Sarah Hersom1

F, (circa 1744 - 24 March 1799)
Father-Biological*Benjamin Hersom2
Mother-Biological*Mary Jones2
Family Lines
Boudreau Line
Last Edited=16 Jun 2026
Gravestone of Sarah (Hodgdon) Lord
     Sarah Hersom was born circa 1744 at Berwick, Maine.3,2 She was the daughter of Benjamin Hersom and Mary Jones.2 Sarah Hersom was also known as Sarah Herson or Hodgdon. What is the exact spelling is anybody's guess. She was christened on 31 March 1747 in the Berwick, Massachusetts (Maine).2

Sarah Hersom married Ebenezer Lord Jr., age 24 , son of Elder Ebenezer Lord and Martha Emery, on 6 April 1769 in the Second Church, Berwick, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Maine).4,5,6,1,2 As of 6 April 1769,her married name was Lord.7 Sarah and Ebenezermoved to Lebanon, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Maine), circa 1772.2 Sarah Hersom died on 24 March 1799 at Lebanon, Maine.1,3,2 Sarah was buried on 8 May 1821 at Evergreen Cemetery, Berwick, Maine.3

Compeller's Notes:
Her birth year, 1842, is calculated from her gravestone. Geneanet Community Trees gives 1744. The death date is different as well.

I can find no reliable source for her parents.

Children of Sarah Hersom and Ebenezer Lord Jr.

Citations

  1. Geneanet. Geneanet Community Trees Index. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2022.
  2. Eaton, Priscilla. The Lord Genealogy: Descendants of Nathan Lord of Kittery, Maine Through Seven Generations. volume 1. Waterville, Maine: Maine Genealogical Society, 2026.
  3. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  4. Maine State Archives. Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  5. Hinton, Marietta Frances. "Records of the Second Church of Berwick, ME., 1755-1857", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume LXXIV (October 1920).
  6. Maine State Archives. Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016.
  7. Ancestral File.
  8. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.