!REFERENCE: 1883 Estate settlement papers for brother-in-law Joshua Braffett, references Sarah E. Ruffs
!REFERENCE: 1895 Portrait and Biograhical Record of Orange County25, "The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah E. Braffett, and was born in Monroe, this county, as was also her father, Hezekiah, while her mother, Elizabeth (Newbury) Braffett, was from Kingston. At the time of her husband's death, she was left with six children, the eldest of whom was thirteen years, and the youngest six months old. She afterward married again, and now makes her home in Philadelphia."