Sarah Lancaster

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Lancaster was born in 1793, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, her father, Levi Lancaster, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Peele Bryant, was 33. She married James Forehand about 1805, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Saulston, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1860. She died after 1850.

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Family Time Line

James Forehand
1790–1860
Sarah Lancaster
1793–1850
Marriage: about 1805
James Forehand
1809–1878
Bryant Forehand
1812–1861
Harriet Forehand
1814–1870
Levi Forehand
1818–
William Bryant Forehand
1827–1860

Sources (6)

  • Sarah Farehand in household of James Farehand, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Lancaster -
  • Sarah Forehand in household of James Forehand, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (2)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, which is recorded as Loncastre in 1086. The place takes its name from the river Lune + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’, ‘salubrious’.

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

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