Sarah DENNIS (Highfield)

Female 1789 - 1823  (34 years)


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  • Name Sarah DENNIS (Highfield) 
    Born 17 Aug 1789  Woodford Co, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Dec 1823  Franklin Co, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I413  Dennis/Tennison Families | DNA connection to family
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2022 

    Father Jeremiah HIGHFIELD/HIGHFILL     (B: ca 1750    Charles Co, MD)    (D: ca 1805    Pendleton, Henry Co, KY) 
    Mother Sabra Jane HIGHFIELD/HIGHFILL (Smith)     (B: ca 1750    Connecticut)    (D: ca 1810    Woodford Co, KY) 
    Family ID F125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jesse DENNIS     (B: 14 Mar 1788    Woodford Co, KY)    (D: 3 Aug 1841    Unk) 
    Children      
     1. Hannah DENNISB: 16 May 1806Woodford Co, KY
     2. Dorothy DENNISB: ca 1807Woodford Co, KY
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2022 
    Family ID F275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sarah, was an orphan in 1805 and chose Samuel Dennis as her guardian. Woodford County, Kentucky, Order Book C, p. 518, per the application of Claude Gilliatt to the Society of Indiana Pioneers.

      When Sarah Highfield was born in 1789 in Fayette, Kentucky, her father, Jeremiah, was 39, and her mother, Sabra, was 38. She married Jesse Dennis on August 5, 1805, in Woodford, Kentucky. They had three children in 12 years. She died in 1825 in Franklin, Kentucky, at the age of 36.