Sarah Girdler1

#35098, (21 August 1768 - 1 August 1857)

Family

Peter Knapp b. c 1765
Children 1.Sally Knapp+1 (c 1795 - 1873)
 2.Martha Ingalls Knapp7 (1796 - )
 3.Aaron Beale Knapp7 (1798 - )
 4.Mary Russell Knapp7 (1800 - )
 5.Eleanor Knapp7 (1802 - )
 6.Elizabeth Clark Knapp7 (1804 - )
The marriage record has Girdler but marriage intentions has Andrews (see citation). She may have been born Sarah Andrews, married Girdler, who died shortly after the marriage. If so, she is Sarah Andrews, dau. of Benjamin Andrews and Eleanor, bapt. 21 Aug 1768 in Marblehead.2 
Her married name was Knapp. 
BirthAugust 1768She was born in August 1768 at Marblehead, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.3 
Baptism*21 August 1768She was baptized on 21 August 1768 at Essex Co., MassachusettsG; (if she is Sarah Andrews.)3 
Marriage*12 December 1793She married Peter Knapp on 12 December 1793 at Essex Co., MassachusettsG.4,1 
1800She and Peter Knapp appeared on the census of 1800 at Marblehead, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.5 
Death*1 August 1857She died on 1 August 1857 at Essex Co., MassachusettsG, at age 88.6 

Citations

  1. [S2905] The Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Marblehead Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1903), p. 302. Sally Knap [sic], dau. of Peter and Sarah, bapt. 1 Mar 1795.
  2. [S2897] The Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 Volume II - Marriages and Deaths (Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1904), p. 246. "Peter, and Sarah Girdler [Sarah Andrews, int.], Dec. 12, 1793."
  3. [S2905] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Marblehead I, p. 15. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin and Eleanor, bapt. Aug. 21, 1768; citng St. Michael's (Episcopal) Church records.
  4. [S2897] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Marblehead II, Marblehead Vital Statistics Volume 2, p. 447 (original Vol. 2, p. 242), img. 2204/4350, marriages performed by Rev. Isaac Story of Marblehead. Peter Knapp and Miss Sarah Girdler marr. 12 Dec 1793.
  5. [S269] 1800 U.S. Federal Census. Peter (26-45); F (26-45) [Sarah); m (<10) [Aaron] 3 f (<10) [Sally, Martha, Mary].
  6. [S1239] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910/1915, index and images, online AmericanAncestors.org, Deaths Registered in Marblehead for the Year 1857, no. 81, img. 219/694. Sarah Knapp, wid., b. Marblehead, dau. of Benjamin and Eleanor Andrews, d. 1 Aug 1857, age 88y 11m 11d, old age.
  7. [S2905] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Marblehead I, p. 302.