John Sadler III
1762–1846
Lavina Porter
1763–1842
Marriage: 8 October 1782
Abigail Sadler
1783–
Lavina Sadler
1790–1818
Hannah Sadler
1792–1843
Electa Sadler
1796–1874
Samuel Sadler
1798–1864
John Sadler IV
1798–
Margaret Sadler
1800–1817

Sources (20)

  • John Sadler at Colesville, Broome, NY, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Samuel Sadler ,baptized @Ashfield, son of John & Lavina "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and German: occupational name for a maker or seller of saddles, from Middle English sadeler(e) ‘saddler’ or an agent derivative of Middle High German and Middle Low German sadel ‘saddle’. The name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America, this surname has also absorbed other German variants (see Sattler and Sedler ) and cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Siedlarz and Czech Sedlář, Slovak Sedlár, Slovenian and Croatian Sedlar . Compare Saddler .

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

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