Hi Sylvia,
I have some not so good news about Sarah and her will. It looked such a good match with the dates and where she lived etc too BUT the 1851 and 61 censuses unfortunately tell a different story. (you will remember that "our" Sarah is with son joseph in 51 and daughter Sarah in 61)
Here's what I've found:
1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
61, Grove Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Sarah Edwards Head Widow Female 62 1789Annuintant
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Robert Hutchison Son Unmarried Male 35 1816 General Merchant
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Jackson Visitor Widow Female 67 1784 Annuitant
Leeds, Yorkshire, England this has to be Eleanor's mother
Ann Roberts Servant Unmarried Female 32 1819 Servant
Denbighshire, Wales
Sarah Rodgers Servant Unmarried Female 22 1829 Servant
Flintshire, Wales
and 1861:
6, Canning Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Robert Hutchison Head Unmarried Male 44 1817 Gen Merchant & Shipowner
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Sarah Edwards Mother Widow Female 72 1789
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Annie Johnston Visitor Unmarried Female 28 1833 Governess
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Lydia E Whitaker Visitor Female 10 1851 Scholar Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Rosa H Whitaker Female 7 1854 ScholarYorkshire, England
and finally , again from 1851 a census entry where the household head is missing (Elizabeth Jackson?)
2, Park Parade, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England
Eleanor Jackson Daughter Unmarried Female 36 1815 Annuitant
Headingley, Yorkshire, England
Henry Whitaker Brother-In-Law Married Male 41 1810 Agent For Silks Of Colton Warps
Greenholme, Yorkshire, England
Lydia Whitaker Sister-In-Law Married Female 40 1811
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth L Whitaker Daughter Unmarried Female 01851
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
So I think this Sarah is the sister of Elizabeth Jackson.
They might well be both nee Dickinson
(Eliz m. Peter Jackson 1807 in Leeds and Sarah m. John Edwards around that time - lost my bit of paper!
But it does not explain Sarah's wealthy son Robert Hutchison! for whom I can find no satisfactory birth record. Perhaps its as well they are not ours as they seem even more complicated than Sarah and Samuel !!
What do you think about this?
warm wishes
Alison