![]() ![]() From its inception, Yale (and New Haven) was a hub of progressive, Freemasonic-Rosicrucian thinking and activity. To begin, there was Yale University (originally known as Yale College). In addition to Sarah’s brilliance and respectable place in society, there were several factors about New Haven that presented a unique influence on her upbringing. It is no wonder that New Haven Society would eventually dub her “The Belle of New Haven.” Furthermore, her knowledge of the classics (most notably Homer and Shakespeare) along with a remarkable talent as a musician was well noticed. By the age of twelve, Sarah was already fluent in the Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian languages. Moreover, by all accounts, she was also considered to be quite beautiful. Like Francis Bacon, she was a child prodigy. ![]() Young Sarah’s most distinguishing characteristic was that she was everything but ordinary. Later, during the Civil War, he made a fortune supplying ambulances to the Union Army. Her father Leonard was a joiner by trade whose shrewd sense of business found him moving up the ladder of polite society as a successful carriage manufacturer. The scarce information that survives from the historical record indicates her birth must have occurred somewhere between 18.Īt the time of Sarah’s birth, the Pardee’s were a respectable, upper middle class New Haven family. There are no existing records or any other form of factual information to establish Sarah’s date of birth-even the year remains unknown. She was the fifth of seven children born to Leonard Pardee and Sarah Burns. Her birth name was Sarah Lockwood Pardee. The Truth About Sarah Winchester The Belle of New Haven ![]()
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