Whitaker, Sarah (née Smith)
- Woodbridge, NJ ( to 1760)
- Norwich, CT (from 1761-02-25 to 1769)
- Salem, MA (from 1769 to 1771-12-10)
Married Nathaniel Whitaker before 1756
Sarah Whitaker (maiden name Smith) was the wife of the prominent Presbyterian minister Nathaniel Whitaker. They had seven or eight children, the first being born in 1756. She wrote to him and raised their children while Nathaniel was away on his fundraising tour with Samson Occom (1765-1768). She must have lived at least until the birth of their last child, Jonathan Whitaker (born December 10, 1771), but she does not appear in the historical record after that time.
FamilyTreeMaker.com “Descendants of Jonathan Whitaker, I.” http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/n/Joan-W-Landrum/ODT10-0001.html Accessed 12/4/2012. LongIslandSurnames.com. “Sarah Smith.” http://longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I142&tree=Whitaker Accessed 12/4/2012.