Individual Details
Sarah Dayton
(July 16, 1716 - July 29, 1769)
Sarah Dayton was the wife of Benjamin English b. 1705
Events
Birth | July 16, 1716 | New Haven, British America | |||
Marriage | 1736 | Benjamin English | |||
Death | July 29, 1769 | New Haven, British America | |||
Burial | Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
Families
Spouse | Benjamin English (1705 - 1779) |
Father | Isaac Dayton (1684 - 1752) |
Mother | Elizabeth Todd ( - 1752) |
Notes
Marriage
Married by Isaac Dickerman Justice of Peace.Death
Sarah died 10 years before Benjamin.Burial
Inscription: Mrs. Sarah English wife of Benjamin English died 29 July 1769 aged 53 years. Distinguished among her sex for understanding piety, and usefulness & her children rise up & call her blessed: Husband also and all that knew her spake in her praiseMap 1779 invasion of New Haven
By Ezra Stiles, Yale University Manuscripts and Archives Digital Images Database, Public DomainEndnotes
1. Connecticut Society. Vital records of New Haven 1649-1850, The Connecticut society of the Order of the founders and patriots of America, Hartford 1917, Volume part 1 page 282.
2. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
3. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Inscriptions On Tombstones In New Haven, Erected Prior to 1800, New Haven, 1882., Page 517 Benjamin and Sarah English.