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Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
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Free colored woman Sarah Curfee, over 90 years old and living in St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County, has 124 living descendants: 6 children, 54 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Her eldest sons served as army substitutes at the start of the Revolution.
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There is now living in St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County, a free colored woman, named Sarah Curfee, who numbers 124 descendants, all alive at this time: how many she has had in all, adding those who are dead, cannot be ascertained, but it is believed that they would nearly double that number. Of those living,
She is the mother of 6
The grandmother of 54
The great grandmother of 53
The great great grandmother of 11
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Her age is not known, but she is believed to be upwards of 90, as her two eldest sons joined the army as substitutes, at the commencement of the Revolution. She is quite hale and robust, and can walk a mile or two with great ease. Sarah is a native of the neighborhood where she now resides, and more than half of her numerous progeny are settled around her.
Norfolk Herald
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St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County
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124 living descendants (6 children, 54 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great-grandchildren); total descendants including deceased believed to nearly double that number
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Free colored woman Sarah Curfee lives in St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County, with 124 living descendants. She is believed over 90 years old, hale and robust, native to the area, with more than half her progeny settled around her. Her two eldest sons joined the army as substitutes at the start of the Revolution.