Sarah Bloomfield Spencer

Brief Life History of Sarah Bloomfield

When Sarah Bloomfield Spencer was born on 7 May 1777, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Col Oliver Spencer, was 40 and her mother, Anna Ogden, was 36. She married Nathaniel Evans on 11 March 1800. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States in 1850. She died on 24 February 1851, in Oakland, Union, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Evans
1776–1819
Sarah Bloomfield Spencer
1777–1851
Marriage: 11 March 1800
Francis Allison Evans
1800–1873
Cornelia Spencer Evans
1805–1832
Emma Evans
1806–1811
John Nathaniel Evans
1809–1891

Sources (2)

  • Sarah B Evans, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Bloomfield Spencer Evans, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1785

DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for someone who dispensed provisions or money, from Middle English spenser(e), spencer(e) ‘household steward, butler, almoner’ (Anglo-Norman French espenser, Old French despensier). Compare Spence and Spender . There is some dispute about the origins of the Spencer family, whose most famous member in recent times was the late Princess of Wales, born Lady Diana Spencer (1961–97). Some sources say that they are descended from William the Conqueror's steward, Robert Despencer. What is clear is that by the 15th century they had become prosperous from sheep farming in Northamptonshire. Robert Spencer (died 1627) was said to be the wealthiest man in England. Their titles have included Earls of Sunderland and Earls Spencer; and through the female line the 5th Earl of Sunderland also became Duke of Marlborough in 1733. This connection was the result of the marriage, in 1700, of the 3rd Duke of Sunderland to the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The youngest son of this union, John Spencer (1708–46), was the father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734–83).

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

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