Capt. Josiah Sawyer

1681 - 1756  (75 years)

• Name	Josiah Sawyer
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	20 Jan 1680/81	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Occupation	1707 (Age 26)  [1]
  He was a cordwainer.
  Married	22 Jan 1707/08 (Age 27)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Tirzah Bartlett, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Titcomb) Bartlett. She was born on 20 January 1684 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 2 September 1739 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Appleton (1891) gives a different Tirzah, the daughter of Thomas Bartlett. Issue: 1. Josiah Sawyer (1709-1792) 2. Moses Sawyer (1712-1778) 3. Tirzah Sawyer (1713-1782) 4. Hannah Sawyer (1715-1739) 5. Israel Sawyer (1717-1739) 6. Gideon Sawyer (1719-1806) 7. James Sawyer (1722-1723)
  Will	25 Jun 1755 (Age 74)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [7]
  Death	4 Apr 1756	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 4, 5, 7]
  Probate/Proved	3 May 1756	Essex County, Massachusetts   [7]
  Burial	Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Mary Sawyer,   b. 20 Jan 1672, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 21 Jan 1744/45, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)   2. Samuel Sawyer,   b. 5 Jun 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 21 Apr 1723, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years) ▻ Abigail Goodridge,  m. 17 Dec 1702 + 3. John Sawyer,   b. 15 Mar 1676, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 27 Mar 1756, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years) ▻ Mary Brown,  m. 25 Dec 1700 ;   Sarah Wells,  m. 25 Nov 1710   4. Hannah Sawyer,   b. 12 Jan 1678/79, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   5. Capt. Josiah Sawyer,   b. 20 Jan 1680/81, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Apr 1756, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)   6. baby girl Sawyer,   b. 7 Mar 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 26 Mar 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   7. Benjamin Sawyer,   b. 27 Oct 1686, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1725, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 38 years)   8. baby girl Sawyer,   b. 15 Nov 1693, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 15 Nov 1693, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I14096
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Lt. Samuel Sawyer,   b. 22 Nov 1646, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 11 Feb 1717/18, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Emery,   b. 24 Jun 1652, Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire d. 11 Feb 1718 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1670/71	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : 24 years and 4 months - She : 18 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Jan 1680/81 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Married - 22 Jan 1707/08 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Will - 25 Jun 1755 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Death - 4 Apr 1756 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Probate/Proved - 3 May 1756 - Essex County, Massachusetts Burial - - Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S814] Sawyer, Eleanor Grace. Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900 , (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1995). [S830] Sawyier, Nathaniel. A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, Mass, (Manchester, New Hampshire: William E. Moore, 1889). [S811] Appleton, William S. "Family of William Sawyer of Newbury", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXVIII, 1874). [S812] Appleton, William S. Some Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, Mass., (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1891). [S645] Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume II, Reprint 1902, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1902). [S813] Currier, Richard Sawyer. Genealogical History of the Currier Family , (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press, 1935). [S646] Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume III, Reprint 1916, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).