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| Notes for William SAWYER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Sawyer came from England and is first found in Salem, MA in 1640; afterwards in Wenham, MA in 1643 and the next year in Newberry, MA where he settled and raised his family. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church at Newberry in 1682. He lived in or near what is now West Newberry, MA. !Birth: "Gen. Index of the Sawyer Fam. of N.E. Prior to 1900"; by Fred Sawyer "Some Desc. of Wm. Sawyer of Newbury, Mass"; by W.S. Appleton, 1891 "Gen. & Fam. History of N.H., Vol. 1"; by Ezra S. Stearns, 1908 "Gen. of Edward Small"; by "Old Fam. of Salisbury & Amesbury"; by D. W. Hoyt !Marriage: "Gen. Index of the Sawyer Fam. of N.E. Prior to 1900"; by F. Sawyer !Death: "Some Desc. of Wm. Sawyer of Newbury, Mass"; by W.S. Appleton "Old Fam. of Salisbury & Amesbury"; by D.W. Hoyt. (says b/f 1 Mar. 1702) "Gen. of Edward Small"; by Some records give this William as born at Leighton Buzzard Parish, Bedfordshire, England the son of Francis Sawyer and Elizabeth Atkins. These sources list Williams wife as Ruth Monsall. There seems to be no evidence to either prove or disprove this information. The most generaly accepted data is that given above. William received a grant of land in Salem,Mass. in 1642. This property was known as "Sawyer's Playne". He is also believed to have resided at Wenham, Mass., before finally settling at Newbury, Mass. In Newbury town records, William is found listed as the following: Fence Viewer 1666-1671 Surveyor 1676-1677 Tithingman 1678-1685 William became a member of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Mass. in 1681. His wife also joined at this time. In 1682 a branch of this church was formed in Newbury, and John and William Sawyer were listed as members. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 146William Sawyer, born about 1613, was of Salem, now Wenham, in 1642, where he received a grant of land. Three years later, he appeared in Newbury, Massachusetts147, and settled beside the Merrimac River, near the meeting-house, in that part of town afterward called the West Parish. In 1652, as a townsman of Newbury, he was entitled to "purchase the privilege of Commonage." He was elected to the following offices in the town for the term of one year: fence viewer, April 2, 1666, and April 3, 1671; surveyor of highways, March 5, 1676-77; tithing-man, March 24, 1679-80, and March 22, 1685-86. On May 14, 1654, with many others, he signed a petition from Newbury to the General Court in behalf of "our loving friend, Lieutenant Robert Pike, of Salisbury;" and on May 21, 1663, as "Willi : Sayor," he joined in a petition to the same court against the fine imposed upon Dr. Greenland, of Newbury, who had practised as a physician without a "License under the hand of a magistrate148." In 1678, William Sawyer took the oath of allegiance. The name of his wife was Ruth. With the spread of Baptist teachings, he and his wife and son John became members of the First Baptist Church at Boston in 1681. The following year, he and his eldest son founded a church of that faith in Newbury; but it did not flourish, and soon became extinct. By grant and by purchase he became the possessor of a number of acres, upon which was built the house that he occupied, near the main road in the West Parish. When "An Invoys" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| See "Some descendants of William Sawyer of Newberry, Mass.", William S. Appleton, 1891. See "A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, Mass.", Nathaniel Sawyer, 1889, p. 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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