md. St. Mary’s Church, Bocking, Essex, England, 30 Nov. 1618 to Rowland, son of Thomas Stebbins, a native of Bocking (2).
A record of her birth has not been found. Together they had 4 children born in Bocking, Thomas, Sarah, John and Elizabeth.
The family emigrated to The New World aboard The Francis of Ipswich, which sailed from Ipswich, England the last day of April, 1634 (1). Rowland and Sarah first settled at Roxbury where they remained for three years. It has been said Rowland was an intimate friend of Springfield’s founder William Pynchon, and in 1639, the family removed to the newly founded Springfield.
Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins’ death is recorded in Springfield “Sarah Stebbin, wife of Rowland Stebbin was buried ye 4th day of the 8th month, 1649” (3).
Rowland remained in Springfield until 1668 when he and son John removed to Northampton. Father and son are buried in The Bridge Street cemetery there.
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(1) Passengers of the Francis of Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, captain, bound for New England (landed at Plymouth or Boston, MA)(from the Public Record Office, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England)
(2) The First Register of Saint Mary’s Church, Bocking, Essex, England. Transcribed by James Junius Goodwin, 1903. P. 197
(3) Vital Records, Springfield, Massachusetts book 1
A record of her birth has not been found. Together they had 4 children born in Bocking, Thomas, Sarah, John and Elizabeth.
The family emigrated to The New World aboard The Francis of Ipswich, which sailed from Ipswich, England the last day of April, 1634 (1). Rowland and Sarah first settled at Roxbury where they remained for three years. It has been said Rowland was an intimate friend of Springfield’s founder William Pynchon, and in 1639, the family removed to the newly founded Springfield.
Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins’ death is recorded in Springfield “Sarah Stebbin, wife of Rowland Stebbin was buried ye 4th day of the 8th month, 1649” (3).
Rowland remained in Springfield until 1668 when he and son John removed to Northampton. Father and son are buried in The Bridge Street cemetery there.
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(1) Passengers of the Francis of Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, captain, bound for New England (landed at Plymouth or Boston, MA)(from the Public Record Office, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England)
(2) The First Register of Saint Mary’s Church, Bocking, Essex, England. Transcribed by James Junius Goodwin, 1903. P. 197
(3) Vital Records, Springfield, Massachusetts book 1
md. St. Mary’s Church, Bocking, Essex, England, 30 Nov. 1618 to Rowland, son of Thomas Stebbins, a native of Bocking (2).
A record of her birth has not been found. Together they had 4 children born in Bocking, Thomas, Sarah, John and Elizabeth.
The family emigrated to The New World aboard The Francis of Ipswich, which sailed from Ipswich, England the last day of April, 1634 (1). Rowland and Sarah first settled at Roxbury where they remained for three years. It has been said Rowland was an intimate friend of Springfield’s founder William Pynchon, and in 1639, the family removed to the newly founded Springfield.
Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins’ death is recorded in Springfield “Sarah Stebbin, wife of Rowland Stebbin was buried ye 4th day of the 8th month, 1649” (3).
Rowland remained in Springfield until 1668 when he and son John removed to Northampton. Father and son are buried in The Bridge Street cemetery there.
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(1) Passengers of the Francis of Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, captain, bound for New England (landed at Plymouth or Boston, MA)(from the Public Record Office, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England)
(2) The First Register of Saint Mary’s Church, Bocking, Essex, England. Transcribed by James Junius Goodwin, 1903. P. 197
(3) Vital Records, Springfield, Massachusetts book 1
A record of her birth has not been found. Together they had 4 children born in Bocking, Thomas, Sarah, John and Elizabeth.
The family emigrated to The New World aboard The Francis of Ipswich, which sailed from Ipswich, England the last day of April, 1634 (1). Rowland and Sarah first settled at Roxbury where they remained for three years. It has been said Rowland was an intimate friend of Springfield’s founder William Pynchon, and in 1639, the family removed to the newly founded Springfield.
Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins’ death is recorded in Springfield “Sarah Stebbin, wife of Rowland Stebbin was buried ye 4th day of the 8th month, 1649” (3).
Rowland remained in Springfield until 1668 when he and son John removed to Northampton. Father and son are buried in The Bridge Street cemetery there.
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(1) Passengers of the Francis of Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, captain, bound for New England (landed at Plymouth or Boston, MA)(from the Public Record Office, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England)
(2) The First Register of Saint Mary’s Church, Bocking, Essex, England. Transcribed by James Junius Goodwin, 1903. P. 197
(3) Vital Records, Springfield, Massachusetts book 1
Inscription
Mrs. Sarah ye wife of Mr. Rowland Steb-
-ins departed this life ye 4th August 1649
AEt. 58 years
Gravesite Details
originally interred in The Old Burial Ground, Elm St. removed 1848 to Springfield Cemetery. I found this headstone, not previously documented in any source on the edge of the Stebbins family lot, I also alerted the cemetery who were unaware.
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