Sarah SUMMERELL^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Sarah SUMMERELL
  Gender	Female
  orphan	31 Jul 1751	Isle of Wight Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	On 31 July 1751, in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Court, Sarah was named as the orphan of John Summerell. John Willis qualified as her guardian.
  orphan	1 Aug 1753 & 5 Aug 1755	Isle of Wight Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	On 1 August 1753, and again on 5 August 1755, John Willis re-qualified as Sarah's guardian.
  LAST	9 Mar 1799  [4]
  	The last mention of Sarah, found to date, is in her husband's 9 March 1799 Shelburne, Nova Scotia will.
  Person ID	I1239	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John SUMMERELL   d. c. 1746
  Mother	Lydia CURLE   d. Before 7 Sep 1756
  Family ID	F158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Markham HERBERT   d. 1799
  Marriage	Between 5 Aug 1755 and 29 Jan 1763  [3, 4, 5]
  	Confusion as to whether Sarah, or her sister Jane, married John Markham Herbert has existed for years due to an erroneous entry, dated 2 August 1765, in the records of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The clerk incorrectly noted "Jane" as the wife of John Markham Herbert when listing a Chancery Suit against John Wills. An examination of the listing of the same suit on 6 April 1764 and then on 5 October 1766 makes it evident that the wife of John was Sarah, and not Jane. The couple married after 5 August 1755, the settlement date of Sarah's guardian account, but before 29 January 1763, the date on which John and Sarah sold 200 acres of property to Charles Driver in Isle of Wight County. The property was part of Sarah inheritance.
  Children	1. Thomas HERBERT,   b. Virginia Colony   2. George HERBERT,   b. Virginia Colony   3. Mary HERBERT,   b. Before 25 Feb 1764, Virginia Colony
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  NEED COPIES OF GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS

  
  

• Sources

  [S4783] John Summerel will (1746), Isle of Wight Co, VA Wills & Accounts, Vol. 5, pp. 28-29. [S4811] Judith Pierce widow et al v. Joshua Curle, chancery suit (1756), Elizabeth City Co, VA. [S4827] Sarah & Jane Summerel, guardian accounts (1752, 1754, 1756), Isle of Wight Co, VA, Guardian Accounts. [S4826] John Markham Herbert will (1799), Shelburne, Shelburne Co, Nova Scotia original estate papers "A", #112. [S4825] John Markham Herbert et ux to Charles Driver, deed (1763), Isle of Wight Co, VA Deed Book 11, pp. 126 - 129.