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Sarah (Brewer) May

née Brewer

1638–1670confirmedGeneration 0 — subject

Sarah (Brewer) May (née Brewer) (8 March 1638 – 5 May 1670) was born to Daniel Brewer and Joanna Brewer. She married John May. Her child was Ephraim May. She died in 1670.

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  1. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May (1878), as transcribed: John May2 "married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer"; footnote "Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. The name of her former husband has not been ascertained." Matches sarah-brewer-may-bsb (m. John May 19 Nov 1656 Roxbury; mother of Ephraim).

    A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May (1878), as transcribed: John May2 "married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer"; footnote "Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. The name of her former husband has not been ascertained." Matches sarah-brewer-may-bsb (m. John May 19 Nov 1656 Roxbury; mother of Ephraim).

  2. WikiTree Brewer-224 (PGM; citing Anderson, Great Migration Begins 1:225-227), Daniel Brewer (abt.1596-1646): m. by 1624 Joanna ____; arr. Boston on the Lyon 16 Sep 1632; freeman 14 May 1634; d. Roxbury 28 Mar 1646; will 12 Jan 1645/6 names wife Joanna and children Daniel, Nathaniel, Ann, Joanna, Sarah; "Sarah, b Roxbury 1638; married at Roxbury 19 Nov 1656 John May"; Joanna d. Roxbury 7 Feb 1688/9 aged 87. Also rejects Thomas Brewer x Anne Drake as unproven.

    WikiTree Brewer-224 (PGM; citing Anderson, Great Migration Begins 1:225-227), Daniel Brewer (abt.1596-1646): m. by 1624 Joanna ____; arr. Boston on the Lyon 16 Sep 1632; freeman 14 May 1634; d. Roxbury 28 Mar 1646; will 12 Jan 1645/6 names wife Joanna and children Daniel, Nathaniel, Ann, Joanna, Sarah; "Sarah, b Roxbury 1638; married at Roxbury 19 Nov 1656 John May"; Joanna d. Roxbury 7 Feb 1688/9 aged 87. Also rejects Thomas Brewer x Anne Drake as unproven.

  3. WikiTree May-1930, Bethiah (May) Truesdell (1716-1750): "Daughter of Ephraim May and Deliverance (Peck) May"; "Sister of Hannah (May) Sexton [half]"; ancestors panel: Ephraim May 23 Dec 1670 Roxbury - 25 Sep 1721; his parents John May (1631 - 11 Sep 1671) and Sarah Brewer (08 Mar 1638 - ...). The half-sister Hannah (May) Sexton is hannah-may-chaffee-bsb (WikiTree MacCane-14: daughter of Ephraim May, b. Swansea 1704; m2 Sexton), so this is the same Ephraim.

    WikiTree May-1930, Bethiah (May) Truesdell (1716-1750): "Daughter of Ephraim May and Deliverance (Peck) May"; "Sister of Hannah (May) Sexton [half]"; ancestors panel: Ephraim May 23 Dec 1670 Roxbury - 25 Sep 1721; his parents John May (1631 - 11 Sep 1671) and Sarah Brewer (08 Mar 1638 - ...). The half-sister Hannah (May) Sexton is hannah-may-chaffee-bsb (WikiTree MacCane-14: daughter of Ephraim May, b. Swansea 1704; m2 Sexton), so this is the same Ephraim.

  4. WikiTree May-1930, Bethiah (May) Truesdell (1716-1750): "Daughter of Ephraim May and Deliverance (Peck) May"; "Sister of Hannah (May) Sexton [half]"; ancestors panel: Ephraim May 23 Dec 1670 Roxbury - 25 Sep 1721; his parents John May (1631 - 11 Sep 1671) and Sarah Brewer (08 Mar 1638 - ...). The half-sister Hannah (May) Sexton is hannah-may-chaffee-bsb (WikiTree MacCane-14: daughter of Ephraim May, b. Swansea 1704; m2 Sexton), so this is the same Ephraim.

    WikiTree May-1930, Bethiah (May) Truesdell (1716-1750): "Daughter of Ephraim May and Deliverance (Peck) May"; "Sister of Hannah (May) Sexton [half]"; ancestors panel: Ephraim May 23 Dec 1670 Roxbury - 25 Sep 1721; his parents John May (1631 - 11 Sep 1671) and Sarah Brewer (08 Mar 1638 - ...). The half-sister Hannah (May) Sexton is hannah-may-chaffee-bsb (WikiTree MacCane-14: daughter of Ephraim May, b. Swansea 1704; m2 Sexton), so this is the same Ephraim.

  5. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May (1878), as transcribed: John May2 "married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer"; footnote "Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. The name of her former husband has not been ascertained." Matches sarah-brewer-may-bsb (m. John May 19 Nov 1656 Roxbury; mother of Ephraim).

    A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May (1878), as transcribed: John May2 "married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer"; footnote "Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. The name of her former husband has not been ascertained." Matches sarah-brewer-may-bsb (m. John May 19 Nov 1656 Roxbury; mother of Ephraim).