1Rev. Anson Titus Jr., The Sabin Family of America: Four Generations, NEHGR, Vol. 36, pp. 53-55 (Jan. 1882).
This source erroneously quotes Ruth Cooper as the wife of Nehemiah Cooper Sr. The following footnote corrects this mistake, identifying Nehemiah Jr. as her husband.
"4. BENJAMIN2 SABIN (William1). resided in Rehoboth until 1675, when he removed to Roxbury, Mass.; and in 1686 was one of the thirteen pioneers who settled Woodstock, Conn., and joined the same year in purchasing a large tract of land lying just south of Woodstock, Mashamoquoit, the present town of Pomfret. . . .
He died in Pomfret July 21, 1725, aged 80. He m. first, Sarah, daughter of John and Rebecca Polly, of Roxbury, who was born June 2, 1650 (a twin of Mary). He m. second, Sarah parker, July 5, 1678, who died Jan. 22, 1717-8. . . .
Children:
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By second wife:
12. vi. NEHEMIAH, b. in Roxbury Jan. 10, 1681.
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12. NEHEMIAH3 SABIN (Benjamin,2 William1). Married first, Elizabeth Boyden, of Medfield, Mass., where he resided until about 1716, when he returned to Pomfret; m. second, Ruth Cooper, Dec. 3, 1735. He died July 5, 1746.
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Children, by first wife:
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i. ABIGAIL, b. May 15, 1703; m. John Parkhurst.
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v. NEHEMIAH, b. Sept. 9, 1713; probably d. before 1741.
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By second wife:
x. NEHEMIAH, b. April 8, 1741; m. Mary Rice May 12, 1763; settled in Tolland, Conn., where eight children were born, among them Elijah R., a Methodist clergyman, the father of Hon. Lorenzo Sabine. [See REGISTER, 1879, p. 1744.]
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xii. EBENEZER, b. July 1, 1746."2Rev. Anson Titus Jr., Replies, NEHGR, Vol. 36, p. 324, (Jul. 1882).
This corrects the mistake in as previous article which identified Ruth Cooper as the wife of Nehemiah Sabin Sr.(b. 1680). She was the wife of Nehemiah Sabin Jr.(b. 1713).
"THE SABIN FAMILY. -- We desire to make the following corrections and additions to our article on the Sabin family in the January REGISTER, p. 52.
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NEHEMIAH (No. 12) is recorded as having two wives. We have since learned that this was not the case. It was the son Nehemiah, born Sept. 9, 1713, who married Ruth Cooper, Dec. 3, 1735, and had the children recorded as being the second wife, Nehemiah, Jr., did not die before 1741 as was stated, but died July 4, 1746. Nehemiah, Sen., died the day following. Elizabeth, wife of Nehemiah, Sen., died Oct. 7, 1756, aged 79 years."