Sarah DEMING was the daughter of Eliakim (1741-1813) and Hannah Deming. I do not have her birth date. She should not be confused with Sarah Deming, daugher of Eliakim (born 1722) Deming, who was born in May 1760. Eliakim Deming was born August 1, 1741, in Wethersfield, CT, son of Timothy Deming and Susannah French. (He could not be found when Timothy's will was read.) THIS Eliakim was FOUND in Bennington County, VT, with sizable holdings in the townships of Dorset and Manchester. It is said that his daughter, Sarah, married Ezra BLAKESLEY in the town of Manchester in about 1788 (Ref. FamilySearch.org). Ezra's name is listed as a head of a household in Manchester in 1791. When Eliakim died in Manchester, five Blakesley grand children were listed in his will. (1) David Blakesley was born on March 18, 1792 in the Town of Manchester. (Because it is said that his parents married in "about 1788", I am wondering if there may have been an older child who died young.) David lived at Perry, NY, as did his son, Norman Blakeslee. (Yes, the name is seen both ways in various records.) (2) Jason Blakesley was born on June 19, 1794, in the town of Manchester. It is believed he also lived in Perry, NY. (3) Hannah Blakesley - is this the one who married Hiram Dean? (If it is, she was born on April 2, 1802, and died on January 16, 1861, in Litchfield, CT.) (4) Ruby Blakesley was born on December 15, 1803, in the town of Manchester. (5) Sarah Blakesley was born in about 1806. She too lived in Perry, NY. Ezra Blakesley died in about 1840 in Perry, NY. Sarah Deming Blakesley died in about 1845 at Perry. On the early censuses of the town of Manchester, it appears that there are at least two other girls residing in the Eliakim Deming household. Eliakim's first wife, "Hannah", died in April 1791. On the 1800 census, there was "one female under 10" which makes one wonder if Hannah did not die in child birth; and another "16 - 26". One of the Manchester neighbors married a "Deming" girl in about 1797. So if we can find the names of these Deming girls, hopefully we will find some missing pieces to our puzzle. Eliakim's second wife was seen as Mary Ann and Marian. Maybe after Hannah died, he married a widow with daughers. So it is unknown if the "females" in this household were daughters or step-daughters of Eliakim Deming. The purpose of this posting is to find someone who has information on Sarah Deming Blakesley and can tell me her correct birth date, death date, and the names of her siblings. (This lost information is our "brick wall"!) MaryLu in Minnesota