William Sawyer

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• Last Full Review: 15 Dec 2020

William married Mary Littlefield in Apr 1728 in Wells, York County, Maine. Mary was born in say 1704 in Wells, York County, Maine; was christened on 20 Jul 1707 in Wells, York County, Maine; died before 30 Mar 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Love Bragdon on 25 Apr 1734 in York, York County, Maine. Love (daughter of Arthur Bragdon and Sarah Came) was born on 19 May 1709 in York, York County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 13 Mar 1743, Wells, York County, Maine; Sparks Perkins, the son of Jacob and Anna (Littlefield) Perkins. He was born on 28 December 1721 in Wells, York County, Maine. He was from York, Maine. He was baptized as an adult at age 20 on 10 January 1741/42 in Wells, York County, Maine. He administered the estate of Jeremiah Perkins, his son, on 24 February 1786. He died after 16 December 1789 in Wells, York County, Maine. Issue: 1. Phebe Perkins (1744-1811) 2. Abraham Perkins (1745-____) 3. Isaac Perkins (1746-after 1810) 4. Jacob Perkins (1749-1749) 5. Jacob Perkins (1750-before 1790) 6. Sparks Perkins (1753-1823) 7. Joseph Perkins (1755-after 1797) 8. Chesley Perkins (1755-____) 9. Nathaniel Perkins (1757-1791) 10. Lydia Perkins (1761-____) 11. Jeremiah Perkins (1765-____) 12. Philomena Perkins (1767-____) 13. Mary Perkins (1771-after 1815) 14. Tabitha Perkins (1773-1859)

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• Married: 21 Apr 1768, Wells, York County, Maine; Mary Littlefield. After Samuel's death, Mary remarried in 1784 to Borak Maxwell of Wells, Maine. Issue: 1. Samuel Sawyer (1769-____) 2. Mary Sawyer (1770-____) 3. Eunice Sawyer (1771-1812) 4. Mary Sawyer (1772-____) 5. Ebenezer Sawyer (1774-____)
• Military: 1777; He served in the Revolutionary Army.
• Probate/Proved: 1780; Samuel's probate records give his death as August 1778.

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He died while serving in the Revolutionary Army. Sawyer (1983) gives the year of Samuel's death as 1777 on page 99, but is correct on page 88.

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• Married: 1764, Wells, York County, Maine; Daniel Simpson. He was from York, Maine.

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• Married: 21 Jun 1755, Wells, York County, Maine; Lt. Newman Perkins, the son of Jacob and Anna (Littlefield) Perkins. He was born on 5 July 1734 in Wells, York County, Maine. Bragdon (1956) gives his birth place as York, Maine. He was baptized as an adult at age 21 on 14 December 1755 in Wells, York County, Maine. In 1776, he was a First Lieutenant in Capt. James Littlefield's 8th Company (Wells), 1st York County Regiment. He died between 1810 and 1820 in Wells, York County, Maine. Issue: 1. Peace Perkins 2. Love Perkins (1757-____) 3. William Perkins (1759-1828) 4. Daniel Perkins (1762-____) 5. Lydia Perkins (1764-1840) 6. Anna Perkins (1770-____) 7. Stephen Perkins (1771-1857) 8. Newman Perkins (1779-____) 9. Comfort Perkins (1788-____) 10. Olive Perkins (1788-____)

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• Married: 5 Nov 1764, Wells, York County, Maine; Mary Simpson, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Coburn) Simpson. She was born on 16 August 1739 in York, York County, Maine. She died in February 1823 in Limington, York County. Sawyer (1995) gives their marriage date as 29 November 1764. Issue: 1. Miriam Sawyer (1765-1849) 2. William Sawyer (1767-1856) 3. Betsey Sawyer (1769-1789) 4. Joseph Sawyer (1773-1833) 5. Mary Sawyer (1775-1844) 6. Lemuel Sawyer (1778-____) 7. Hannah Sawyer (1780-1858) 8. Lydia Sawyer (1782-____)
• Moved To: 1794, Limington, York County, Maine; The area he settled in is caled Sawyer's Mountain.
• Married: 30 Oct 1824, Limington, York County, Maine; Hannah Marriner. Hannah, first married Nathaniel Dunn. She married Deacon William Sawyer after a three week courtship. After Deacon Wiliam's death, she and Benjamin Clay filed marriage intentions on 2 October 1825 in Limington, York County, Maine. She died in October 1835 in Limington, York County, Maine.

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• Married: say 1763; Abigail Hill. Issue: 1. Sarah Sawyer (1764-1857)
• Married: say1779; Elizabeth _____. Issue: 1. Mary Sawyer (1780-____)

Hannah married Abijah Hatch on 5 Nov 1767 in Wells, York County, Maine. Abijah (son of Phillip Hatch and Elizabeth Low) was born on 29 Oct 1744 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine; was christened on 18 Nov 1744 in Wells, York County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 11 Nov 1798, North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine; Lydia Brown. She was born about 1765, as she was 70 yers old when she died. She and Hiram Hatch filed marriage intentions on 13 October 1798 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine. She died on Friday 20 February 1835 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine. Issue: 1. Benjamin Hatch (1799-____) 2. Joseph Hatch (1801-1831) 3. Adaline Hatch (1803-____) 4. David Greenleg Hatch (____-1808) 5. William Hatch (1808-____)
• Occupation: say 1800; He was a chaise maker. A chaise is a type of wagon.
• History: 1821; He was one of the petitioners to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons to establish a Masonic Lodge in North Yarmouth. The charter was dated 24 October 1821.

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• Occupation: say 1800; He was an blacksmith.

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 67

Hannah married Jacob Woodman on 21 Feb 1808 in Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine. Jacob (son of David Woodman and Mary Hackett) was born on 31 Aug 1785 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine; died on 2 Feb 1861 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; was buried in Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine U.S.A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 43, living in Auburn, Maine. He was a farmer, whose land was valued at $1,500 .
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 51, living in Auburn, Maine. He was a farmer.
• Census: 1870, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1870 US Census he was recorded, age 61, living in Auburn, Maine. He was as a farmer whose real estate was valued at $4,000 and his personal estate at $1,000.
• History: 15 Mar 1880; The following comes from his funeral sermon: "On Friday, having taken his bed, he thought he could get up, though he was only able to sit up a little while. I [the Rev. Edward Ufford] called on him Saturday, and found him very ill; but I was not aware of his condition, and we all thought the evil day was afar off. He seemed so patient, I felt I was not in a sick room; he was ready to go or stay, 'Just as it pleases the Lord.' After a season of prayer, I returned to the parsonage; it was the last time I saw him alive. Sunday the doctor called, and left some encouragement, but brother Woodman knew apparently that his time was near. At about four o'clock he sank into a dormant state, and did not speak again. At nine in the evening of the Lord's day, he fell asleep in Jesus."
• History: 18 Mar 1880; The following was written by the Rev. A. A. Ford, former pastor of the East Auburn Baptist Church, four days after Deacon Greenleaf Woodman's death, "The Church at East Auburn has sustained a terrible loss. I would extend to its pastor, and all its members, my heartfelt sympathy. Dea. Woodman was a devotedly pious man. His piety was warm, free, and spontaneous as the flowing of a brook. He walked with God. I have never been led to cherish deeper affection for any man whom I have come in contact, in my pastoral relations. True charity shone in him resplendently. How he longed for the prosperity of the church in E. Auburn. This lay nearer his heart than anything else in the world. The chapel is a monument to his zeal and activity." The following was also said at his funeral, "Many are the neighbors and friends who shared its [his farm] fruits, for he was always giving something to us. Well do I recollect one morning when he came to the parsonage with a good piece of meat, and said he thought the minister needed this as well as the deacon."

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His gravestone gives his age at death as 71 years, 6 months and 18 days.

Greenleaf married Dorothy E. Dunham on 8 Feb 1831 in Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine. Dorothy (daughter of Johnson Dunham and Hannah Moss) was born on 27 Mar 1810 in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine; died on 27 Aug 1902 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried on 29 Aug 1902 in Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine U.S.A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 17 Jan 1834, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Ichabod Reynolds, the son of Captain Ichabod and Mary (Brett) Reynolds. He was born 7 August 1804 in Minot, Maine, and died 26 June 1867 in Bethel, Maine. Issue: 1. Franklin Otis Reynolds (1832-1913) 2. Roscoe Clinton Reynolds (1838-____) 3. Julia Ellen Reynolds (1842-____)
• Census: 1850, Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 40
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 49

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 36
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; She was living with her father.; : 45

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Woodman (1856) and Woodman (1995) list her death as 17 September 1839 in Auburn, Maine. This is clearly incorrect according to her gravestone.

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• Married: 20 Dec 1838, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Lovisa Dillingham Whitman, the daughter of Amos and Wealthy (Dillingham) Whitman. She was born 3 Feburary 1817 in Minot, Maine, and died 12 June 1843 in Auburn, Maine. No issue.
• Census: 1900, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 30 Dec 1838, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Daniel Briggs Jr., the son of Daniel and Rhoda Briggs. He was born in East Auburn, Maine. Issue: 1. Augustus E. Briggs (c1842-____) 2. Amelia W. Briggs (c1846-____) 3.
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; She and her family were living with her husband's parents.; : 32

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• Married: 20 Jun 1849, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Hiram Fairbanks, the son of Joel and Judith (Bradford) Fairbanks. He was born 2 October 1815 in Turner, Maine and died 18 March 1886 in Auburn, Maine. He was previously married to Nancy Jones. According to Lorenzo Fairbanks (1897), "When a young man he removed to North Monmouth with his father, and became a skillful worker in wood. Later he settled in Auburn, where he pursued the trade of carpenter and builder. He was for a time engaged in the manufacture of doors, sashes and blinds, in Lewiston, with his brother. He was a zealous member of the Court Street Baptist Church." Issue: 1. Frederick Clinton Fairbanks (1850-1915) 2. Nelle Marie Fairbanks (1855-1897) 3. Fidelia Woodman Fairbanks (1858-1897)
• Census: 1850, Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 29
• Census: 1880, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 59

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• Married: 20 Nov 1845, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Julia A. Morrill, the daughter of Jedidiah Jr. and Lydia (Briggs) Morrill. She was born 2 January 1829 in Lewiston, Maine and died 29 April 1913 in Minot, Maine. Issue: 1. Herman M. Woodman (1849-1917)
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; He and his wife and son with living with his father.; : 27
• Residence: 1850, Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 37
• Draft Reg: 1863, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; He registered for the Civil War draft