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Sarah Harmar

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Sarah Harmar

Birth
Death
5 Aug 1803
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Sarah Harmar/ Daughter of Gen'l Harmar/ who departed this life/ August 5, 1803 aged 18 months.

According to the author Howard H. Peckham, Sarah (Jenkins) and Josiah Harmar were married in October 1784. She was a young Philadelphia woman (born March 14, 1761) whom he had known for a year. In his diary, Josiah referred to her as the "divine Miss Sarah" or "my dear Sally." On July 23, 1786, she arrived at Fort Harmar with her husband and lived on the Ohio Country frontier for a few years. Between 1785 and 1803, Sarah Harmar gave birth to five children – Charles, Eliza, Josiah Jr., William, and a daughter who died when she was a small child.


Sarah Harmar/ Daughter of Gen'l Harmar/ who departed this life/ August 5, 1803 aged 18 months.

According to the author Howard H. Peckham, Sarah (Jenkins) and Josiah Harmar were married in October 1784. She was a young Philadelphia woman (born March 14, 1761) whom he had known for a year. In his diary, Josiah referred to her as the "divine Miss Sarah" or "my dear Sally." On July 23, 1786, she arrived at Fort Harmar with her husband and lived on the Ohio Country frontier for a few years. Between 1785 and 1803, Sarah Harmar gave birth to five children – Charles, Eliza, Josiah Jr., William, and a daughter who died when she was a small child.




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  • Created by: Kent Gebhard
  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127046135/sarah-harmar: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Harmar (unknown–5 Aug 1803), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127046135, citing Episcopal Church of Saint James Kingsessing Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kent Gebhard (contributor 47001358).