Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Gage was born on 27 April 1769, in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Capt. James Gage, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Lamson, was 29. She married Samuel Jewett on 29 December 1793, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in New Hartford, New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 12 February 1861, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Sally Jewett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Gage, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Sally, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from Middle English gage, gauge ‘fixed measure’ (Old French gauge), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an assayer, an official who was in charge of checking weights and measures.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French gage ‘pledge, surety’ (against which money was lent), and therefore a metonymic occupational name for a moneylender or usurer.
English: variant of Geach, an unexplained name common in Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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James Gage Jewett
JEWETT, JAMES G., was born in Whitestown, now a portion of Utica, August 17, 1807, son of Samuel and Sarah Jewett. Samuel Jewett was born in Jaffrey, N. H., November 17, 1765, and died January 31, 183 …
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