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Sarah <I>Edge</I> Bowater

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Sarah Edge Bowater

Birth
Cheshire, England
Death
26 Apr 1692 (aged 34)
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The daughter of George & Joan (Barrow) Edge, Quakers of Cheshire, England, Sarah married Thomas Bowater on 4 Oct 1686 in Edgemont, Chester Co PA, the son of John & Ann (Carter) Bowater of Bromsgrove, Worchester England and later of Middletown, Chester Co (now Delaware) PA.

They had at least two children, a daughter and a son, before Sarah died in 1692, aged 34 yrs.

England & Wales Quaker Birth, Marriage & Death 1578-1837 (Day not written on record):
"Sarah Daughter of George & Joan Edge of Barrow borne - 7 - 1657"

US & International Marriage Records 1560-1900:
Name: Thomas Bowater
Gender: Male
Birth Place: England
Birth Year: 1655
Spouse Name: Sarah Edge
Spouse Birth Place: England
Spouse Birth Year: 1664
Marriage Year: 1686
Marriage State: PA
Number Pages: 1

Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1994
Chester MM, PA, Pg 3, Old Style date:
"Sarah the wife of Thomas Bowater Departed this Life the 26'th of the 2'd month 1692."

Sarah was first buried at the Chester Quaker Friends Burying Ground, originally located at Edgemont Ave between 6th & 7th Streets in Chester, Delaware Co PA. A picture taken in 1938 of this cemetery can be seen online at oldchesterpa.com. Burials in that cemetery were re-interred at Chester Friends and Chester Rural, both in Delaware Co PA. I was only able to find a partial listing with 133 names of the total 456 burials that were removed.
http://oldchesterpa.com/cemeteries_quaker_edgmont.htm

Note:
Vital dates above are in Old Style. New Style vital dates would be b. Jul, d. Feb.
This Sarah Edge did NOT marry Thomas Beals.
The daughter of George & Joan (Barrow) Edge, Quakers of Cheshire, England, Sarah married Thomas Bowater on 4 Oct 1686 in Edgemont, Chester Co PA, the son of John & Ann (Carter) Bowater of Bromsgrove, Worchester England and later of Middletown, Chester Co (now Delaware) PA.

They had at least two children, a daughter and a son, before Sarah died in 1692, aged 34 yrs.

England & Wales Quaker Birth, Marriage & Death 1578-1837 (Day not written on record):
"Sarah Daughter of George & Joan Edge of Barrow borne - 7 - 1657"

US & International Marriage Records 1560-1900:
Name: Thomas Bowater
Gender: Male
Birth Place: England
Birth Year: 1655
Spouse Name: Sarah Edge
Spouse Birth Place: England
Spouse Birth Year: 1664
Marriage Year: 1686
Marriage State: PA
Number Pages: 1

Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1994
Chester MM, PA, Pg 3, Old Style date:
"Sarah the wife of Thomas Bowater Departed this Life the 26'th of the 2'd month 1692."

Sarah was first buried at the Chester Quaker Friends Burying Ground, originally located at Edgemont Ave between 6th & 7th Streets in Chester, Delaware Co PA. A picture taken in 1938 of this cemetery can be seen online at oldchesterpa.com. Burials in that cemetery were re-interred at Chester Friends and Chester Rural, both in Delaware Co PA. I was only able to find a partial listing with 133 names of the total 456 burials that were removed.
http://oldchesterpa.com/cemeteries_quaker_edgmont.htm

Note:
Vital dates above are in Old Style. New Style vital dates would be b. Jul, d. Feb.
This Sarah Edge did NOT marry Thomas Beals.

Gravesite Details

No marker; one of 456 burials reinterred from the Edgemont Quaker Cemetery.



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  • Created by: Bonnie's Daughter
  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82756580/sarah-bowater: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Edge Bowater (16 Sep 1657–26 Apr 1692), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82756580, citing Chester Friends Burial Ground, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Bonnie's Daughter (contributor 47137929).