Sarah Hankridge Story Cotton

F, d. 27 May 1676
     Sarah was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of Richard Hankridge. Sarah was 1st married to William Story & 2nd to Reverand John Cotton. Sarah married 3rd Reverand Richard Mather, son of Thomas Mather, on 26 August 1656 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah's husband, Richard, died on 22 April 1669 in Dorchester leaving her a widow. Sarah departed this life on Wednesday, 27 May 1676 there in Dorchester.1

Family

Reverand Richard Mather b. 1596, d. 22 Apr 1669

Citations

  1. [S2211] Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P: page 88 - “My dear mother Mrs. Sarah Mather, formerly Mrs. Cotton, having lived about 75 years died in the Lord May 27, 1676 & was buried 28 May being the Lord’s Day” [record of Seaborn Cotton].