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Sarah <I>Phelps</I> Goodridge

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Sarah Phelps Goodridge

Birth
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
19 Jun 1776 (aged 70)
Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Sarah married BENJAMIN GOODRIDGE, who was a military company captain, and received a commission “for the peace” from MA Governor Bernard. Their son, DANIEL GOODRIDGE (1738-1821, DAR American Revolution PATRIOT A045640) was a sergeant in Captain Abel Wilder's MINUTEMEN Company, under Colonel Ephraim Doolittle. Daniel married Hannah Low, and their daughter, Hannah Goodridge (1781-1861) married Ebenezer Fish (1782-1863). Their son, Samuel Fish (1808-1881), married Elizabeth Leeper, and their son, LOVEL LLOYD FISH (1850-1907), married MARY ANN BAKER (1860-1937).
Sarah married BENJAMIN GOODRIDGE, who was a military company captain, and received a commission “for the peace” from MA Governor Bernard. Their son, DANIEL GOODRIDGE (1738-1821, DAR American Revolution PATRIOT A045640) was a sergeant in Captain Abel Wilder's MINUTEMEN Company, under Colonel Ephraim Doolittle. Daniel married Hannah Low, and their daughter, Hannah Goodridge (1781-1861) married Ebenezer Fish (1782-1863). Their son, Samuel Fish (1808-1881), married Elizabeth Leeper, and their son, LOVEL LLOYD FISH (1850-1907), married MARY ANN BAKER (1860-1937).

Inscription

this Stone is Sacred to the Memory of Mrs Sarah Goodridge the Wife of Benjamin Goodridge, Esq. who Departed this Life in Comfortable hops of a Better on the 19th of July 1776 in the 70th year of her age.
A Solemn Tale to You I tell
Who on the Earth hast Still to Dwell;
"that as I once was Like to thee"
So You Will Soon be Like to me."



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