Sarah is the daughter of Thomas & Sarah (Edge) Bowater of England, late of Delaware Co PA. As a British Quaker looking for religious freedom, her father immigrated to America aboard the ship "Bristol Comfort", arriving in Pennsylvania on 28 Jul 1683. Her mother, who had also immigrated from England, died at age 34 yrs 7m 10d.
Sarah's parents were married in Edgemont Twp, Chester, Delaware Co PA. Her father Thomas Bowater, had become friends and business associates with her future father-in-law, John Beals Sr. As early as 1685, three years before Sarah's birth, the two were involved in mutual land purchases in Chester Co PA. Sarah's marriage to the junior John Beals was most likely a collaboration between the longtime friends.
Sarah married:
1) John Beals Jr on 14 Aug 1711 at Nottingham Friends Meeting House in Nottingham, Chester Co PA; he died 12 Dec 1745, aged 60y 10m 22d . They had eight children, three sons and five daughters.
2) Reverend Alexander Underwood in Feb 1748 at Fairfax Friends Meeting House in Waterford, Loudoun Co VA; a late-in-life marriage, they had no children.
After the death of her first husband, Sarah transferred to Warrington Friends Meeting House. She was accompanied by her son Bowater Beals, who had married Sarah Cook, a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Underwood) Cook. Sarah Beals met her future husband through her daughter-in-law Sarah (Cook) Beals, to whom he was maternal grandfather.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw; Vol VI, Pgs 469 & 575:
"Sarah (Beals), wd with ch, rpd m 2mo-1748 to Alexander UNDERWOOD; she was gct Warrington MM, Pa., 25-4-1748 (Note: The mtg appoint to Henry Ballinger & Daniel Matthews to settle the affairs between her & her ch in accordance of the will of her dec h, which was satisfactorily done, as rpd 30-1-1748.)"
Sarah is again recorded on 12 Sep 1761, when she was succeeded as "overseer", most likely due to illness. She died a few years later, aged 77y 4m 10d. Alexander died two years later in 1767, aged 79.
Quaker Abbreviations:
ch = child, children
dec = deceased
gct = granted certificate to
h = husband
ltm = liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry
m = marry, married, marrying, marriage
prc = produced a certificate
rpd = reported
wd = widow
Sarah's parents were married in Edgemont Twp, Chester, Delaware Co PA. Her father Thomas Bowater, had become friends and business associates with her future father-in-law, John Beals Sr. As early as 1685, three years before Sarah's birth, the two were involved in mutual land purchases in Chester Co PA. Sarah's marriage to the junior John Beals was most likely a collaboration between the longtime friends.
Sarah married:
1) John Beals Jr on 14 Aug 1711 at Nottingham Friends Meeting House in Nottingham, Chester Co PA; he died 12 Dec 1745, aged 60y 10m 22d . They had eight children, three sons and five daughters.
2) Reverend Alexander Underwood in Feb 1748 at Fairfax Friends Meeting House in Waterford, Loudoun Co VA; a late-in-life marriage, they had no children.
After the death of her first husband, Sarah transferred to Warrington Friends Meeting House. She was accompanied by her son Bowater Beals, who had married Sarah Cook, a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Underwood) Cook. Sarah Beals met her future husband through her daughter-in-law Sarah (Cook) Beals, to whom he was maternal grandfather.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw; Vol VI, Pgs 469 & 575:
"Sarah (Beals), wd with ch, rpd m 2mo-1748 to Alexander UNDERWOOD; she was gct Warrington MM, Pa., 25-4-1748 (Note: The mtg appoint to Henry Ballinger & Daniel Matthews to settle the affairs between her & her ch in accordance of the will of her dec h, which was satisfactorily done, as rpd 30-1-1748.)"
Sarah is again recorded on 12 Sep 1761, when she was succeeded as "overseer", most likely due to illness. She died a few years later, aged 77y 4m 10d. Alexander died two years later in 1767, aged 79.
Quaker Abbreviations:
ch = child, children
dec = deceased
gct = granted certificate to
h = husband
ltm = liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry
m = marry, married, marrying, marriage
prc = produced a certificate
rpd = reported
wd = widow
Sarah is the daughter of Thomas & Sarah (Edge) Bowater of England, late of Delaware Co PA. As a British Quaker looking for religious freedom, her father immigrated to America aboard the ship "Bristol Comfort", arriving in Pennsylvania on 28 Jul 1683. Her mother, who had also immigrated from England, died at age 34 yrs 7m 10d.
Sarah's parents were married in Edgemont Twp, Chester, Delaware Co PA. Her father Thomas Bowater, had become friends and business associates with her future father-in-law, John Beals Sr. As early as 1685, three years before Sarah's birth, the two were involved in mutual land purchases in Chester Co PA. Sarah's marriage to the junior John Beals was most likely a collaboration between the longtime friends.
Sarah married:
1) John Beals Jr on 14 Aug 1711 at Nottingham Friends Meeting House in Nottingham, Chester Co PA; he died 12 Dec 1745, aged 60y 10m 22d . They had eight children, three sons and five daughters.
2) Reverend Alexander Underwood in Feb 1748 at Fairfax Friends Meeting House in Waterford, Loudoun Co VA; a late-in-life marriage, they had no children.
After the death of her first husband, Sarah transferred to Warrington Friends Meeting House. She was accompanied by her son Bowater Beals, who had married Sarah Cook, a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Underwood) Cook. Sarah Beals met her future husband through her daughter-in-law Sarah (Cook) Beals, to whom he was maternal grandfather.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw; Vol VI, Pgs 469 & 575:
"Sarah (Beals), wd with ch, rpd m 2mo-1748 to Alexander UNDERWOOD; she was gct Warrington MM, Pa., 25-4-1748 (Note: The mtg appoint to Henry Ballinger & Daniel Matthews to settle the affairs between her & her ch in accordance of the will of her dec h, which was satisfactorily done, as rpd 30-1-1748.)"
Sarah is again recorded on 12 Sep 1761, when she was succeeded as "overseer", most likely due to illness. She died a few years later, aged 77y 4m 10d. Alexander died two years later in 1767, aged 79.
Quaker Abbreviations:
ch = child, children
dec = deceased
gct = granted certificate to
h = husband
ltm = liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry
m = marry, married, marrying, marriage
prc = produced a certificate
rpd = reported
wd = widow
Sarah's parents were married in Edgemont Twp, Chester, Delaware Co PA. Her father Thomas Bowater, had become friends and business associates with her future father-in-law, John Beals Sr. As early as 1685, three years before Sarah's birth, the two were involved in mutual land purchases in Chester Co PA. Sarah's marriage to the junior John Beals was most likely a collaboration between the longtime friends.
Sarah married:
1) John Beals Jr on 14 Aug 1711 at Nottingham Friends Meeting House in Nottingham, Chester Co PA; he died 12 Dec 1745, aged 60y 10m 22d . They had eight children, three sons and five daughters.
2) Reverend Alexander Underwood in Feb 1748 at Fairfax Friends Meeting House in Waterford, Loudoun Co VA; a late-in-life marriage, they had no children.
After the death of her first husband, Sarah transferred to Warrington Friends Meeting House. She was accompanied by her son Bowater Beals, who had married Sarah Cook, a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Underwood) Cook. Sarah Beals met her future husband through her daughter-in-law Sarah (Cook) Beals, to whom he was maternal grandfather.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw; Vol VI, Pgs 469 & 575:
"Sarah (Beals), wd with ch, rpd m 2mo-1748 to Alexander UNDERWOOD; she was gct Warrington MM, Pa., 25-4-1748 (Note: The mtg appoint to Henry Ballinger & Daniel Matthews to settle the affairs between her & her ch in accordance of the will of her dec h, which was satisfactorily done, as rpd 30-1-1748.)"
Sarah is again recorded on 12 Sep 1761, when she was succeeded as "overseer", most likely due to illness. She died a few years later, aged 77y 4m 10d. Alexander died two years later in 1767, aged 79.
Quaker Abbreviations:
ch = child, children
dec = deceased
gct = granted certificate to
h = husband
ltm = liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry
m = marry, married, marrying, marriage
prc = produced a certificate
rpd = reported
wd = widow
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