Sarah Cloud

Abt 1778 -

• Name	Sarah Cloud
  Born	Abt 1778	Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I3895	Bird-Metcalf
  Last Modified	18 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Mordecai Cloud,   b. 11 Nov 1741, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British America ,   d. 1818, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Jane Musgrave,   b. 1745,   d. 1839  (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Woodward,   b. 2 Jan 1761,   d. 21 Apr 1841, Marshallton, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Rachel Woodward,   b. 31 May 1802, West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 3 Jun 1866, Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 64 years)  [Birth]   2. Jane Woodward,   b. Abt 1804, Pennsylvania, United States  [Birth]   3. Rebecca Woodward,   b. Abt 1806, Pennsylvania, United States  [Birth]   4. Elizabeth Woodward,   b. Abt 1808, Pennsylvania, United States  [Birth]
  Last Modified	20 May 2016
  Family ID	F1581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Documents		The Will of Mordecai Cloud Mordecai Cloud of East Bradford Will written 17 June 1814 and Proved on 23 May 1818 Provides for wife Jane. To daughter Mary, WIDOW OF ZIBA WOLLERTON, $300. To Rachel, Jane, Rebecca and Elizabeth Woodward, children of daughter Sarah, who is deceased, $300, to be divided. To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Kennedy, $300. To daughter Hannah, wife of William Dowlin, $300. To son William, "my plantation in E. & W. Bradford, subject to his mother's life interest. Remainder to son, William. Executor: William Cloud, son. Witnesses: David Lewis and Joshua Weaver. Source: Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
  		The Children of Sarah Cloud Woodward in Orphan Court When Sarah's father Mordecai left her four daughters money in his will, their father James had to go to Orphan Court to seek guardianship of Elizabeth and Rebecca's inheritance. According to the court records, they were under the age of fourteen at this time, 1819. Rachel and Jane Woodward were above the age of fourteen and they were requesting that the court permit them to make their own choice of a guardian to take care of their portion of the inheritance. Source: Ancestry.com. Chester County, Pennsylvania, Estate Papers, 1714-1838 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

  
  

  Histories		An Excerpt About James Woodward from Genealogy of the Woodward Family Page 46 James was born in 1761 and married Sarah Cloud, a daughter of Mordecai Cloud. He was a weaver. Source: Google Books Online; Genealogy of the Woodward Family of Chester County, Pennsylvania; Ferris Bros., 1879 - 114 pages.
  		The Cloud Family of Pennsylvania and Delaware The Family Group of Mordecai Cloud listed in the book, "Genealogical Notes of the Cloud Family," by William Cloud. A detailed gathering of documents, notes and pedigrees of the Cloud family in a 202 page document. Source: The Valuable Work of Thomas Maxwell Potts by Janice G. Cloud, Cloud Family Historian and Editor; North Carolina Digital Collections;