Ancestry of
Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

Sarah Mumford

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Angela Y. Davis — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 39 
  • Father:
  • Robinson Mumford 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Coit   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Sep 1765 
  • Birth Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Apr 1836 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Peter Mallett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Nov 1780 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Caroline Mary Mallett

  Henrietta Ann Mallett (Ahnentafel No:19 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sarah Mumford's given name is also seen as Sally.

    Some sources give Sally Mumford's death year as 1818.

    Sarah Mumford's given name is also seen as Sallie.

• Sources for Sarah Mumford

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 220, Birth record for Sarah Mumford.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A315244.
  • ³ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, p. 11.
  • ⁴ Mallett, Anna S., John Mallet, The Huguenot, and His Descendants 1694-1894, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Company (1895), 15, 46.
  • ⁵ PBS Television, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 21 FEB 2023, Season 9, Episode 8, Angela Y. Davis.

Angela Y. Davis photo by Bernard Gotfryd