Sarah White

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah White was born on 26 August 1721, in Clinton, Dutchess, New York, United States. She married Capt. Anthony Badgley on 26 August 1747, in Salt Point, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 April 1805, in her hometown, at the age of 83, and was buried in Dutchess, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Capt. Anthony Badgley
1721–1810
Sarah White
1721–1805
Marriage: 26 August 1747
Phebe Badgley
1747–1834
Anthony Badgley
1750–1829
George Badgley
1751–1825
Stephen Badgley
1753–1838
Elizabeth Badgley
1755–1783

Sources (2)

  • Sarah Badgley, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Children of Anthony Badgley and Phebe Hait in Loyalist Clarks, Badgleys, and allied families

World Events (4)

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: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.

Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.

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

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