Sarah TODD (OR BELL)

1705 - Aft 1751  (> 47 years)

• Name	Sarah TODD (OR BELL)  [1, 2]
  Birth	1705	Botentourt Co., Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	1711	Ireland
  Birth	1711
  Death	Bef 1751	Of Whistle Creek, Augusta, VA
  Death	Aft 1751	Whistle Creek, Augusta, Virginia
  Person ID	I6091	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel TODD
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann HOUSTON
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James C. YOUNG,   b. 21 Dec 1709, , Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland d. 20 Nov 1755, Whistle Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	May 1751  [1]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Matthew YOUNG,   b. Bef 1726   d. Long Canes, Abbeville, SC  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Patrick YOUNG,   b. Bef 1735   d. Apr 1761, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, Colonial, America (Age > 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James YOUNG, Jr.,   b. Bef 1726   d. Bef 1769, of Augusta, VA (Age < 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Unknown MCMURTRY
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  She had children by her first husband, a McMurtry when she married her second husband, James Young. Her son Samuel McMurtry likely received property from his father as a bondsman was named for him. On Nov. 10, 1755, her marriage to Jamesg was proved and recorded even though it had occurred in 1751. Women of that day could only have legal authority over their own lands (possibly inherited from her father or previous husband) by having their marriage contracts proved and recorded. The fact that she had that done at all showed some savy on her part, and suggests she came to her second marriage with land that she owned.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia with many extracts forwarded by Sharon Jebavey (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). [S12] Jebavy, Sharon Young, Email dated 2001 + at ShaLamont@email.msn.com. [S277] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;).