Sarah Goding
b. 13 June 1763, d. about April 1802
Sarah Goding|b. 13 Jun 1763\nd. abt. Apr 1802|p752.htm|William Goding|b. 29 Oct 1736\nd. bef. 1791|p3146.htm|Sarah Stearns|b. 1739|p3147.htm|William Goding|b. 24 Apr 1703\nd. 1757|p3154.htm|Martha Spooner|b. 6 Mar 1714/15\nd. 1 Jul 1749|p3155.htm|Daniel Stearns|b. 1 Mar 1700/1\nd. 17 Mar 1746/47|p3325.htm|Mercy Grant|b. 20 Sep 1702\nd. 1767|p3327.htm|
| Father* | William Goding1,2 b. 29 Oct 1736, d. bef. 1791 |
| Mother* | Sarah Stearns1,2 b. 1739 |
Sarah Goding was born 13 June 1763 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.3,1,2 She married Seth Ingersoll Browne, son of William Browne and Mary Bailey, 5 October 1786 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.1 She died about April 1802 at Charlestown.4 She was buried at Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.4
She had two brothers, William (a Baptist minister in Maine), and Henry.
Supposedly, her mother was Sarah Carter-Godding who later married Benjamin Piper. This may be a step-mother.
Sarah was called handsome in her youth. She used to wear a short, loose white gown over a black skirt with a blue and white checked apron. She had deep-set eyes and a low, broad forehead, white skin, and a long, straight black hair, which she wore covered with a high-crowned shift cap tied with a black ribbon around her head. Very smart and quick-stepping, Sarah was called by her neighbors "an extra good woman."
She was a firm mother. One time, when the family was living near Boston's Lewis Wharf in a brick house with a steep roof, she had occasion to demonstrate her concern for her children. She was entertaining company at tea when a neighbor ran in to say the children were playing on the roof. Almost frightened to death, she used her softest, sweetest voice to call them to come in for cake; when the last child had landed safely, she soundly spanked the older ones. When she died, she left Seth with nine children, aged six months to 13 years. After Seth died, they were dispersed among strangers.1
She had two brothers, William (a Baptist minister in Maine), and Henry.
Supposedly, her mother was Sarah Carter-Godding who later married Benjamin Piper. This may be a step-mother.
Sarah was called handsome in her youth. She used to wear a short, loose white gown over a black skirt with a blue and white checked apron. She had deep-set eyes and a low, broad forehead, white skin, and a long, straight black hair, which she wore covered with a high-crowned shift cap tied with a black ribbon around her head. Very smart and quick-stepping, Sarah was called by her neighbors "an extra good woman."
She was a firm mother. One time, when the family was living near Boston's Lewis Wharf in a brick house with a steep roof, she had occasion to demonstrate her concern for her children. She was entertaining company at tea when a neighbor ran in to say the children were playing on the roof. Almost frightened to death, she used her softest, sweetest voice to call them to come in for cake; when the last child had landed safely, she soundly spanked the older ones. When she died, she left Seth with nine children, aged six months to 13 years. After Seth died, they were dispersed among strangers.1
Family | Seth Ingersoll Browne b. 8 Jul 1750, d. 9 Mar 1809 |
| Marriage* | She married Seth Ingersoll Browne, son of William Browne and Mary Bailey, 5 October 1786 at Charlestown.1 |
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Citations
- [S93] Frederic Webster Goding, Genealogy of the Goding Family, (Richmond, Indiana: p.p., 1906), 13-21. Hereafter cited as Goding Genealogy.
- [S9] Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston to Which is Appended the Early History of the Town, With Illustrations, Maps And Notes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 256-257. Hereafter cited as Bond's Watertown.
- [S1318] Historical Society of Watertown, Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825, (Watertown, Massachusetts: s.p., 1894-1906), 1:159. Hereafter cited as Watertown Vital Records.
- [S720] Mrs. Harriet H. Robinson, "Nicholas Browne of Reading and Some of His Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 44 (Oct 1890): 281-286. Hereafter cited as "Nicholas Browne."
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