Sarah Pulsifer

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Pulsifer was born in 1785, in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Lovell Pulsifer, was 45 and her mother, Lucy Brown, was 38. She married Moses Southwick on 8 December 1804, in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 August 1854, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Moses Southwick
1783–1824
Sarah Pulsifer
1785–1854
Marriage: 8 December 1804
Lucy Southwick
1805–1852
Levell Southwick
1828–
Lovell Pulsifer Southwick
1806–1887
Mary Southwick
1811–1889
Elsie Southwick
1816–1855
Luke Southwick
1823–1906
Moses B. Southwick
1827–1903

Sources (15)

  • Sarah Southwick, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Pulsifer - death:
  • Sarah in entry for Mary Walker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (7)

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.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

Name Meaning

English: probably a variant of English Percival .

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

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