1. {{Puritan Great Migration|GM2|VI, R-S|497}} ==Biography== Sarah Stebbins was born about 1622 or 1623, presumably in Bocking, Essex, England since that is where her father was born and her parents were married. She was the daughter of Rowland Stebbins and his wife Sarah Whiting<ref name="TAG31">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT:D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Oct. 1955. Vol. 31, No.4. ''"The Stebbing Family of Co. Essex, England, and Rowland, Martin, Edward and Editha Stebbing or Stebbins of New England"'' John Insley Coddington.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=193&volumeId=11830 subscribers$] </ref> who migrated together on the ''Francis'' of Ipswich in 1634. On 30 April 1634, "Rowland Stebing," aged 40, "Sarah his wife," age 43, "Thomas Stebing," aged 14, "Sarah Stebing," age 11, "Elizabeth Stebing," age 6, "John Stebing," aged 8, and "Mary Winche," aged 15, were enrolled atIpswich as passengers for New England on the ''Francis."<ref name=GMstebbins>Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. sketch of Rowland Stebbins.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image?pageName=494&volumeId=12124&rId=23901574] </ref> Sarah was Thomas Merrick's first wife. They were married September 14, 1639, in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref>"MERICKE... Thomas and Sarah Stebbins, 14: 7m: 1639." Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, Bk.1, p. 13.</ref> Thomas' children with Sarah were:# Thomas, born April 12, 1641;<ref>"MERICKE... Thomas, s. Thomas, 12:2m: 1641." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 5.</ref> died young.# Sarah, born May 9, 1643;<ref>"MERICKE... Sarah, d. Thom, 9: 3m: 1643." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 5.</ref> married Eliakim Hitchcock of New York 4 Nov 1667; died 1712.# Mary, born September 28, 1645;<ref>"MERICKE... Mary, d. Thomas, 28:7m: 1645." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 6.</ref> died July 28, 1646.<ref>"MERICKE... Mary, d. Thomas, buryed 28: 5m: 1646." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1, p. 46.</ref># Mary (unclear if surname in record is Merrick or Merickle), born August 27, 1647;<ref>"MERICKLE... Mary, d. Thomas, 27: 6m: 1647." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 6.</ref> married Samuel Foote of Hatfield, 30 May 1671.# Hannah, born February 10, 1649/50;<ref>"MIRRICK... Hannah, d. Thomas, 10: 12m: 1649." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 7.</ref> married Benjamin Knowlton 30 Nov 1676. Sarah died October 4, 1649 at Springfield. ['''NOTE''': The October 4, 1649 death date is that of her mother, Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins. Sarah (Stebbins) Merrick died between 10 February 1649/50, the date her last child was born, and 21 October 1653, when her husband Thomas Merrick married Elizabeth Tilley.]<ref name="TAG31" /> Thomas married second, Elizabeth Tilley, 21 Aug 1653 at Springfield. Thomas and Elizabeth had eight children that are listed on the profileof [[Merrick-10|Thomas Merrick]]. == Sources == <references />* Anderson, Robert Charles. ''The Great Migration'', vol. VI, [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image/?pageName=497&volumeId=12124&rId=23901577 page 497].* [http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Springfield/ Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts].* Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee. ''The Stebbins Genealogy. Chicago, 1904. [https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog01ingree Volume 1] at Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog02lcgree Volume 2] at Archive.org.* [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oeAWAAAAYAAJ The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, Volume 2]. Henry Martyn Burt, Springfield, Massachusetts,1899.* Ancestral File. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Publication: June 1998, data as of 5 Jan 1998. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA.