Sarah was the daughter of John McGinnis & Margaret Woodbridge. John came to this country from Ireland somewhere between 1755 and 1760, and it is believed, landed either at New Castle or Philadelphia. The year he was born is unknown, but it must have been about 1740 or 1742. Some of his earliest descendants claimed that he was born in County Tyrone. John McGinness was a seafaring man, and had command of a vessel. On one of his voyages it was wrecked and he was lost. The marriage registry of the Swedes Church shows that he married Margaret Woodbridge, of Philadelphia, March 6, 1777. In time a daughter was born and named Sarah McGinness. Becoming an orphan soon after birth, she was adopted by her uncle, the Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, and took his name. He was a Seventh Day Baptist. In 1778 or 1779, when a mere infant, she was carried across the mountains by him and his wife, mounted on bales of goods strapped on the back of a pack horse. He settled in Springhill Township, Fayette County, and founded the village which bears his name. He built a church and dwelling, and preached without money and without price until he died. Sarah McGinness-Woodbridge grew up to be a very beautiful woman. She married John Oliphant, who was born in Chester County, and the history of Fayette County records the fact that when they stood up before the venerable uncle to be married, sometime in 1790, they made a 'remarkably fine couple.' Andrew Oliphant, the father of her husband, was a trader. When Braddock's expedition was organized, his horses were seized to carry goods. He was present at the battle, and when Braddock was mortally wounded he was conveyed from the field on a litter swung between two of his horses. She was the mother of four sons and six daughters. Gen. Samuel Ducan Oliphant, of iron furnace fame, was her grandson.

Died at 64 years old