Sarah Stowell

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Stowell was born in 1726, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Stowell, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Cooper, was 33. She married Josiah Perry Sr on 17 October 1749, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 1 February 1754, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 28.

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Josiah Perry Sr
1684–1767
Sarah Stowell
1726–1754
Marriage: 17 October 1749

Sources (2)

  • Sarah Stowel, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Sarah Stowell, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Stowell (Somerset), Stowell (Gloucestershire), East and West Stowell in Wilcot (Wiltshire), or Stawell (Somerset), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’. The surname was taken to the Isle of Man by 1511, from whence it migrated to Lancashire and Yorkshire.

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

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