Sarah Hubbard was born June 12, 1792 in Guilford, CT. She was the daughter of Abraham Hubbard and Rachel Scranton.

On July 10, 1814, Sarah married Amos Seward; as recorded in the Barbour Collection of CT. Marriages. Aaron Dutton preformed the Ceremony. Sarah was 3+ months pregnant and had just turned 22 years old. I have been doing genealogy for 50 years and have found that an overwhelming number of our female ancestors were pregnant prior to marriage.

Sarah would bear 10 children with Amos Seward.

1) Sarah Elizabeth was born Jan. 29, 1815, just 6 months into their marriage. She married Hezekiah Hosmer and died 1839 They had 2 children.

2) Ellen Agnes born March 13,1816, just 17 months after her sister Elizabeth. She married John Brooke Pinney, had 9 children and died 1889.

3) Rachel Stone born Dec. 5, 1817-1882. She married Ralph Dunning Smyth(Smith) and had 4 children.

At this point in Sarah Hubbard Seward's life, she had 3 children in her first 3 years of marriage.

4) Mary Hedges born Aug. 6, 1821-1895. Married Frederick Augustine Drake. They had 3 children.

5) Nancy born 1822-1826

6) Anne Maria born 1826-1827

The deaths of these two girls were just one year apart and Sarah Hubbard was pregnant with child #7, when Anne Maria passed.

7) Nancy Maria born Dec. 14, 1827-1912. She was named in memory of her two dead sisters. She married Christian W. Slagle. They had 6 children.

Agnes Lee born Dec. 12, 1829- 1904 She would die a Spinster and would spend her last years boarding with my GG grandparents. Burton Lyman Sperry and Lydia Buell Sperry.

9) William Todd born May 2,1832-1907. Sarah Hubbard was almost 40. He married Sarah Wheadon and had 3 children.

10) Fanny Hubbard born Nov. 25, 1833-1907 Married Ripley Baylies and had 3 children.

Sarah Hubbard Seward was age 41 when her last child was born. She would have 30 grandchildren during her lifetime. Sarah died two months prior to her 82nd birthday.

Her family would become some of the most colorful yet respected in Guilford History.

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