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Sarah Mathews

Female 1779 - 1830


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  • Born  18 May 1779  Orange Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  8 Nov 1830  Angelica, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Angelica, Allegany Co, New York, USA, -Until the Day Dawn Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3927  markhamchest
    Last Modified  20 Aug 2020 

    Father  James Mathews,   b. Abt 1742, Orange Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1816, Elmira, Chemung Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Hannah Strong,   b. 17 Oct 1742, Brookhaven, Suffolk Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1816, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F1290  Group Sheet

    Family  Samuel S Haight,   b. 17 Sep 1778, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Cuba, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  20 Jan 1799 
    Children 
     1. Fletcher Mathews Haight,   b. 28 Nov 1799, Newtown, Tioga Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1866, San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Margaret Haight,   b. 15 Aug 1801, Newtown, Tioga Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1886
     3. Henry T Haight,   b. 19 Jan 1804, Bath, Steuben Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1820
     4. Hannah Haight,   b. 2 Jun 1805, Bath, Steuben Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1829, Angelica, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sarah M Haight,   b. 28 Jan 1807, Bath, Steuben Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1835
     6. Robert Haight,   b. 17 Jun 1815, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1868, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Juliana Haight,   b. 12 Oct 1818, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1845, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Henry Haight,   b. 14 Oct 1820, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1869, San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Samuel Welles Haight,   b. 17 Sep 1822, Allegany Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1856, San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F1396  Group Sheet

  • External Links
    Mathews, Sarah
    Mathews, Sarah
    Sarah Mathews Haight Memorial at Find A Grave

  • Notes 
    • Sarah Mathews was born in 1779 in Orange county New York, the daughter of James Mathews and Hannah Strong. She removed with her family to Elmira, Chemung county New York and was married in 1799 to Samuel S Haight, son of Stephen Haight and Margaret Cooke. They made their home in Angelica, Allegany county New York, where he practiced law. He served as Major General of the State Militia during the War of 1812.

      Sarah Mathews and Samuel Haight were the parents of nine identified children:
      Fletcher Mathews Haight (1799 - 1866); married Elizabeth Stewart McLachlan and Mary Ann Brown; US District Judge in California.
      Margaret Haight (1801 - 1886); married Judge Henry Welles.
      Henry T. Haight (1804 - 1820); died young.
      Hannah Haight (1805 - 1829); married Arthur Herrick.
      Sarah M. Haight (1807 - 1835); married William Rufus Bunnell.
      Robert Haight (1815 - 1868); married Caroline Mason.
      Juliana Haight (1818 - 1845); married George W Hart.
      Henry Haight (1820 - 1869); married Weltha Buel.
      Samuel Welles Haight (1822 - 1856); married Juliette Croswell; went to California in 1847.

      Sarah Mathews Haight died in 1830, about age fifty-two. She is buried at Angelica, Allegany county New York. Samuel Haight remarried to Maria Chesseman, and had two other children. Samuel Haight died in 1864.

      Notes for Sarah Mathews; compiled by Pamela Hutchison Garrett, 2016; for Markham of Chesterfield website.