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    Dorchester, Sarah

    Female 1712 - 1766  (~ 53 years)


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    • Name Dorchester, Sarah 
      Birth Abt 1712  Of Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Christened 13 Mar 1712  Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died 1766  Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I07765  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 23 Jul 2012 

      Father Dorchester, William,   c. 13 Apr 1673, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Feb 1720, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
      Mother Merewether, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1682, Of Easterton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Abt 1722, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
      Married 24 Apr 1711  Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Merewether, Francis,   c. 16 Mar 1714, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Dec 1781, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
      Married 12 Jun 1735  Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Merewether, Elizabeth,   c. 1 Jul 1743, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. Merewether, Franics,   c. 7 Jul 1745, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       3. Merewether, Sarah,   b. Abt 1750, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1793, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
      Family ID F02314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • P2/M/1196 Administration bond, commission 1772 Merewether formerly Dorchester Wife Market Lavington
        William Dorchester, of Ichilhampton, p. All Cannings, & Elizabeth Merewether, of Esterton, p. Market Lavington married.
        A Sarah Dorchester married Francis MERRYWEATHER on 12 Jun 1735 in Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England. (Married a cousin?)
        Etchilhampton Church:
        Mrs. Sarah Merewether, wife of Francis Merewether of Easterton, Gent., and eldest daughter of William and Elizabeth Dorchester, died 1766, aged 55. Also her husband Francis Merewether, Sen., Gent., died 1781, aged 67. Sarah, daughter of Francis and Sarah Merewether, died 1793, aged 42."
        [no title] 212B/3189 1734 Sept. 30
        These documents are held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives
        Contents:
        (1) Francis Merewether of Easterton, gentleman Executors of the will of William Dorchester
        Thomas Fowle, of Charleton, gentleman Executors of the will of William Dorchester
        (2) Sarah Dorchester, spinster Daughters of the said William Dorchester
        (3) Ann Dorchester, spinster Daughters of the said William Dorchester
        Assignment upon attaining their majority of two undivided third parts of various tenements comprising their father's estate. (Enclosed) Grant dated 13 Dec. 1686 by Wm. Hancock to Roger Dorchester of lands at Ashlington.
        Letters of administration to Francis Merewether for the estate of Sarah his wife - 1772.