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Sarah RING

(1636 - 1646 - 1698)

Some believe that the Sarah who married William Cottle and John Hale was named Sarah Rolfe, a daughter of John Rolfe. Hoyt argues convincingly that she was actually named Sarah Ring, a grand-daughter of John Rolfe.

I'm using Hoyt's reconstruction of the family:

Transcription done by OCR with some hand editing and renumbering of notes:

[footnote] It has been assumed that Sarah Cottle was dau. of John Rolfe; but her age and other circumstances render it much more probable that she was his grand-dau. If she was the Sarah Hale, aged 33, who testified in the Caleb Powell case, in 1679-80[C Nb], she was b. ab. 1646 (or possibly a little earlier, as that would make her only 16 on the birth of her first child). The " Hale Genealogy," 1889, says she was prob. b. 1636. She was, therefore, 10 to 20 years younger than her husband. She was, also, probably the "Goody Hale" named in Wm. Morse's evidence in his wife's case, 1681[C Nb].
In view of all these facts, we venture to suggest that she may have been Sarah Ring, born in Eng., perhaps after the Rolfes came to this country, that Robert Ring (perhaps her uncle) brought the child over when he came to this country the second time, ab. 1652, where she was brought up in either the Rolfe-Sanders family or the Ring family. Her mother was evidently dead in 1663, and perhaps d. soon after her birth. C Nb. gives John Hale's third wife, Sarah Symonds; but the record is without date, and evidently not official. It has been suggested that she might have mar. and bur, a Symonds in the brief interval between 1668 and 1673; but it seems more probable that the Symonds story is an error, arising from the fact that a step-daughter of Deputy Gov. Samuel Symonds m. another John Hale.

--From David Webster Hoyt, “The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts”, 1897, Providence, RI, pp 115-116.

Events

Birth	1636 - 1646	England
Marriage	1661	William COTTLE
Marriage	Bef 1662	William COTTLE
Marriage	1662	United States - William COTTLE
Marriage	Bef 1664	William COTTLE
Miscellaneous	1664	received a legacy from John Rolfe for herself and two children, Sarah and Ann C,
Marriage	Aft 1668	Sergeant John HALE
Marriage	Abt 1673	Sergeant John HALE
Death	1698
Death	1699
Death	19 Jan 1698/99
Death	19 Jan 1700
Arrival		perhaps with Robert Ring, who might be her uncle {Hoyt}
Adoption
Arrival		Possibly brought to New World by Robert Ring, who may have been her uncle.

Families

Spouse	William COTTLE (1626 - 1668)
Child	Sarah COTTLE (1662 - 1747)
Child	Ann C. COTTLE (1663 - )
Child	Susanna COTTLE (1665 - 1688)
Child	Ezra COTTLE (1668 - 1749)
Child	William S. COTTLE (1668 - 1688)

Spouse	Sergeant John HALE (1635 - 1707)
Child	Joseph HALE (1674 - 1755)
Child	Benjamin HALE (1676 - 1677)
Child	Moses HALE (1678 - 1743)

Spouse

[possible second husband of Sarah Ring] SYMONDS ( - )

Father	Richard RING ( - )
Mother	Joane ROLFE (1613 - 1663)
Sibling	Joseph RING ( - )
Sibling	Elizabeth RING ( - )
Sibling	Isaac RING ( - 1668)
Sibling	Hester RING (1639 - 1668)

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