Sarah TRACY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Stephen Tracy and Tryphosa Lee
• Death: Abt 1708

Sarah married George PARTRIDGE on 16 Nov 1638 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. George was born in County Kent, England; died between 26 Jun 1682 and 10 Oct 1695 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah PARTRIDGE was born on 02 Sep 1639 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2. Tryphosa PARTRIDGE died on 01 Nov 1701.
3. Elizabeth PARTRIDGE was born on 14 Feb 1643 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Aug 1722 in Chilmark, Dukes Co., (Martha's Vineyard), Massachusetts; was buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery in West Tisbury, Dukes Co., Massachusetts.
4. Ruth PARTRIDGE was born in 1647 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 30 Oct 1717 in Lebanon, Windham Co., Connecticut.
5. Mary PARTRIDGE was born in 1652; died in 1679.
6. Rebecca PARTRIDGE died in 1694.
7. Lydia PARTRIDGE was born before 1655 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 02 Feb 1742/3 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
8. Mercy PARTRIDGE was born in 1654; died on 20 Sep 1726.
9. James PARTRIDGE died on 20 Jan 1743/4 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
10. John PARTRIDGE was born on 29 Nov 1657 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 05 Apr 1731 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1596, Great Yarmouth, England

Notes:

Excerpt from "The Tracy Genealogy": Stephen Tracy,son of Sephen ad Agnes (Erdley) Tracy, was baptized at Great Yarmouth, England, on 28 December 1596. Some time in 1620 or perhaps even earlier, Stephen came to a decision and took a step which had a far-reaching effet on his own life and the lives of all his descendants. he decided to break all home ties and join the colony of Pilgrims at Leyden, Holland. It is possible that he was following the lady of his choice, for in Great Yarmouth there was then a Lee family and in a "Betrothal book" of the Leyden Archives is found the full record concerning the marriage of Stephen Tracy to Tryphose Lee. This includes the entry of their appearance before the officials on 18 December 1620, and publishing of the Banns on 19 and 24 December and on 1 January, and finally the marriage itself on 2 January 1620-1. This record calls Stephen a "say-worker, bachelor fromEngland" and adds that AAnthony Clements a friend came with him, while Tryphosa Lee is called "spinster, also from England" and an acquaintance Rose Jennings accompainied her.
The Pilgrim Community at Leyden numbered about three hundred members, most of whom migrated to America. Including friends who joined them at Plymouth, England, one hundred and two Pilgrims set out for the New World on the "Mayfloer" and arrived at the coast of what was afterwards known as Plymouth Colony 21 December 1620; thirty sailed on the "Fortune," arriving 9 November 1621; and sixty sailed on the "Ann" and "Little James" in 1623.
Stephen and Tryphosa lived at Leyden for a time and doubtless their daughter Sarah was born there, but evidently they were imbued with the same ideals as the Pilgrims for Stephen came to the New World among those on the "Ann" which sailed from England in the latter part of April 1623 and arrived at Plymouth late in July or early in August of that year........
In 1639 he was constable of Duxbury. He served as a grand juryman 1640-42, and was employed at surveying at various times. In 1643 and 1646 his name appeared on the list of freemen. He had an interest in the purchase of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, as shown in the account of the shareholders' meeting at Pymouth, 7 March 1652. Apparently his wife Tryphosa had died, and desiring to visit his hative land and relatives at Great Yarmouth he returnedc to England about 1653-4. He became ill there within a year and realizing that he would be unable to return to America he signed a power of attorney which was the equivalent of a will....

Stephen married Tryphosa LEE on 2 Jan 1620/21. Tryphosa died before 1653. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]