Events
Date of Baptism: 19 February 1662.
Place of Birth: Boningale, Shropshire.
The baptism is recorded in the bishop's transcripts to the parish registers.
Date of Burial: 19 July 1733.
Place of Burial: Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: John Littleford.
Mother: Mary Smith.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Thomas Foley (died 1728/9). Married 27 February 1687 in Rock, Worcestershire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. All children were baptized in Ribbesford.)
Sarah Foley (baptized 31 January 1689 - buried 11 December 1741) married Benjamin Bach 30 November 1716 in Ribbesford.
Mary Foley (born 13 August 1692, baptized 23 August 1692).
Elizabeth Foley (born 13 October 1694, baptized 23 October 1694) married William Harris 28 September 1727 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
Thomas Foley (born 16 May 1697, baptized 6 June 1697 - buried 31 December 1731).
Littleford Foley (born and baptized 1 August 1703) married Rowland Hayward 1 July 1731 in Worcester, Worcestershire (St Michael Bedwardine).
Evidence
A transcription of the Will of Sarah Foley
Amen, I Sarah Foley of Bewdley in the County of Worcester widow being of a disposing mind and memory do make my last Will and Testament in manner following (viz) My soule I hope will returne to God who gave it My body I committ to the Earth to be buryed att the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and my Estate I dispose of as followeth (viz) Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my daughter Littleford Haywood all my household goods and plate of what nautre soever Item all the rest and residue of my personall Estate I give and bequeath unto my daughters Sarah Bach Elizabeth Harris and the said Littleford Haywood equally to be divided amongst them share and share alike And I do hereby nominate and appoint my son in law William Harris to be sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale and published and declared this to be my last Will and Testament the sixteenth day of March in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand Seaven hundred and thirty two the marke of Sarah Foley signed sealed published and declared by the above named Sarah Foley as and for her last Will and Testament in presence of us the marke of Mary Bate Wm Trump
Commentary
Sarah’s parentage:
The Rock parish register records the marriage of Sarah Littleford and Thomas Foley 27 Feburary 1687.
The 1706 will of Joseph Littleford names his brothers and sisters “John Littleford Thomas Littleford Isaac Littleford Richard Littleford Jacob Littleford Sarah Foley Elizabeth Devey Mary Littleford and Martha Smith”. The 1707 will of Thomas Littleford, rector of Quatt, names his brothers John, Jacob, Richard, and Isaac, and his sisters Foley, Devey, Smith, and Mary Littleford.
Alumni Oxonienses (1500-1714, vol. III, p. 918) gives Thomas’s father as John Littleford.
Several baptism entries from the bishop’s transcripts of the Bongingale parish registers record that the parents of Sarah and several of her siblings were John and Mary Littleford.
A 14 May 1650 marriage settlement shows that Mary was the daughter of Roger Smith. (See John Littleford’s page.)
References
Boningale, Shropshire, bishop's transcripts. Digital images on FamilySearch.org, accessed 10 March 2018.
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NK3C-RJG : accessed 17 Apr 2014), Thomas Foly and Sarah Littleford, 27 Feb 1687; citing Rock, Worcester, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 374917.
Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses, Volume III. -- Early Series (Oxford:James Parker & Co., 1891).
"International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MWLK-M1H: accessed 2014-11-02), entry for Sarah Littleford.
Ribbesford, Worcestershire, St Leonard’s parish registers, FHL film 2355770, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Will of Joseph Littleford, Hosier of Saint Clement Danes, Middlesex. The National Archives PROB 11/489/302.
Will of Sarah Foley, Widow of Bewdley, Worcestershire, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court.Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858, PROB 11/660/329.
Will of Thomas Foley, Rector of Quatt. Proved in 1708 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry [digital images on Findmypast.uk, accessed 6 December 2015]