William Lewis

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• Immigration: 22 Jun 1632; William embarked for New England.
• Freeman: 18 May 1642, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Proprietor: 13 Mar 1653, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; John signed the orders of the town and became a proprietor of Lancaster 13 (1) 1653. In the first division of land, he received twenty acres.
• Military: 2 Apr 1661; He was released from military service and assigned to pay five shillings per year for the upkeep of the town's militia.
• Will: 21 Nov 1670; He mentions his wife, Amy.

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His death was recorded as 3 (10) 1671.

William married Amy WellsEngland. Amy died after 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Proprietor: 13 Mar 1653, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; John was one of the founders of Lancaster. He signed the Orders of the Town 13 (1) 1653 and received a lot of twenty acres in the first division.
• Married: say 1655; Hannah ______. Issue: 1. Barachia Lewis (1663-____) 2. Rebecca Lewis (1665-1665) 3. Bethia Lewis (1666-____) 4. Patience Lewis (1668-____) 5. Jonathan Lewis (1671-____) 6. William Lewis (1673-1682) 7. Hannah Lewis (1678-____) 8. Thankful Lewis (1680-____) 9. Judith Lewis
• Moved to: 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; After the massacre in 1676, he removed with his family to Dorchester where he built a house in 1679.
• Residence: 1687, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; John was living in Dorchester in 1687 and probably did not return to Lancaster. Josiah White obtained his lands in Lancaster.

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• Residence: say 1660, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 31 Jan 1670/71, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mordecai MacLoud. He was born in Scotland. Mordecai made his mark on the town orders, 1 March 1657/58 and received ten acres. His house was attacked 22 August 1675 by Indians lead by "One-Eyed John", chief of the Nipmucks. The house was burnt and all were Mordicai, and all his family were killed. The praying Indians of Marlborough were implicated, but later acquitted in a trial. Issue: 1. Hannah MacLoud (1671-1675) 2. baby MacLoud (____-1675)

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Their marriage date was recorded as 31 (11) 1670.

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His birth was recorded as 15 (2) 1644.

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• Complier's Note: While Nourse (1884) makes Josiah White her husband, none of the White nor the Rice records confirm it. Mary Rice was Josiah White's wife.

Hannah married Thomas Sawyer on 21 Nov 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott) was born on 2 Jul 1649 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Sep 1736 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Moore. Jonathan (son of Ensign John Moore and Ann Smith) was born on 19 May 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Feb 1742 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1700; Mary Houghton, the daughter of John and Mary (Farrar) Houghton. She was born on 7 February 1680 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 1 April 1752 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Aholiab Sawyer (c1702-____) 2. Mary Sawyer (c1704-____) 3. Annah or Hannah Sawyer (1706-____) 4. Hepzibah Sawyer (c1708-____) 5. William Sawyer (1711-____) 6. Josiah Sawyer (1714-____) 7. Thankful Sawyer (1717-____) 8. Martha Sawyer (1719-____) 9. David Sawyer (1721-____) 10. Abigail Sawyer (1724-____) 11. Benjamin Sawyer 12. Israel Sawyer 13. Joseph Sawyer 14. Uriah Sawyer

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He gave the land for the graveyard and was the first to be buried there.

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• Married: say 1705; Sarah Beaman, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Thornton) Beaman. She died on Sunday 7 March 1717/18 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Sawyer (c1706-____) 2. Sarah Sawyer (c1708-____) 3. Thomas Sawyer (1710-____) 4. Abner Sawyer (1711-____) 5. Asenath Sawyer (c1713-____) 6. Mary Sawyer (c1715-____)
• Married: 10 Nov 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Abigail Wilder.

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• Married: say 1712; Eunice ______. She was born about 1686. She died, probably from childbirth, on Friday 4 March 1712/13 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Her gravestone reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF EUNICE SAYWER, THE WIFE OF BEZALEEL SAWYER WHO DECEASED THE 4TH DAY OF MARCH 1712/13 AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS ALSO THE BODY OF HER DEAD BORN INFANT Issue: 1. stillborn Sawyer (1713-1713)
• Married: say 1715; Judith White, the daughter of Josiah and Mary (Rice) White. She was born in 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 25 August 1760 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Sawyer (1716-____) 2. Josiah Sawyer (1718-____) 3. Darius Sawyer (1720-____) 4. Bezalied Sawyer (1723-____) 5. Hannah Sawyer (1725-1727) 6. Hannah Sawyer (1728-____) 7. Moses Sawyer (1730-____) 8. Paul Sawyer (1733-____) 9. Thomas Sawyer (c1735-____) 10. Mary Sawyer (c1737-____)
• Offices Held: 2 Mar 1718/19, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed the fence viewer.
• Offices Held: 5 Mar 1721/22, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Constable.

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Sawyer (1983) lists Judith's death as 24 March 1774.

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In Memory of Mr
Bezaleel Sawyer,
who died August
y^e 25^th.AD. 1760,
Aged 75 Years
3 Months, and
12 Days

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• Miscellaneous: 20 Oct 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 20 October 1708, he was taken to Canada along with his father as a captive. There he and his father helped build the first mill in exchange for their freedom. When finally allowed to go home, Elias Sawyer brought, with other things, a curiously glazed plate of red earthen ware, which was handed down from generation to generation. It finally was given to the Lancaster library, by the will of Ellsworth Sawyer, the last male descendant of that line.
• Religion: 24 Mar 1716/17, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 24 March 1716/17 Elias and Beatrix owned covenant in the Lancaster Church at which time their two oldest children were baptized.
• Last Full Review: 30 Jul 2020

Elias married Beatrix Pope on yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 4 Mar 2021

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• Residence: Abt Aug 1720; Benjamin and Zerviah lived in the West Precinct of Lancaster, then called Chocksett. In 1781 it became Sterling, Massachusetts.

Zerviah married Benjamin "Landlord Ben" Houghton on 28 Jul 1720 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Jonas Houghton and Mary Berbeane) was born in 1691 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1764 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 17 Nov 1726, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Rebecca Houghton. Issue: 1. Lucy Moore (1727-1740) 2. Jacob Moore (1728-1740) 3. Tilley Moore (1730-____) 4. Ephraim Moore (1732-1740) 5. Rebecca Moore (1735-1740) 6. Hannah Moore (17378-1740) 7. Catherine Moore (1739-1740) 8. Lucy Moore (1740-____) 9. Joseph Moore (1745-1746) 10. Rebecca Moore (1745-1746) 11. Relief Moore (1747-____) 12. Elizabeth Moore (1753 13. Calvin Moore (1755-____)
• Religion: 8 Jul 1733, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Joseph and Rebecca were admitted to full communion at the First Church of Lancaster. They later joined the Chocksett Church in what later became Sterling.
• Will: 1776
• Probate/Proved: 8 Jul 1777

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• Married: 19 Apr 1727, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Wheeler.

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• Religion: 14 Jan 1732/33, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Both Oliver and Abigail were admitted to full communion in the First Church of Lancaster on 14 January 1732/33. About ten years later they were dismissed to the church in Chocksett in west Lancaster.
• Last Full Review: 22 Mar 2021

Oliver married Abigail Houghton on 18 Dec 1729 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 7 Sep 1708 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Mar 1800 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 2 Dec 1725, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Houghton. He was born on 29 March 1696 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. [This marriage] He died 9 March 1764 in Harvard, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Houghton (1728-____) 2. Thomas Houghton (1731-____)

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• Married: 17 Dec 1730, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Powers. He was baptized as an adult on 25 October 1730 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jacob Powers (1731-____) 2. Amos Powers (1734-____) 3. Elizabeth Powers (1736-____) 4. Hannah Powers (1739-____) 5. Oliver Powers (1741-____) 6. Jonathan Powers (1744-____) 7. Lucy Powers (1748-____) 8. Silas Powers (1748-____) 9. Ephraim Powers (1750-____) 10. Manassah Powers (1754-____)
• Religion: 23 Dec 1733; Hannah was received into full communion. She was dismissed to the second church (Chocksett) of Lancaster, 5 May 1745 where she was received 7 July 1745.

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• Married: 4 Oct 1732, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Jabez or Jonathan Beaman, the son of John Beaman. He was born about 1693. He was christened before 1708 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. [This marriage] He died 10 April 1771 in West Boylston, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Olive Beaman (1733-____) 2. Ezra Beaman (1736-____) 3. Silas Beaman (1739-____)
• Religion: 19 Jun 1737, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Dianah was admitted to full communion in the Lancaster Church.

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Marriage: According to the gravestones, she was wed to Jonathan Beaman but according to the Lancaster records she was wed to Jabez Beaman. Did she marry two Beamans?

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• Married: say 1737; Silence ______. She was born about 1719. She died 8 May 1794 in Bolton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonadab Moore (1741-1760) 2. David Moore (1742-1815) 3. Jonathan Moore (1744-____) 4. Abraham Moore (1748-1803) 5. Sarah Moore (1750-1768) 6. Rebecca Moore (1751-____) 7. Hannah Moore (1754-____) 8. William Moore (1755-____) 9. Silence Moore (1758-____) 10. Thomas Moore 11. Aaron Moore (1760-____)
• Occupation: say 1746, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a blacksmith.
• Probate/Proved: 23 Nov 1773

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• Married: say 1739; Mary ______. [This marriage] Mary was received into communion in the First Church at Lancaster 30 August 1741. At that time they were living in Bolton. On 31 August 1743, she was recommenced to the church in Bolton from Lancaster. Issue: 1. Isaac Moore (____-1740) 2. Mary Moore (____-1740) 3. Jacob Moore (____-1742) 4. Abigail Moore (1740-____) 5. Jacob Moore (1745-1820) 6. Isaac Moore (1748-1825) 7. Mary Moore (1752-____) 8. Uriah Moore (1752-1820) 9. Oliver Moore (1755-____) 10. Olive Moore (1757-____)

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Christened:
He was a twin.

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He was a twin.

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Buried:
In Memory of
Mrs. Thankful Carter
wife of Mr. Nathaniel Carter
who died Decembr ye 5th, 1755
in ye 41st year of her age

Thankful married Nathaniel Carter on 09 Feb 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Samuel Carter and Dorothy Wilder) was born in 1706 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jul 1787 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 7 Oct 2020

Elisha married Ruth White on 7 Jan 1741 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Deacon Josiah White and Abigail Whitcomb) was born on 9 Feb 1715/16 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisha married Susanna Huck on 8 Mar 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]