Sarah Page

F, (17 October 1737 - 13 February 1809)
Father-Biological*Nehemiah Page b. 10 Sep 1708
Mother-Biological*Mary True b. 1 Oct 1708, d. 16 Nov 1767
Last Edited=6 Aug 2026
Gravestone of Sarah (Page) Woodman
     Sarah Page was born on 17 October 1737 at Salisbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay.1,2,3,4,5 She was the daughter of Nehemiah Page and Mary True. As of 21 October 1762,her married name was Woodman.

Sarah Page, age 25, married Captain John Woodman, age 22 , son of Joshua Woodman and Eunice Sawyer, on 21 October 1762 at Hampstead, Colony of New Hampshire.

Children:
1. True Woodman (1763-1850)
2. Eunice Woodman (1765-1854)
3. John Woodman (1767-1849)
4. Isaiah Woodman (1769-1804)
5. Sally Woodman (1771-1814)
6. Betsey Woodman (1774-1849)
7. Rev. Jabez Woodman (1776-1843)
8. Capt. Moses Woodman (1778-1857)
9. Eliphalet Woodman (1781-1802.)6,2,3,7,8,9


In 1764 Sarah and John lived at New Gloucester, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Maine), where he was a housewright and a farmer.6,3 Sarah Page died on 13 February 1809 at New Gloucester, Massachusetts (Maine), at age 71.6,3,2,10,1,11,12 Sarah's obituary of 20 February 1809, reads:

In New Gloucester, on the 13th inst. in the 70th year of her age, Mrs. Sarah Woodman. She survived her husband hardly 11 months.

Published by The Portland Gazette, 20 February 1809.12


Sarah was buried at Lower Corner Cemetery, New Gloucester, Maine.3,11

Citations

  1. Case, Lynn M and Sanderson, Page. The Family of John Page of Haverhill, Massachusetts - A Comprehensive Genealogy from 1614 to 1977. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978.
  2. Hosier, Kathleen. Kingston, New Hampshire Early Families Patriots & Soldiers. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.
  3. Woodman, John A.. Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635. Ocala, Florida: by the author, 1995.
  4. Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915.
  5. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Vital Records, 1640-1849. Lelhi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2023.
  6. Woodman, J. H. A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736,. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856.
  7. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2021.
  8. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  9. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
  10. Town of New Gloucester, Maine. Vital Records of New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. Unknown repository reference. AVCM Robert A. Roy, 3017 Avalon Road, Paw Paw, West Virginia.
  11. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  12. Portland Gazette, "Deaths" Portland, Massachusetts (Maine), 20 February 1809.