When Sarah Iliff was born on 8 February 1775, in Nockamixon Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Yates Iliff, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Williams, was 23. She married Soloman Houseweart about 1800, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 31 May 1838, in Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Klines Grove, Rush Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.