Sarah Wise

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Wise was born on 20 November 1746, in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Wyman Wise, was 30 and her mother, Abigail Smith, was 23. She married Deacon Nathaniel Currier in 1764, in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 2 October 1821, in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Atwood Cemetery, Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Deacon Nathaniel Currier
1741–1826
Sarah Wise
1746–1821
Marriage: 1764
James Currier
1765–1859
Simeon Currier
1768–1835
John Currier
1770–1804
Joseph Currier
1773–1854
Abigail Currier
1776–1853
Sarah Currier
1778–1869
Sarah Currier
1779–
Elizabeth “Betty” Currier
1782–1802
David Currier
1785–1852
Jonathan Currier
1787–1863
Hannah Currier
1790–1861
Eliab Currier
1793–1882

Sources (31)

  • Sarah, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Sarah, "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947"
  • Sarah in entry for John Currier, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"

World Events (7)

1760

Oldest Grave seen in Memorials List

1776

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

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a wise or learned person, from Middle English wise, wisse ‘wise’ (Old English wīs). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs and De Wijs, a nickname meaning ‘(the) wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.

English: topographic name for someone who lived by the withies or willows, from Middle English withi, Old English wīthig ‘withy, willow’.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Weiss ‘white’.

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

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