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David Sawyer, Jr.

Male 1787 - 1866  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Sawyer, Jr. was born 11 Nov 1787, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts (son of David Sawyer and Judith Harris); died Apr 1866, Leandgrove, Vermont.

    David married Lydia Clark 23 Feb 1812, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Lydia Sawyer was born 1819; died 26 Jan 1879, Landgrove, Vermont.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David Sawyer was born 17 Mar 1760, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (son of Francis Sawyer and Elizabeth Richardson); died 25 Jul 1832, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont; was buried Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont.

    Other Events:

    • Pension: 20 May 1818, Vermont; Revoluntionary War Pension Payment Ledger

    Notes:

    Revolutionary Soldier. Crossed the Delaware with Washington that Christmas night. David's record in book of records of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of Revolutionary War, Vol. XIII, Page 863, Boston, 1905.

    Private, Captain Joseph Bradley Varnums (Dracut) Co. of Volunteers, Col. Johnathan Reeds Regt. Enlisted 29 September, 1777. Discharged 7 November 1777, Service 42 days, Company marched to reinforce northern Army, also Capt Varnums Co, Col Simeon Spaulding Rgt. abstract of equipments for train band and alarm list, endorsed 1777. Said Sawyer reported as belonging to train band also returns, etc. of 2nd Dracut Company. Said Sawyer appears among men raised agreeable to resolve of June 1778 to serve for 6 months at Rhode Island. Also enlistment's agreement dated Dracut June 23 1778 by said Sawyer and Timothy Kelly engaging themselves to serve until Jan 1 1779.

    Listed on page 85 of 1790 Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts census.
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    Reference:
    Notes by Anna O Sawyer Ridenour, March 1916, p 8.
    "The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 554.

    David married Judith Harris 26 Apr 1787, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts. Judith was born 18 Jun 1766, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1848; was buried Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Judith Harris was born 18 Jun 1766, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1848; was buried Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont.

    Notes:

    Died spring of 1848
    Buried side by side with husband.

    Some sources indicate Judith is daughter of John and Elizabeth (Clark) Harris but I removed the connection until better evidence can confirm this conneciton.

    Children:
    1. 1. David Sawyer, Jr. was born 11 Nov 1787, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; died Apr 1866, Leandgrove, Vermont.
    2. Asa Sawyer was born 14 Mar 1789, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; died 17 Nov 1790.
    3. Achsah Sawyer was born 30 Dec 1790, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; died 8 May 1817.
    4. Thaddeus Colburn Sawyer was born 11 Nov 1792, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; died 3 Mar 1863, Essex, Vermont.
    5. Hannah Sawyer was born 7 Nov 1794, Pelham, Massachusetts.
    6. Judith Sawyer, Jr. was born 11 Jul 1797, Pelham, Massachusetts; died 3 Nov 1831.
    7. Eliza Sawyer was born 2 Jan 1800, Tynsborough, Massachusetts.
    8. John Harris Sawyer was born 7 Apr 1802, West Nottingham, New Hampshire; died 26 Oct 1850.
    9. Alfred Sawyer was born 21 Jun 1804, Nottingham West, New Hampshire; died 24 Oct 1880, Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont.
    10. Mary Badgen Sawyer was born 13 May 1807, Londonderry, New Hampshire.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Francis Sawyer was born 3 Mar 1728, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (son of Henry Sawyer and Sarah Nurse); died 1 Dec 1827, Canterbury, New Hampshire.

    Notes:

    Soldier in the French & Indian War.

    Removed to Dracut, Massachusetts in 1759 and afterwards to Canterbury, New
    Hampshire.
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    Reference:
    "The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 528, 554.

    Francis married Elizabeth Richardson 22 Mar 1749, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Solomon Richardson and Elizabeth Goodale) was born 20 Aug 1730, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1772. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Richardson was born 20 Aug 1730, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Solomon Richardson and Elizabeth Goodale); died 1772.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 528, 554.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Sawyer was born 8 Oct 1750, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 17 Mar 1816.
    2. Francis Sawyer was born 22 Feb 1752, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    3. Molly Sawyer was born 9 Oct 1753, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1843.
    4. Sawyer died See Notes.
    5. Ebenezer Sawyer was born 25 Dec 1755, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    6. Abigail Sawyer was born 15 Apr 1758, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 5 Dec 1855.
    7. 2. David Sawyer was born 17 Mar 1760, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 25 Jul 1832, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont; was buried Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont.
    8. Sawyer died See Notes.
    9. Amos Richardson Sawyer was born 25 Jan 1765, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts.
    10. Aaron Sawyer was born 11 Sep 1766, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 28 Aug 1854.
    11. Hannah Sawyer was born 18 Jan 1769, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 2 Oct 1869.
    12. Moses Sawyer was born 16 Dec 1772, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Sawyer was born 15 Feb 1697, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (son of William Sawyer and Abigail Lilley).

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G8Z9-VQ

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p7.

    Henry married Sarah Nurse 18 Apr 1718, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Francis Nurse and Sarah Craggen) was born 27 Jan 1697, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died 15 Jan 1755. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Nurse was born 27 Jan 1697, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (daughter of Francis Nurse and Sarah Craggen); died 15 Jan 1755.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: G8Z9-WW

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Lilly Families in America", Charles Lilly, 1976, p7.

    Children:
    1. Abigail Sawyer was born 15 Jul 1719, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    2. Josiah Sawyer was born 10 Aug 1721, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    3. Ruben Sawyer was born 9 Aug 1723, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    4. Sarah Sawyer was born 31 Mar 1726, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    5. 4. Francis Sawyer was born 3 Mar 1728, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 1 Dec 1827, Canterbury, New Hampshire.
    6. Hepsibah Sawyer was born 2 Jun 1730, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    7. Caleb Sawyer was born 21 Apr 1732, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    8. Bulah Sawyer was christened 1733, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    9. Ebenezer Sawyer was christened 1736, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    10. Rebecca Sawyer was christened 1739, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

  3. 10.  Solomon Richardson was born Abt 1700, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened 3 Sep 1704 (son of David Richardson and Hannah Putnam); died 1761.

    Notes:

    Solomon Richardson was born in "Salem Village," afterwards incorporated as a
    part of the town of Middleton. He was a yeoman. His will is dated 2 May 1761;
    proved 6 July 1761; recorded Essex Probate Records, xxxviii, 129. This will
    gives to wife Abigail, "Dinah her maid," in the inventory valued at 40 pounds;
    "also all my household furniture, and other things which she brought with her."
    It gives to son David the testator's house and barn, and about forty acres of
    land and meadow by Cromwell's brook and Hutchinson's meadow; also to be
    executor of the will, and "to sell my negro man Frank," in the inventory
    appraised at 60 pounds, to pay debts, etc. To sons John Richardson and
    Jonathan Richardson, daughter Elizabeth Sawyer, and daughter Sarah Richardson,
    legacies are to be paid by son David. Sons Amos, Stephen, and Solomon, are to
    have the other land after the decease of the widow. The testator's
    grandchildren to have their legacy "in five years after their grandmother
    Richardson's decease."

    The real estate, as shown by the inventory, presented 14 September 1761,
    consisted of the homestead, containing about three hundred acres of land, with
    the buildings thereon; salt marsh at Lynn, about three acres; about twelve
    acres of meadow in Middleton, and about seven acres of woodland in Andover.
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    Reference:
    "A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 15.
    "The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 528.

    Solomon married Elizabeth Goodale 26 Feb 1728, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Goodale and Mary Hutchinson) was born 7 Aug 1706, Salem, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Goodale was born 7 Aug 1706, Salem, Massachusetts (daughter of Joseph Goodale and Mary Hutchinson).
    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Richardson was born 20 Aug 1730, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1772.
    2. Hannah Richardson was born 20 Dec 1732, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. David Richardson was born 9 Apr 1735, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts; died Abt 1776.