Sarah Todd (Or Bell)

1705 - Aft 1751  (> 47 years)

• Name	Sarah Todd (Or Bell)  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1705	Botentourt Co., Virginia, USA   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	1711	Ireland
  Birth	1711
  Death	Bef 1751	Of Whistle Creek, Augusta, VA
  Name	Sarah Todd  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Death	Aft 1751	Whistle Creek, Augusta, Virginia
  Person ID	I5800	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Lewis James 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. 1729   d. 1783, SC (Age 54 years)  [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	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Unknown McMurtry,   b. Bef 1705
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• 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

  [S271] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia with many extracts forwarded by Sharon Jebavey (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). [S68] Jebavy, Sharon Young, Email dated 2001 + at ShaLamont@email.msn.com. [S628] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). [S1494] McAlpine, Janice E., Email dated 1/2010 (mcalpage@cox.net (Note she is not a descendant but doing research for a friend) Her research was well sourced with Deed, Marriage and Wills transcribed in Chalkleys.). [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0.