Sarah Hart
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02704
- Given Name
- Sarah
- Family Name
- Hart
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Sarah Hart was the wife (and later widow) of Dr. Oliver Hart Jr. She was the daughter-in-law of the Rev. Oliver Hart, who pastored Baptist churches in Charleston, South Carolina, and Hopewell, New Jersey. Her father-in-law's will outlined a bequest to her, giving her a Black woman to serve her during her widowhood. According to the will written in 1791, the Black woman was already living with Sarah and would remain with Sarah after the Rev. Hart's decease.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Hopewell (Mercer County)
- Enslaver of
- Dinah (b. 1751)
- Spouse of
- Oliver Hart Jr. (b. 1754)
- Related Person
- Oliver Hart Sr. (1723-1795)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1791-12-16 Will (of Oliver Hart Sr.): Dinah, Friday Truehart (Role: Enslaver, Heir or Beneficiary)
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