Family of George Sale and Marian Dargent
Husband: George Sale
| Name: |
George Sale |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
Samuel Sale ( - ) |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
c. 1697 |
Canterbury, Kent |
| Death |
13 Nov 1736 (age 38-39) |
Surrey Street, Strand, London |
Wife: Marian Dargent
| Name: |
George James Sale |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1728 |
|
| Occupation |
22 Sep 1754 (age 25-26) |
Ordination as priest, New College, Oxford |
| Occupation |
14 Dec 1769 (age 40-41) |
Appointed Rector of Bradford Peverell, Dorset |
| Death |
4 Sep 1773 (age 44-45) |
Bradford Peverell, Dorset |
| Name: |
William Mitchell Sale |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Martha Pennington ( - ) |
| Birth |
1730 |
London |
| Baptism |
2 Oct 1730 (age 0) |
St Clement Danes, Middlesex (William Michael Sale) |
| Name: |
Marian Sale |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Edward Arkell ( - ) |
| Birth |
1731 |
London |
| Baptism |
22 Oct 1731 (age 0) |
St Clement Danes, Middlesex (Mary Anne Magdalen Deborah Sale) |
| Name: |
Jane Sale |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1732 |
London |
| Baptism |
27 Sep 1732 (age 0) |
St Clement Danes, Middlesex |
| Name: |
Samuel Sale |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1734 |
London |
| Baptism |
11 Sep 1734 (age 0) |
St Clement Danes, Middlesex |
| Death |
1 Nov 1755 (age 20-21) |
Lisbon, Portugal |
Note on Husband: George Sale
George Sale (1697?-1736). Son of Samuel Sale possibly of Canterbury, he was educated at King’s School, Canterbury. On 24 Oct, 1720, he was admitted as student of Inner Temple where he studied Arabic. Gibbon (Chapter xivi) stated, ‘our honest and learned translator, Sale [is] half a Mussulman.’ Sale’s translation of both the New Testament into Arabic, and his translation of the Koran into English were considered the definitive translation until the 20th century. The biography also stated that despite his law degree and practice, he was often without money and that his scholarly pursuit of the translation led to him sometimes begging money of his friends to buy food.
Sale died of fever at his house in Surrey Street, Strand on 13 November 1736, and was buried at St Clement Danes on 16 November. No stone marks the grave. Sale is described by his biographer as having a healthy constitution and a communicative mind in a comely person. On 30 Nov., the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge resolved in recognition of Sale’s services, to give 20 guineas to his wife and children who were left in necessitous circumstances.
Sale married Marianne D’Argent, of French extraction (possibly related to a Huguenot family of this name.) By her he had seven children. The eldest son, George James Sale (1728-1773), fellow of New College, Oxford (1748-1769) was elected fellow of Winchester in 1765 and was rector of Bradford Peveral from 1768-1773 when he died without issue. Like his next brother William Mitchell, he was distinguished for literary talents. William Mitchell Sale married Martha Pennington of Canterbury and had an only daughter who married Thomas Pennington AM, rector of Thorley. The third son Samuel Sale perished in the great earthquake at Lisbon. A daughter Marianne Sale married Edward Arkell by whom she had an only child Edward. Sale’s remaining children died young (manuscript notes by Pennington in 1734 edition of Sale’s Koran belonging to the Rev. H.S. Pennington, rector of St. Clement Danes.)
Source: Dictionary of National Biography.
