Sarah Hersey

F, b. 21 August 1787, d. 8 May 1850
Relationship3rd great-grandmother of David Gardner Crouch
Birth*Sarah Hersey was born on 21 August 1787 at Westbourne, Sussex, England.1,2,3,4  
ResidenceShe and Lawrence Wills lived between 1809 and 1810 at Kingswear, Devon, England.5,6 
Marriage BannMarriage banns for Sarah Hersey and Lawrence Wills were published between 12 February 1809 and 19 February 1809 at Kingswear, Devon, England.7 
Marriage*Sarah Hersey married Lawrence Wills, son of John Wills and Elizabeth Stankcombe, on 20 February 1809 at Kingswear, Devon, England. The wedding party included Ann Wills and William Smith.5,4 
Married Name As of after 20 February 1809,her married name was (Hersey) Wills. 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Emma Maria Wills was born between November 1810 and December 1810 at Kingswear, Devon, England.1,8,9,10,11 
Birth of SonHer son John Wills was born between December 1812 and January 1813.12 
ResidenceSarah (Hersey) Wills and Lawrence Wills lived between 1813 and 1818 at Dawlish, Devon, England.13,12,14,15,16 
Death of SonHer son John Wills died in 1813. 
Birth of SonHer son George Wills was born in April 1817.17 
Death of SonHer son George Wills died in 1818. 
ResidenceSarah (Hersey) Wills and Lawrence Wills lived between 1821 and 1823 at Felpham, Sussex, England.18,19 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Sarah Anne Wills was born circa 1821 at Felpham, Sussex, England.20,21,22,23 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Elizabeth Cooksley Wills was born circa 1823 at Felpham, Sussex, England.20,21,24,25,26,27 
ResidenceSarah (Hersey) Wills and Lawrence Wills lived in 1825 at Gorran Haven, Cornwall, England.28,29 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Mary Jane Wills was born before 20 March 1825 at Gorran Haven, Cornwall, England.1,30,31,32,33,34,35,36 
Residence*Sarah (Hersey) Wills and Lawrence Wills lived in 1827 at Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.37 
Birth of SonHer son William Bird Wills was born on 9 October 1827 at Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.38,21,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47 
Death of SpouseHer husband Lawrence Wills died on 1 June 1829 at Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.48 
Event-Memo*Sarah (Hersey) Wills received poor relief payments of 1 shilling and a sixpence for the first two weeks followed by 8 shillings per week from the House of Industry, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, between 20 June 1829 and 1 August 1829.49,50,51,52,53,54 
Event-MemoRev. James Worsley and Rev. Richard Walton White, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the County of Southampton ordered the removal of Sarah (Hersey) Wills and her seven children from the Parish of Brading in the Isle of Wight to the Parish of Felpham, Sussex "as the place of their last legal Settlement" on 18 July 1829.55 
Event-MiscIn 1829, Sarah Hersey made a petition to the Board of Customs "praying to be allowed a Gratuity in consequence of the decease of her Husband having been occasioned by a Cold caught in the executing of his Duty."

The board rejected her petition on 20 July 1829 "as the Death of the Petitioner’s Husband is not attributable to any direct cause [such as harm or accident in the actual discharge of Duty]."56 
Event-MemoSarah (Hersey) Wills received poor relief payments of 12 shillings and 6 pence per week from the Overseers of the Poor, Felpham, Sussex, England, between 29 August 1829 and 24 October 1829.57 
Event-MemoOn 20 October 1829, the Hampshire Quarter Session, Winchester, Hampshire, England, quashed the order to remove Sarah (Hersey) Wills and her seven children from the Parish of Brading in the Isle of Wight to the Parish of Felpham.

"And this Court doth also order that the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Brading shall on notice given to them of this Order forthwith pay or cause to be paid unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Felpham the sum of six pounds and fifteen shillings being what appears to this Court to have been reasonably paid by the said last mentioned Parish for and towards the Relief of the said Sarah Wills and her Family between the time of their undue Removal as aforesaid and the determination of the said Appeal together with the further sum of forty shillings for towards their costs in attending to prosecute the said Appeal."55 
Event-MemoOn 28 October 1829, Mr. Pearson was paid £3 5s for transporting Sarah (Hersey) Wills and her children from Felpham, Sussex back to her home in Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.57 
Event-MemoSarah (Hersey) Wills received poor relief payments of 8 shillings per week (including 7 dependent children) dropping to 6 shilling per week (with 6 dependent children) from the House of Industry, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, between 7 November 1829 and 7 May 1831.58,59 
Marriage of SonHer son Henry Lawrence Wills married Elizabeth Macey, daughter of James Macey and Ann (?), on 19 April 1838 at Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.60,61,62
Occupation*Sarah Hersey was a mangler in 1841 at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.1 
Census*She appeared as the head of a household on the census of 1841 at Chapel Street, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. The household also included Emma Maria Wills, James Hersey Wills, Mary Jane Wills and William Bird Wills.1 
Marriage of DaughterHer daughter Emma Maria Wills married James Meader on 24 June 1848 at Zion Chapel, Quay Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.63 
Death*Sarah Hersey died on 8 May 1850 of "dysentery" at Chapel Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, at age 62. The informant listed on the death certificate was Eliza Newnham.2 
Burial*Sarah Hersey was buried on 12 May 1850 at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.3 
Event-Misc*A biography "Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Wills, Newport, Isle of Wight" written by William Bailey was published in the Bible Christian Magazine in October 1850.4
Residence*She and William Bird Wills lived between 1856 and 1857 at Horton Street East (near Waterloo Street), London, Middlesex, Canada West, British North America.64,65,66 

Family

Lawrence Wills b. c 1786, d. 1 Jun 1829
Marriage BannMarriage banns for Sarah Hersey and Lawrence Wills were published between 12 February 1809 and 19 February 1809 at Kingswear, Devon, England.7 
Marriage*Sarah Hersey married Lawrence Wills, son of John Wills and Elizabeth Stankcombe, on 20 February 1809 at Kingswear, Devon, England. The wedding party included Ann Wills and William Smith.5,4 
Children
Last Edited4 Jan 2026

Citations

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