Sarah Stedman

• Name	Sarah Stedman
  Gender	Female
  Death	Willistown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Goshen Friends Burial Ground, East Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I29575	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Peter Thomas, Sr   d. 1722, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	15 Apr 1686
  	Married @ John Simcock's House in Ridley.
  Children	+ 1. Peter Thomas,   b. 1690, Willistown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1765, Goshenville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F10664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Peter Thomas had come to this country from Wales in 1682 and settled in Springtown and later removed to Willistown, Chester Co. This area was known as the 'Welsh Tract', set apart by William Penn for Welsh Friends. Peter Thomas and Sarah Stedman both of "Springtowne" declared their intentions of marriage before Chester Mo. Mtg., 1 Mar 1685/6 and 5 Apr 1686, and were married 15 Apr 1686, at John Simcock's house in Ridley. They afterward removed to Willistown and settled on a tract of 528 acres, on Crum Creek, next above Francis Yarnall. Peter died 4 mo. 5th, 1722. Their children, so far as known, were Lydia, m. in 1710 to John Pyle, Peter married in 1711, to Elizabeth Goodwin, Jacob, m. 9 mo. 6, 1717 to Elizabeth Richards, and Joseph m. 1718, to Jemima David. Sarah died sometime after Peter wrote his will 29 Dec 1719, the exact date has yet to be found. =========================================== Source(s): - Cope, Gilbert, Henry Fishwick, and Joseph Lemuel Chester. Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended from John and Jane Sharples, Settlers Near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682. Philadelphia: for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, 1887.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235517935/sarah-thomas.