Sarah (—?—) (Weeks)1,2

b. circa 1712, d. 26 November 1792

4th great-grandmother of William Lemuel Horn Jr.
6th great-grandmother of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Horn and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for William Lemuel Horn II
     Sarah was probably born circa 1712 in Virginia.1 She married Benjamin Weeks, son of Benjamin Weeks and Mary Chase, circa 1733.1 She died on 26 November 1792 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.1,3 Her will was proved in November 1792 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.4
     
     She was possibly Sarah Braddy, daughter of Joseph Braddy.

Additional Data
Sarah Weeks left a will dated 12/30 October 1792 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina; Legatee grandson Benjamin Weeks [probably by a deceased son, possibly Benjamin]; daughter Martha Hackney married William; daughter Anne married Kadah Parker; all property to be sold and divided among my four other children named James exc, John D., Arthur and Mary Weeks. Legacy to William Hackney [son-in-law or grandson, probably the latter]; witness Joseph Braddy, Phillip Pope and William Pippen.4

Children of Sarah (—?—) (Weeks) and Benjamin Weeks

Citations

  1. [S609] Chart No. 7, online <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~eyoung/pedchart7.html>.
  2. [S636] Cynthia Herrin, comp., Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Vital Records, 1720 - 1880 (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2000). Original data: Early Families of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Its Past and Present. NC: The Tarboro Society for Genealogy and Biography, 1881 (with an appendix added in 1920). "Compiled by the Ladies' Tarboro, NC Genealogy and Library Association for the Preservation, Dissemination and Exultation of the History of Edgecombe Co., NC."
  3. [S636] Cynthia Herrin, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Vital Records, 1720 - 1880, (year only).
  4. [S619] Elaine Young, Sarah Weeks Will in "In Reply to: SARAH & JOSEPH BRADDY of Edgecombe, N.C. by Vernell Vantreese", listserve message to GenForum, 28 February 2001. Printout dated 9 May 2004, citing Edgecombe Wills pp 348-9; Edgecombe Wills 1732-1823 p 426.