Individual Details
SARAH Belman
(28 Jun 1688 - )
According to an account online from another descendant, Hinshaw did not copy everything from the Quaker records. Apparently four years after Sarah married Nathaniel Martin, he was disowned. Supposedly Sarah had gone to the Friends Colony in Opecking, VA to visit a married daughter and while she was away, Nathaniel got their young housekeeper pregnant. Sarah requested a permanent transfer of her membership which was unusual without the husband, but the transfer was granted and she moved to her daughter's home permanently. The following record would indicate she at least returned to file for her sons inheritance after Nathaniel's death.
AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF QUAKER GENEALOGY VOL. 1, p. 146 "Pasquotank Monthly Meeting"
MARTIN.
1734, 4, 6. Nathaniel ltm Sarah Overman, relict of Ephraim.
1737, 6, 4. Abigail Pick, dt. Sarah Martin, gct Friends at Opeccin. (having rem)
1738, 10, 27. Nathaniel dis.
1739, 7, 6. Sarah, w. Nathaniel, gct Friends Colony at Opecking, VA (some of her children lived there)
1745, 2, 4. Sarah rpd having difference with her son-in-law, Joshua Martin.
1749, 1., 2. Sarah gct Cape Fear Friends
The following record must surely be a daughter of Nathaniel, given the date, since she would have been 98 years of age... But is probably the source given on FindAGrave for her death.
1785, 10, 19. Sarah (Martin) gct Core Sound MM (rem)
North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images
Pasquotank County, NC - Sarah Martin, widow of Nathaniel Martin, petitions the court for the part of his estate that belongs to her sons, Nathan and Isaac Overman, orphans of Ephraim Overman, she being appointed guardian over them. Nathaniel Martin received the estate by intermarrying with Sarah Overman, he being lately deceased. The petition is dated 19 January 1743.
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Events
| Birth | 28 Jun 1688 |  | |||
| Marriage | 13 Mar 1708 | Pasquotank County, North Carolina - EPHRAIM Overman | | ||
| Marriage | 6 Apr 1734 | Pasquotank County, North Carolina - Nathaniel Martin | |
Families
| Spouse | EPHRAIM Overman (1681 - 1732) |
| Child | ABIGAIL Overman (1709 - 1781) |
| Child | Joseph Overman (1711 - 1737) |
| Child | Ann Overman (1714 - ) |
| Child | Ephraim Overman (1719 - 1792) |
| Child | Sarah Overman (1722 - 1762) |
| Child | Nathan Overman (1725 - ) |
| Child | Isaac Overman (1727 - 1785) |
| Spouse | Nathaniel Martin ( - ) |
| Father | JOHN Belman (1662 - 1707) |
| Mother | SARAH Wilson (1668 - 1707) |
| Sibling | Hannah Belman (1689 - ) |
| Sibling | Esther Belman (1691 - ) |
| Sibling | John Belman (1695 - 1740) |
| Sibling | Robert Belman (1697 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane Belman (1701 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Belman (1701 - ) |
| Sibling | William Belman (1704 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Belman (1707 - ) |
Endnotes
1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
2. William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Reprint of 1936 edition in 1969 by Genealogical Publishing Co includes Supplement by Thomas Worth Marshall, 1948.).
3. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
4. William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Reprint of 1936 edition in 1969 by Genealogical Publishing Co includes Supplement by Thomas Worth Marshall, 1948.).
5. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.