FATHER

Nathaniel Baker

MOTHER

Mercy Binney

HUSBANDS

Jonathan Sturgis

Jabez Linnell

CHILDREN with Jonathan Sturgis

1. Mary Sturgis
    b. 07 Apr 1735
    m. 11 Apr 1754 Samuel Linnell
    (son of Samuel Linnell brother of Jabez Linnell)
    d. 1816 Maine

2. Samuel Sturgis
    b. 27 May 1736
    m. Lydia Crocker
    d. 19 Aug 1762

CHILDREN with Jabez Linnell

1. Susanna Linnel
    baptized  12 Nov 1752 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
    m. 14 Nov 1772 Solomon Lewis
    d. 24 Sep 1822

2. Elizabeth Linnell
    baptized 17 Nov 1754
    m. 27 Oct 1774 Enoch Bearse
    d. 28 Dec 1849

Sarah Baker
by Susan Brooke
April 2023

Sarah Baker was born in Barnstable on 1 Nov 1713 with her parents named as Nathaniel and Mercy Baker. (1)  She  married Jonathan Sturgis on 26 Oct 1732 shortly before her 19th birthday.  (2) They had two children together, the youngest, Samuel Sturgis being born in 1736.  Her husband Jonathan Sturgis must have died sometime between then and 1750 for Sarah's father, Nathaniel Baker, wrote his will 30 Apr 1750 leaving his daughter Sarah Sturgis sheets, rug, a cow, etc. and the right to cart away 8 cord of wood "so long as she remains a widow."  (3)  She remarried the next year to Jabez Linnell who was a widower with six children.  The marriage intention of 9 May 1751 named Sarah as a widow and the marriage record named her Mrs. Sarah Sturges.  (4) She had two more children with Jabez LInnell and then he died in May 1755 shortly after the birth of her daughter Elizabeth Linnell.  Guardians were appointed for all the children of Jabez Linnel with three of his his brothers and the brother of his first wife taking on the responsibilities of his children from his first marriage.  The "widow Sarah Linnell" was appointed guardian for her own two daughters, Susannah and Elizabeth Linnell. (5) Sarah died 31 Jan 1768. (6)

Sources
 

(1) Birth Record
Sarah Baker
2 Nov 1713 Barnstable, MA
Parents: Nathaniel Baker and Mercy

Barnstable Town Records

(2) Marriage to Jonathan Sturges
Barnstable Town Records
Jonathan Sturges  Sarah Baker  Oct 26 1732 
Jabez Linnel and Sarah Bacon Nov 11, 1736

(3) Will of Nathaniel Baker
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Barnstable Probate Records, BK 8 pg. 395

(4) Marriage of Jabez Linnell to Mrs. Sarah Sturges
Barnstable Town Records
Marriages by the Reve'd Joseph Green
Jabez Linnell  Sarah Sturges Sep 26th 1751
Marriage Intention of marriage to Widow Sarah Sturges

There has been confusion about the wives of Jabez Linnell.  His first wife Sarah Bacon was born 24 Feb 1713 and his second wife, Sarah Baker was born 2 Nov 1713.  So, they were the same age and had the same first named.  However, Jabez Linnell very clearly married the widow Sarah Sturges in 1751.
Birth Record
Sarah Bacon
24 Feb 1713 Barnstable, MA
Father: Samuel Bacon
.

(5) Barnstable Probate Records
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pg. 367 Oris Bacon appointed guardian of               Deborah Linnel daughter of Jabez Linnel blacksmith          8 May 1755
pg 368  Samuel Linnell appointed guardian of          Joseph Linnel son of Jabez Linnel, blacksmith                    6 May 1755
pg 369 Joseph Linnell appointed guardian of            Jane Linnell daughter of Jabez Linnell blacksmith               6 May 1755
pg 370 Robert Davis appointed guardian of             Mary Linnell daughter of Jabez Linnell blacksmith            15 May 1755
pg 371 John Linnell appointed guardian of               John Linnell son of Jabez Linnel blacksmith                        6 May 1755
pg 372 Samuel Linnell appointed guardian of           Elisha Linnell son of Jabez Linnell blacksmith                     6 May 1755
pg 373 Sarah Linnell appointed guardian of             Susannah Linnell daughter of Jabez Linnell balcksmith      15 May 1755
pg374 Sarah Linnel widow appointed guardian of    Elizabeth Linnell daughter of Jabex Linnell blacksmith      15 May 1755
pg 375 Robert Davis appointed administrator of the estate of Jabez Linnel who died intestate                           8 May 1755

(6) "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" by Amos Otis, 1888 Vol 1 page 160
"Mr. Jabez Linnel, the youngest son of John, was a respectable man. He inherited his father's dwelling-house on the Davis estate, afterward the property of the late Hezekiah Doane. Mr. Jabez Linnel married Nov. 11, 1736, Sarah Bacon, 3d, and Sept. 26, 1751, Mrs. Sarah Sturgis.  She died Jan. 31, 1768, aged 54.