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Last NameATHERTON
First NameSARAH
MaidenBRENTON
RelationW/O WILLIAM ESQ. (LATE OF JAMAICA); D/O JAHLEEL BRENTON ESQ
Cemetery NumberNT014
Cemetery NameCLIFTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
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Birth Year1752c
Death Day19
Death MonthJUL
Death Year1787
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Notesa manuscript at NHS talking about the Wanton Vault say In which vault were deposited the ashes of Mrs. Sarah Atherton 22 July 1787. Newport Herald says wife if William Atherton Esq. late of Jamaica and daughter of Jahleel Brenton Esq. of Newport July 19, 1787 age 35 years.
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