Sarah Field
d. 1887
Derrick's great-great-grandmother. The daughter of a Weston labourer, married at 21 to a man whose own sister and mother lived in the same village.
Family
Each person is marked by where that line came from, in words as well as colour.
On the individual lines:
- William Field (parent): probable, with a doubt about which William
- Elizabeth Phillips (parent): probable
- Caroline Wallis (child): probable
- James Field (sibling): lodger in her house, 1851
What the record says
Probable Her baptism, her marriage and her death are register and index entries matched by name, parish and age; her brother's lodging in her house in 1851 makes the match to her baptism as firm as a name can. Her age at death is two years younger than the baptism.
Born Weston, Hertfordshire, baptised 12 July 1829 · died Q1 1887, Hitchin, aged 56
| When | What | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 1823 | Her parents marry at Weston | William Field, bachelor, and Elizabeth Phillips, spinster, both of Weston Holy Trinity; witnesses James Wallis and Mary Warren. A James Wallis stood witness at this wedding, which is the first sign of the two families knowing each other. | Documented |
| 1823 to 1851 | She married her second cousin | See Joseph Wallis's page: his father and her mother were first cousins, through Ann Phillips and her brother James. | Read with care |
| 12 Jul 1829 | Baptised at Weston | Sarah, daughter of William and Elizabeth Field, a labourer, at Weston Holy Trinity. Her brothers and sisters baptised there to the same parents are Emma (23 May 1824), James (25 Feb 1827) and Charlotte (4 Nov 1832); every Field baptism at Weston in FreeREG for 1824 to 1833 was read, eight in all. | Documented |
| 30 Mar 1851 | A labourer's wife of 21, with her brother lodging | Sarah Wallis, wife, born at Weston, in her husband's house with James Field, a lodger of 24, an agricultural labourer also born at Weston (FreeCEN). His age and parish fit the James baptised in 1827 to her parents. | Read with care |
| Q1 1851 | Marries Joseph Wallis | At Hitchin, vol 6 p711 (see his page for the reading of the page). | Read with care |
| 16 Apr 1862 | Her daughter Caroline is baptised | Mother Sarah, father Joseph, a labourer, at Weston. | Documented |
| Q1 1887 | Dies aged 56 | At Hitchin, vol 3a p268. Two other Sarah Wallises died in the district in 1885, aged 82 and 84, and are not her. | Read with care |
Where this comes from
Each line of the table above names the record it rests on in its third column, and the grade at the top says how well the whole is evidenced. What is not established is said under its own heading below. How the grades and the labels on the chart are decided, and every source this archive holds.
What is not established
- No certificate has been read. The marriage certificate of 1851 would give her father's name as written.
- A Field family lodged with Joseph and Sarah in 1881 and has not been placed.
- Her father's identity among the William Fields is on his page: the baptism of 1802 is the better fit but is not settled.