Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Pressey was born on 7 February 1698, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Pressey, was 26 and her mother, Susanna Jameson, was 25. She married Thomas Colby on 21 January 1728, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died in 1742, at the age of 44.
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- Sarah Presse, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sarah Pressey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital Marriage and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Sarah in entry for Jonathan Colby, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English prest, pri(e)st ‘priest’ + hei(e), hai(e) ‘fence, enclosure’ (Old English prēost, (ge)hæg), probably denoting a piece of enclosed church land. The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by such a plot, or habitational, from a minor place so named, such as Priesthay Wood Farm in Wappenham, Northamptonshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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