Daily Ancestor"In the 14th year"
October 5, 2026 · Cemeteries · Past records
Gravestone of Sarah Jaques, Trinity Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1758Today
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In Memory of Sarah
Daur of Samuel &
Sarah Jaques who
Died April ye 2d 1758
In the 14th year
Sarah died "in the 14th year" of her age. How old was she?
Correct
Not quite
"In the 14th year of her age" means she had finished 13 years and was living through her 14th, so she was 13. That puts her birth between April 3, 1744 and April 2, 1745. "Daur" is daughter and "ye" is "the".
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