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I HAVE A BOOK STORE AND I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BOOKS THAT APPLY TO MY OTHER LOVE, GENEALOGY, AND TRY TO GET THEM TO THE FAMILIES THEY ARE ABOUT. A BOOK CAME INTO THE STORE THE OTHER DAY ENTITLED "THE COURAGE OF SARAH NOBLE" BY ALICE DALGLIESH PRINTED IN 1954. THE AUTHOR'S NOTE SAYS
"THIS IS A TRUE STORY, THOUGH I HAVE HAD TO IMAGINE MANY OF THE DETAILS. SARAH NOBLE WAS A REAL LITTLE GIRL WHO CAME, IN 1707, TO COOK FOR HER FATHER WHILE HE BUILT THE FIRST HOUSE IN NEW MILFORD. MOST IF THE NEW MILFORD SETTLERS CAME FROM MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, BUT JOHN NOBLE CAME FROM WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS-HAVINF BOUGHT A SHARE OF LAND FROM ONE OF THE MILFORD MEN. THE STORY HAPPENED IN CONNECTICUT BUT IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IN MANY OTHER PLACES IN AMERICA.
STORIES LIKE THIS, OF FAITH AND COURAGE AND FRIENDSHIP, LIVE A LONG TIME AND ARE TOLD AND RETOLD. THE SETTLERS OF NEW MILFORD DEALT FIARLY WITH THE INDIANS, ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS OF THEIR TIME, AND WERE ALWAYS FRIENDLY WITH THEM.
SOMETIMES THE STORY IS TOLD THAT JOHN NOBLE LEFT SARAH WITH THE INDIANS WHILE HE WENT TO GUIDE SOME MEN TO ALBANY. I HAVE PREFERRED TO SUPPOSE THAT WENT TO BRING-OR AT LEAST TO MEET-THE REST OF THE FAMILY. THIS SEEMS MORE POSSIBLE.
WHEN SARAH GREW UP, SHE TAUGHT WHAT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE TOWN. SHE ALSO MARRIED, AS IS THE STORY SHE SAYS SHE WILL. THE RECORDS SAY, TOO, THAT SARAH CONTINUED TO BE FRIENDLY WITH THE TALL INDIAN WHO "LOVED HER AS HE DID HIS OWN CHILDREN."
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE THE BOOK, I WILL SELL IT FOR $12 (INCLUDES SHIPPING). I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO HAVE THE BOOK WHO WILL TREASURE IT.
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