Sarah Field

1802-1851

Sarah was born on the 28^th August 1802 she was baptised on the 26^th September the daughter of John and Sarah Wright (nee Brunsdon) who were married on the 13^th November 1780 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

John and Sarah had also had the following 14 children:

John born c1782 (buried 9^th October 1815 at St Nicolas)

William baptised 2^nd March 1783 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (buried 1^st March 1788 at St Nicolas)

James born c1784

Richard baptised 25^th February 1787 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (buried 2^nd August 1850 in the NRC)

William and Sarah both baptised 22^nd June 1788 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (Sarah buried 11/8/1788, William buried 31/8/1789 at St Nicolas)

Charles baptised 1^st November 1789 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (buried 15^th May 1832 at St Nicolas)

Hannah baptised 21^st August 1791 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (married Sidney Cumner in 1814, buried 12^th September 1836 at St Nicolas)

Thomas baptised 14^th July 1793 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (buried 16^th March 1829 at St Nicolas)

Betsy baptised 20^th September 1795 at St Nicolas Church Newbury

Joseph born 6^th March 1797 baptised 2^nd April 1797 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (married Maria Walker in 1829, buried 30^th December 1857 in the NRC)

Elizabeth born 28^th July1798 baptised 15^th August 1798 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (married James Hatt in 1833, buried 3^rd December 1879 in the NRC)

Samuel baptised 5^th January 1800 (buried 23^rd September 1807 at St Nicolas)

Mary born c1805 baptised 23^rd August 1805 (buried 10^th March 1806 at St Nicolas Church Newbury)

In the 1815 census of Newbury Sarah (13) was living in Northcroft Lane (west side of Northbrook Street) Newbury with her parents John (60), a Malter and Sarah (54) and her brothers, John (33), James (31) and Richard (27).

Sarah’s father died aged 71 in 1825 he was buried 7^th September at St Nicolas Newbury.

The1841 census records Sarah (35) as a Female Servant living in Speen. Also recorded on the same page were George Field, his wife Hannah and their children. Hannah Field died in 1849 and Sarah married George in 1850.

Marriage details:

Place: St Mary Speen Berkshire

Date: 31^st May 1850

Groom: George Field, full age, widower, occupation: Gardener abode: Speen

Bride: Sarah Wright, full age, spinster, occupation: Servant abode: Speen

Fathers: John Wright, occupation: Maltster and Joseph Matthews, occupation: Farmer

Witnesses: George Low and Anne Wright

The1851 census records Sarah as a widow, formerly a servant, visiting her married sister Elizabeth Hatt and her family at 22 Jack of Newbury Street Newbury. (George Field (59) is recorded in this census as married, living with his children, Thomas (17), Henry (16), Joseph (9) and Harriet (7), in Church Speen, Speen Village Berkshire.)

Sarah died aged 48 in 1851 she was buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27^th June.

Sarah’s mother died aged 100 the following year she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2^nd April 1852

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