Birth: 1793 Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Father: See notes
Mother: Unknown
Marriage: 27 March 1813 Saint Peter, Leeds, UK
Husband: Francis Sedgwick 1793-1873
Death: 23 November 1868 26 George Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Death: 26 November 1868 St Marks, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Alice Sedgwick [Thompson] 1814-1880
Elizabeth Sedgwick 1815
Ackeroyd Sedgwick 1818-1890
Rhoda Sedgwick 1820-1823
John Sedgwick 1822-1823
Sarah Ann Sedgwick 1824-a1841
Rose Ann (Roseann) Sedgwick 1827-a1848
Emma Sedgwick 1829-a1851
Francis Henry Sedgwick (Sidgwick) 1831-1896
Benjamin Sedgwick (Sidgwick) 1833
Ellen Sedgwick (Sidgwick) 1836-a1861
William Sedgwick 1838-1916
There are two entries in the IGI for the christening of Sarah Ackeroyd in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1793 - 28 August father Nathan Ackeroyd and 17 November, father William Ackeroyd, both at Saint Peter.
Marriage of Sarah Ackeroyd and Francis Sedgwick in the IGI on 27 March 1813 at Saint Peter, Leeds.
The christenings of all the children except for William are in the IGI, spelt Sidgwick after Francis Henry in 1831.
In the 1841 census as Sarah Sedgwick aged 45 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Yorkshire, and living with Francis (husband?) and Ellen, Emma, F Henry, Rosa Ann, Sarah and Wm (children?) in St Mark Street, NW Leeds.
In the 1851 census as Sarah Sedgwick aged 57, born in Leeds and living with her husband (Francis), two sons (Francis and William), and three daughters (Ellen, Emma and Sarah) at 1 Shutis Yard, North Leeds
In the 1861 census as Sarah Shedgwick (sic - on the original) aged 67, born in Leeds and living with her husband (Francis), two daughters (Ellen and Emma) and granddaughter (Sarah Eliza - aged 2 and born in Leeds, I haven't identified her parents) and a boarder (Alice Thompson aged 30, unmarried and employed as a cloth bundler) at 1 Shutis Yard, North Leeds.
Death of Sarah Sedgwick in FreeBMD in October-December 1868 aged 75 in Leeds (9b 322).
Michael R. Hardcastle has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Sarah Ackeroyd married to Francis Sedgwick on 27 March 1813 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and one son Ackeroyd.
M Purves has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Sarah Ackeroyd born in 1793 in Leeds, christened on either 28 August or 17 November, father Nathan or William Ackeroyd, her marriage to Francis Sedgwick on 27 March 1813 at St Peter, Leeds, twelve children, and her death on 23 November 1868 at 26 George Street, Leeds from bronchitis, and her burial on 26 November 1868 at St Marks, Leeds.
Sarah Ackeroyd was the great grandmother of Ellen Sedgwick, second cousin twice removed of of Frances Whitham, Felicity's second great grandmother.
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