Sarah Holmes died 29 July 1772, at Ft. Edward, Washington Co. NY, 19 days after the birth of Ichabod, so probably childbed fever. She was born around 1741. History of the Buell Family in England and America, compiled by Albert Welles, lists her father as Israel Holmes of Litchfield, although the History of Yates Co. states she was the daughter of Peleg Holmes of Kent, CT. Sarah Holmes married Samuel Buell at Kent CT on July 3, 1760. Her grandson Elias Buell wrote:
"Our grandfather, Samuel 5th, was born in Hebron in 1740, and was the oldest son his father raised. He had two sisters older and several brothers and sisters younger than himself. Our great grandfather's estate was administered upon, the will admitted in probate court, the names of the children recorded in 1759.
Grandfather sold his inheritance, married Sarah Holmes July 3, 1760. Moved to Fort Edward in New York, in May 1763, thirteen years before the Revolutionary War.
Uncle Ephram Buell married our grandmother's sister, Pricilla Holmes, and settled in Cayuga County, N.Y. about the time our fathers settled in Benton. I have an old memorandum, it appears to be bound in rawhide, which was our grandfather Buell's, when he lived in Kent. In which he records the death of his father and the time of his marriage, and the births of his children by his first wife, as follow:-
Sarah, born May 7, 1761
Samuel, born October 7, 1763
Cyrus, born September 26, 1765
Polina, born April 14, 1768
Betsy, born May 19, 1770
Ichabod, born July 10, 1772
Then grandfather records the death of his wife July 29, 1772.
Our grandfather and family continued to reside at Fort Edward, Washington County, New York, until the end of the war. During the war he held a captain's commission, and was active as a captain of militia in protecting the frontier from Indians. He was called upon to raise a quota of troops, to increase the military strength of Fort Ann. He proposed to do it by volunteering, provided enough would volunteer. On trying, they lacked one man, then he turned to his boys, Samuel and Cyrus, and said one of you may go. They took turns doing duty in the fort. "
"Our grandfather, Samuel 5th, was born in Hebron in 1740, and was the oldest son his father raised. He had two sisters older and several brothers and sisters younger than himself. Our great grandfather's estate was administered upon, the will admitted in probate court, the names of the children recorded in 1759.
Grandfather sold his inheritance, married Sarah Holmes July 3, 1760. Moved to Fort Edward in New York, in May 1763, thirteen years before the Revolutionary War.
Uncle Ephram Buell married our grandmother's sister, Pricilla Holmes, and settled in Cayuga County, N.Y. about the time our fathers settled in Benton. I have an old memorandum, it appears to be bound in rawhide, which was our grandfather Buell's, when he lived in Kent. In which he records the death of his father and the time of his marriage, and the births of his children by his first wife, as follow:-
Sarah, born May 7, 1761
Samuel, born October 7, 1763
Cyrus, born September 26, 1765
Polina, born April 14, 1768
Betsy, born May 19, 1770
Ichabod, born July 10, 1772
Then grandfather records the death of his wife July 29, 1772.
Our grandfather and family continued to reside at Fort Edward, Washington County, New York, until the end of the war. During the war he held a captain's commission, and was active as a captain of militia in protecting the frontier from Indians. He was called upon to raise a quota of troops, to increase the military strength of Fort Ann. He proposed to do it by volunteering, provided enough would volunteer. On trying, they lacked one man, then he turned to his boys, Samuel and Cyrus, and said one of you may go. They took turns doing duty in the fort. "
Sarah Holmes died 29 July 1772, at Ft. Edward, Washington Co. NY, 19 days after the birth of Ichabod, so probably childbed fever. She was born around 1741. History of the Buell Family in England and America, compiled by Albert Welles, lists her father as Israel Holmes of Litchfield, although the History of Yates Co. states she was the daughter of Peleg Holmes of Kent, CT. Sarah Holmes married Samuel Buell at Kent CT on July 3, 1760. Her grandson Elias Buell wrote:
"Our grandfather, Samuel 5th, was born in Hebron in 1740, and was the oldest son his father raised. He had two sisters older and several brothers and sisters younger than himself. Our great grandfather's estate was administered upon, the will admitted in probate court, the names of the children recorded in 1759.
Grandfather sold his inheritance, married Sarah Holmes July 3, 1760. Moved to Fort Edward in New York, in May 1763, thirteen years before the Revolutionary War.
Uncle Ephram Buell married our grandmother's sister, Pricilla Holmes, and settled in Cayuga County, N.Y. about the time our fathers settled in Benton. I have an old memorandum, it appears to be bound in rawhide, which was our grandfather Buell's, when he lived in Kent. In which he records the death of his father and the time of his marriage, and the births of his children by his first wife, as follow:-
Sarah, born May 7, 1761
Samuel, born October 7, 1763
Cyrus, born September 26, 1765
Polina, born April 14, 1768
Betsy, born May 19, 1770
Ichabod, born July 10, 1772
Then grandfather records the death of his wife July 29, 1772.
Our grandfather and family continued to reside at Fort Edward, Washington County, New York, until the end of the war. During the war he held a captain's commission, and was active as a captain of militia in protecting the frontier from Indians. He was called upon to raise a quota of troops, to increase the military strength of Fort Ann. He proposed to do it by volunteering, provided enough would volunteer. On trying, they lacked one man, then he turned to his boys, Samuel and Cyrus, and said one of you may go. They took turns doing duty in the fort. "
"Our grandfather, Samuel 5th, was born in Hebron in 1740, and was the oldest son his father raised. He had two sisters older and several brothers and sisters younger than himself. Our great grandfather's estate was administered upon, the will admitted in probate court, the names of the children recorded in 1759.
Grandfather sold his inheritance, married Sarah Holmes July 3, 1760. Moved to Fort Edward in New York, in May 1763, thirteen years before the Revolutionary War.
Uncle Ephram Buell married our grandmother's sister, Pricilla Holmes, and settled in Cayuga County, N.Y. about the time our fathers settled in Benton. I have an old memorandum, it appears to be bound in rawhide, which was our grandfather Buell's, when he lived in Kent. In which he records the death of his father and the time of his marriage, and the births of his children by his first wife, as follow:-
Sarah, born May 7, 1761
Samuel, born October 7, 1763
Cyrus, born September 26, 1765
Polina, born April 14, 1768
Betsy, born May 19, 1770
Ichabod, born July 10, 1772
Then grandfather records the death of his wife July 29, 1772.
Our grandfather and family continued to reside at Fort Edward, Washington County, New York, until the end of the war. During the war he held a captain's commission, and was active as a captain of militia in protecting the frontier from Indians. He was called upon to raise a quota of troops, to increase the military strength of Fort Ann. He proposed to do it by volunteering, provided enough would volunteer. On trying, they lacked one man, then he turned to his boys, Samuel and Cyrus, and said one of you may go. They took turns doing duty in the fort. "
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