Sarah Ward Brigham
(1756–1838)
BIRTH
July 28, 1756
PLACE
NAME
Sarah Ward
DEATH
February 3, 1838
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Artemas Ward
(1727-1800)
BROTHER
Thomas Walter Ward Jr.
(1798-1890)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sarah Ward Brigham (1756–1838) was Artemas Ward and Sarah Trowbridge’s daughter, born at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. In December 1792 she became Elijah Brigham’s third wife, and their five children were born at Westborough. Harvard’s General Artemas Ward House Museum records her family and dates, distinguishing her from her mother. She died at Westborough in February 1838. Her father’s command and husband’s offices do not establish a public career for her.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Sarah Ward Brigham’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Sarah Ward Brigham is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Sarah Ward Brigham died on Feb 3, 1838. Sarah Ward Brigham was Artemas Ward and Sarah Trowbridge’s daughter, born at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. In December 1792 she became Elijah Brigham’s third wife, and their five children were born at Westborough. Harvard’s General Artemas Ward House Museum records her family and dates, distinguishing her from her mother. She died at Westborough in February 1838. Her father’s command and husband’s offices do not establish a public career for her. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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