Birth: 1686 Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Saxton b1671-a1686
Mother: Elizabeth ?
Christening: 13 April 1686 Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 8 May 1712 St Wilfrid, Calverley, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: John Gaunt 1689-1735
Death: September 1738 Pudsey, Calverley, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 27 September 1738 St Wilfrid, Calverley, Yorkshire, UK
Judith Gaunt [Swithenbank] 1717-1796
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of Sarah Saxton on 13 April 1686 in Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, parents William and Elizabeth.
There are two submitted entries in the IGI for Sarah Saxton born in about 1691 in Calverley (but this is not in the parish records) and her marriage to John Gaunt on 8 May 1712, one giving the place as Calverley, Yorkshire.
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of Sarah Saxton of Pudsey and John Gaunt on 8 May 1712 at St Wilfrid, Calverley, Yorkshire, West Riding, father John Gaunt of Pudsey. Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of Sarah Saxton and John Gaunt on 5 May 1712 at Calverley, St Wilfrid. "[...] Marriages Anno Dom 1712 May [...] 5 John Gaunt & Sarah Saxton of Pudsey Married".Similar information for the marriage is in the Calverley Parish Records adding it was at St Wilfrid and he was of Pudsey.
Unfortunate no mother is given for the children and so it is not sure which family they belong to as there were several John Gaunts. See her husband for a possible list.
Her husband was buried on 12 February 1735/6 at All Saints Chapel, Pudsey, in Pudsey.
There are five potential burials for Sarah Gaunt in the FreeReg:
2 March 1719 in Pudsey at St Wilfrid Calverley
26 October 1721 a clothier of Pudsey at St Wilfrid Calverley
14 July 1731 a clothier of Pudsey at St Wilfrid Calverley
27 September 1738 a widow of Pudsey at St Wilfrid Calverley
18 February 1741 a widow of Pudsey at St Wilfrid Calverley
There are one hundred forty eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Sarah Saxton.
Calverley is some 15 miles SW of Kirkby Overblow which is some 8 miles north of Leeds and Pudsey was part of the parish of Calverley and is about 6 miles west of Leeds.
Sarah Saxton was Felicity's sixth great grandmother.
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