Sarah Ann Holbrook

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Holbrook was born on 10 June 1823, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Holbrook, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Trask, was 33. She married John Norman Morse on 25 December 1841, in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Oakham, Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died on 4 June 1910, in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Norman Morse
1814–1899
Sarah Ann Holbrook
1823–1910
Marriage: 25 December 1841
Elvira Ann Morse
1842–1863
John Norman Morse
1846–1902
Henry Eliakim Morse
1848–1915
Ella Maria Morse
1850–1863
Frank Fletcher Morse
1854–1855

Sources (30)

  • Sarah A Morse in household of Henry Holbrook, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
  • Sarah Ann Holbrook, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Sarah A. Holbrook, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’, such as Holbrook (Derbyshire, Dorset, Suffolk) and Howbrook in Wortley (Yorkshire).

Americanized form of North German Halbrock (or some like-sounding surname), a cognate of 1 above.

History: This name was first taken to America by the brothers Thomas and John Holbrook, who emigrated to MA in the 17th century; their line can be traced back to Dundry, Somerset, England, in the first half of the 16th century. Other English bearers who started early lines of descent in the New World are Joseph Ho(u)lbrook of Warrington, Lancashire, who emigrated to MD as an indentured servant in the later 17th century; Randolph Holbrook, who was in VA in the 1720s but later returned to Nantwich, Cheshire; and Rev. John Holbrook, who emigrated from Handbury, Staffordshire, to NJ c. 1723.

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

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