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Sarah Austin Barry, (1754-1831) was the second wife of Commodore John Barry. She was also the daughter of Samuel Austin and Sarah Keen of New Jersey. She married Barry on July 7, 1777, and survived him after his 13 September, 1803 death. They had no children.^[1]

She converted to Catholicism and was baptized on July 21, 1879 at St. Joseph's Church. Her sponsor was her sister-in-law, Anna Barry, wife of Thomas Barry. Along with the ladies of Gloria Dei Church, she made and presented[2] the flag that allegedly[3] flew on the Bon Homme Richard to John Paul Jones.^[2]

She died on November 13, 1831, aged seventy-seven.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Cooper, J.F. "John Barry." Graham's magazine. G.R. Graham, 1844. Item notes v. 24-25, pg. 267. [1]
^ Preble, G.H. History of the flag of the United States of America. Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1894. Pg., 273.
^ Griffin, M.I. Commodore John Barry. The Author, 1903. Pg. 22.

External links[edit]

Barry-Hayes Collection, Series II, Sarah Barry, papers at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, digitized by Villanova University's Digital Library, Villanova, Pennsylvania.

[1] Cooper, J.F. "John Barry." Graham's magazine. G.R. Graham, 1844. Item notes v. 24-25, pg. 267. [1]

[2] Preble, G.H. History of the flag of the United States of America. Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1894. Pg., 273.

[3] Griffin, M.I. Commodore John Barry. The Author, 1903. Pg. 22.

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