Sarah Sever

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Sever was born on 1 August 1686, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Caleb Seaver, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Englesbie, was 11683. She married Josiah Winchester on 25 March 1707, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died after 2 October 1750.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Winchester
1681–1724
Sarah Sever
1686–1750
Marriage: 25 March 1707
Sarah Winchester
1708–1708
Caleb Winchester
1709–1736
Sarah Winchester
1713–
Josiah Winchester
1719–1720
Nathaniel Winchester
1721–

Sources (18)

  • Sarah Seaver, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Seaver - Individual or family possessions: death: 28 April 1724; Brookline, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  • Sarah Sever, "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907"

Name Meaning

Slovenian and Croatian: topographic name from sever ‘north’, denoting someone who lived in the northern part of a village or estate. Compare Sewer 3.

Croatian: from the personal name Sever, a short form of Severin .

Flemish and Dutch: variant of Sievert .

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

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