The Life of Sarah Weights

Sarah Weights was born on the 11th of February 1811 in Barnacre with Bonds, Garstang, Lancashire the daughter of William Weights and Dorothy Carter. She was the eighth of their ten children.

She, like her older sister Dorothy, never married and made her living as a dressmaker in Garstang.

I knew so little about Sarah that I wasn't going to give her a page of her own, but recently I discovered her Will and it contained so much detail that I decided it was worthy of inclusion.

Sarah was a devout Catholic and left legacies to her parish priest and to the Roman Catholic schools at Barnacre with Bonds. She also left money to be used to purchase two stained glass windows for the church and I am anxious to visit St Mary and Michael's to see if the windows are dedicated to her memory.

Other than her Will, the only other information I have about Sarah comes from the various Census entries:

1841 CENSUS OF GARSTANG, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BORN IN THE COUNTY?:
Dorothy Weights	F	65	Independent	Yes
Sarah Weights	F	25	Dressmaker	Yes

NOTE:
1:	Living with her widowed mother on London Road, Garstang. (H.O.107-495, folio 1014)
2:	The above information is from a copy of the Census on microfilm at the Lancashire Record Office.

1851 CENSUS OF GARSTANG, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Dorothy Weights	Head	Widow	F	79	Annuitant	Goosnargh, Lancashire
Dorothy Weights	Dau.	Unm.	F	42	Dressmaker	Garstang, Lancashire
Sarah Weights	Dau.	Unm.	F	38	Dressmaker	Garstang, Lancashire

NOTE:
1:	Living at Garstang with her mother and elder sister Dorothy. (H.O.107-2270, folio 344/1)
2:	The above information is from a copy of the Census on microfilm at the Lancashire Record Office.