When Sarah Sheafe was born on 1 August 1748, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Hon. Jacob Sheafe, was 32 and her mother, Hannah Seavey, was 30. She married John Marsh in May 1769, in Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 8 June 1839, at the age of 90.
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English (Kent): from Middle English shefe ‘sheaf, bundle’ (Old English scēaf), hence possibly a nickname for a harvest worker, or for someone who paid or collected tithes, from the same term in the sense ‘tenth’ (or other proportion of produce paid as a tithe).
History: Jacob Sheafe (died 1658) was one of the founds of Boston MA. He is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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