Sarah FOLGER
1619 - 1708 (89 years)-
Name Sarah FOLGER Born 1619 Norwich, Norfolk Co., England 
- ALT NAME Sarah Hammond.
Gender Female Died 20 Jan 1708 Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York Person ID I396 Richard Patterson NJ & ON Last Modified 6 Mar 2017
Family ID F780 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Colonel Richard SMITH, Patentee
b. 1613, Myreshaw, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
d. 7 Mar 1691, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age 78 years) Married 1645 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Children 1. Jonathan SMITH
b. 1641, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York
d. 1718, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age 77 years)2. Elizabeth SMITH
b. 1643, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York
d. Jul 1712, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey (Age 69 years)3. Richard Folger SMITH, Jr.
b. 1645, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York
d. 23 Jun 1617, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York4. Job SMITH
b. 1647, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York
d. 1719, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age 72 years)5. Adam SMITH
b. 1649, Tews Neck, Flushing, New York
d. 2 Jul 1726 (Age 77 years)6. Ruth SMITH
b. Est 1650, New York State
d. Bef 1691, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age < 40 years)7. Obadiah SMITH
b. 1651, Tews Neck, Flushing, New York
d. 20 Aug 1680, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age 29 years)8. Samuel SMITH
b. 1654, Tews Neck, Flushing, New York
d. 2 Apr 1717, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age 63 years)9. Ann SMITH
b. Est 1655, New England
d. Bef 1691, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age < 35 years)10. Daniel SMITH
b. 1656, Tews Neck, Flushing, New York
d. 28 Mar 1743, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York (Age 87 years)11. Deborah SMITH
b. 1658, Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York
d. 28 Mar 1743, Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York (Age 85 years)Last Modified 11 Jun 2014 Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Tradition has it that Sarah was the daughter of John Folger, who was the first of that name in New England & one of the settlers of Martha's vineyard.
Some sources show Sarah Smith as the daughter of John Folger & Meribah Gibbs of Nantucket. An article in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 121:19 (Jan. 1990) argues that there is no real evidence of that, & proposes that she may instead have been Sarah Hammond, daughter of William & Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond of Watertown, Mass.
. An address read before the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, April 1926 by Mrs. Charles Hilton Brown:
"WILL of Sarah, the widow of Richard, made her WILL 20 Jan. 1707/8, bequeathing to her "son Richard all of the houses, orchards, lands that my husband left me in possession of" & "a necke called James Nieck to be equally divided amongst my six sons."
Ref: Smiths of Smithtown.
. 1702 Nov 24, Sarah Smith, in a petition on file in the office of the Secretary of State in Albany, praying to have a decree of the Court of Equity in relation to her husband's estate, states that she now has "50 children & grandchildren to provide for."
* 1708 Jan 20 WILL of Sarah Smith
In the name of God Amen I Sarah Smith relict of Richard Smith, Sen, deceased of Smithtown in ye County of Suffolk & in ye Province of New Yorke, Doe make my last will & Testament in manner following: First I commit my soul into ye hands of God which gave it, & my body to a decent burial at ye discretion of my Executor hereafter named, in comfortable hopes of a happy & glorious resurrection thro, the power & merits of my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. & as for my outward estate, after debts & my funeral charges are paid, I give & bequeath as followeth:
Imp. I give & bequeath to my son Richard Smith, his eldest son Richard all the houses, orchards, & all my lands that my husband left me in ye possession of & that I am at this present in possession of, he yielding & paying me £10 a year & yearly as long as I shall live & at my death to have ye above mentioned premises & his heirs forever, with all the privileges & accommodations thereunto belonging.
I also give my daughter Elizabeth one trunk with all my linens & wearing clothes.
I give to my son Richard's 2 daughters my silk dress? & scarfe. I give a Necke called James Neck to be equally divided amongst my 6 sons Jonathan, Richard, Job, Adam, Samuel, & Daniel.
I give my son Richard's eldest sonne my blunderbuss. I give my son Richard's wife my cloake. I give all ye household stuff not here bequeathed to be equally divided among my 6 sons above mentioned.
I give Mr. George Philips a Cow, & all ye rest of my stock to be equally divided amonst my 6 sons above mentioned, it must be understood that what I have given my son Richard is to oblige him to quit & null all debts ye he pretends is owing to him by my husband or my self, so it may prevent future difference among my children, & also all ye rest of my children to null & void all debts from husband or myself, & to accept of what I have given them in full satisfaction.
I desire also what I gave Mary Petreche she may have it & to be maintained equally amongst my children.
I hereby null & revoke all former wills & instruments whatsoever & Constitute & appoint my well beloved son Richard Smith to be my executor & to take care & see that this is my last will & testament I have hereunto affixed my hand & seale this 20 January 1708.
The real estate mentioned in the will was probably the land deeded to Richard Smith JR., by both Richard & Sarah Smith, SR, on 31 Aug 1688 & on the same day deed back by Richard Smith JR., to his mother, Sarah Smith. - - -
- Tradition has it that Sarah was the daughter of John Folger, who was the first of that name in New England & one of the settlers of Martha's vineyard.