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Sarah Havens, ^

Sarah Havens, ^

Female 1791 - 1863  (72 years)


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  • Name Sarah Havens  [1, 2, 3] 
    Suffix ^ 
    Birth 6 May 1791  Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Miller Family Cemetery, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 11 Oct 1863  Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name Sarah Havens 
    Death 11 Oct 1863  Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • While her gravestone records the date of death as 11 Oct 1863, Morse recorded that her son Nathaniel wrote in his diary on 11 Sep 1863: "She has gone to that home which she lived to be worthy of." Morse likely transcribed the date incorrectly.
    Burial Brookhaven (Miller Family Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    Person ID I666  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2024 

    Father John S. Havens, Capt,   b. 14 Jul 1748, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1809, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Abigail Bostwick, >,   b. 4 Jul 1746, Greenwich, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1801, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father John S. Havens, Capt,   b. 14 Jul 1748, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1809, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Abigail Bostwick,   b. 4 Jul 1746, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1801, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 1769  Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Family ID F31549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nathaniel Miller, Sr.,   b. 17 Apr 1783, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1863, Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Jun 1814  [3, 6, 13, 14] 
    Children 
     1. Mary A. Miller, ^,   b. 25 Aug 1817, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1881 (Age 64 years)
     2. Caroline E. Miller, ^,   b. 10 May 1819, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1883 (Age 64 years)
     3. Jerusha K. Miller, ^,   b. 4 Nov 1822, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Dewitt Clinton Miller, ^,   b. 30 Jun 1825, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1852, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     5. Sarah W. Miller, ^,   b. 21 Jun 1831, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Laura C. Miller, ^,   b. 3 Sep 1833, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1865 (Age 31 years)
     7. Julia Hazel Miller, ^,   b. 25 Sep 1837, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1888 (Age 50 years)
     8. Sarah M Miller,   b. 21 Jun 1831, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1904, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     9. Dewitt Clinton Miller,   b. 30 Jun 1825, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1826 (Age 1 year)
     10. Laura C. Miller,   b. 3 Sep 1833, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Jerusha K. Miller,   b. 4 Nov 1822, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1912, Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2026 

    Family 2 Dr. Nathaniel Miller,   b. 17 Apr 1783, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1863, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Jun 1814  Shelter Island,Suffolk,New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel Miller,   b. 1815   d. 1896 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F34084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S183] Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, Historical papers on Shelter Island and its Presbyterian church, with genealogical tables ... /, p. 164.

    2. [S193] tombstone, Miller Family Cemetery, East of Fire Place Neck Rd., Brookhaven, Brookhaven, NY.

    3. [S299] FamilySearch Ancestral File (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Daints).

    4. [S183] Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, Historical papers on Shelter Island and its Presbyterian church, with genealogical tables ... /, p. 164.
      The preponderance of sources, including Frost and Mallmann, suggest that Sarah Haven's mother is Abigail Bostwick. The FamilySearch Ancestral File record indicates ambiguity, suggesting an Ellen Bostwick, in addition to Abigail, as both another possible spouse of John Havens and Abigail's mother. Frost records a birth date of 6 May 1790; Mallman recorded 6 May 1791. The 1850 Census records an age of 59 on the enumeration date of 1 Jun 1850, suggesting that the 1791 date is more likely.

      Some sources suggest she was born on Shelter Island, NY, but this conclusion was likely due to a false interpretation of Mallmann's book; Mallmann generally does not record a place of birth for the Shelter Island founders' descendants, and one should not assume that all descendants were born on Shelter Island. Sarah Havens parents were known to have lived in the Moriches. Sarah's father is known to have been a trustee of the South Haven Presbyterian Church; and her brother is recorded as having bought a pew in the church.

    5. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 118. Indicates age 59.

    6. [S101] Long Island Forum: journal (http://genealogycds.com), Barrington S. Havens, "The Archibald Havens Papers," May 1974, (vol. 37 p. 94).

    7. [S93] George Perley Morse, Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959 and given to the Brookhaven Free Library." (1945-1959), RG1 Series 10.

    8. [S167] Various, unnamed, Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York. Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together with biographies and portraits of all the presi, p. 1000.

    9. [S183] Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, Historical papers on Shelter Island and its Presbyterian church, with genealogical tables ... /, p. 166.

    10. [S91] Collected and compiled by Osborne Shawn, Town Historian, Historians Cemetery Inventory (Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY. 1939-1940. Handwritten manuscript transcribed July 1982.).

    11. [S5143] Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of James Wickham and his wife Cora Prudence Billard. Includes bibliographical references and index. (Unknown publisher. 1935. 207 p), p. 24.

    12. [S5144] Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, Historical papers on Shelter Island and its Presbyterian church, with genealogical tables ... /, p. 164.

    13. [S183] Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, Historical papers on Shelter Island and its Presbyterian church, with genealogical tables ... /, p. 164, 166.

    14. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 118. Marriage inferred.


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