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SYME, Sarah

SYME, Sarah

Female 1760 - 1814  (53 years)   Has more than 100 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name SYME, Sarah  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 5 Nov 1760  Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 76843344 
    Burial 1814  Cabell Fanily Cemetery, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Address:
    Inglewood - Cabell Family Cemetery
    Variety Mills Rd.
    Norwood, Virginia
    USA 
    Death 15 May 1814  Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7] 
    Address:
    "Soldier's Joy", Cabell Family Home
    Wingina, Virginia
    USA 
    Age 53 years 
    Person ID I222  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2025 

    Father SYME, Col. John Jr.,   b. Dec 1729, Studley Plantation - Syme Family Home, Studley, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1805, Rocky Mills - Syme Family Home, Rockville, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother MERIWETHER, Mildred,   b. 19 May 1739, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Nov 1761 and 1764, Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years) 
    Family ID F88  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CABELL, Col. Samuel Jordan Sr.,   b. 15 Dec 1756, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1818, Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1781  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Age at Marriage She : 21 years - He : 24 years and 11 months. 
    Residence 1 Oct 1785  Hardwicksville (Wingina), Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    after their marriage in 1781 at his father's estate, Union Hill, on the James River near Wingina. They then moved into their own home, Soldiers Joy, also on the James River, 
    Children 
    >  1. Female CABELL, Mildred Meriwether   d. 14 Jun 1819, Alabama Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  2. Female CABELL, Margaret Washington   d. 17 Feb 1881, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
       3. Male CABELL, Nicholas Meriwether   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  4. Male CABELL, William Syme,   b. 13 Mar 1786   d. 27 Jun 1842, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    >  5. Male CABELL, Dr. Samuel Jordan Jr.,   b. 11 Nov 1787   d. 30 Dec 1845, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    >  6. Female CABELL, Paulina R.,   b. 1789   d. 1827 (Age 38 years)
    >  7. Male CABELL, Dr. Patrick Henry,   b. 12 Aug 1799, Amherst County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1838, Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    >  8. Male CABELL, George Washington,   b. 12 Jul 1802   d. 2 Oct 1869, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    >  9. Female CABELL, Emeline S.,   b. 1804   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Nov 1760 - Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Nov 1781 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - after their marriage in 1781 at his father's estate, Union Hill, on the James River near Wingina. They then moved into their own home, Soldiers Joy, also on the James River, - 1 Oct 1785 - Hardwicksville (Wingina), Amherst, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Inglewood - Cabell Family Cemetery
    Variety Mills Rd.
    Norwood, Virginia
    USA - 1814 - Cabell Fanily Cemetery, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Address:
    "Soldier's Joy", Cabell Family Home
    Wingina, Virginia
    USA - 15 May 1814 - Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Nelson, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S643] Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, Book - Lewises, Meriwethers & Kin, (1938; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008.), 19 Feb 2022, p 221.

    2. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 188.

    3. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 47.

    4. [S609] V. Cabell Flanagan, Book - John Syme's Rocky Mills Mansion, (Brookneal, Virginia: The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 2004.), 13 May 2021.
      John Syme II did not move his family from Newcastle to Rocky Mills until 1782.

    5. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 47, 72.

    6. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 8 Mar 2015, accessed 8 March 2015<, Memorial #76843344, Sarah Sally Syme Cabell.

    7. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 75.

    8. [S944] Cochran, Dr. William, Artifact - Cochran Family History - William Cochran (1779-1853), 10 Dec 2010.

    9. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 50.

    10. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 73.

    11. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 24 Feb 2015, p 184-5.

    12. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 24 Feb 2015, p 186.


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