Francis Sawyer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: say 1701; He was a shopkeeper.
• Religion: 1701, Wells, York County, Maine; He joined the church in Wells.
• Married: 6 Oct 1705, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Treadwell. Elizabeth, married Thomas Dennis first, She was received into communion on 30 November 1718 in Wells, York County, Maine. Issue: 1. Joseph Sawyer (1706-1774) 2. Elizabeth Sawyer (1709-1785) 3. Samuel Sawyer (1712-____) 4. Abigail Sawyer (1715-1779) 5. Mary Sawyer (1717-1786) 6. Daniel Sawyer (1719-1813) 7. Eunice Sawyer (1722-1744)
• Offices Held: 1720 to 1721; He was a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court.
• Land/House: 1722, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; He purchased land in Dover, New Hampshire in 1722, then in Chichester, New Hampshire.
• Moved To: Abt 1723, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; This was after the death of his first wife.
• Married: 15 Jan 1725, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; Susanna Lord, the daughter of Robert and Abigail (Ayers) Lord. She was born on 9 October 1687 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Susanna, married first, David Low. She died on Friday 30 May 1749 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Sawyer (1729-1731) 2. Samuel Sawyer (1730-1808)
• Land/House: 1735; In 1735, he received land in Buxton, Maine in right of his father's military service.
• Married: 6 Jan 1749, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; Hannah _____. Hannah, married first _____ Standford. She died in December 1750 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• Married: 26 Oct 1751, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mary _____. She was born in 1694. Mary, married first, _____ Knowton. She died in February 1789 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• Will: 17 Mar 1754; He mentions his wife Mary. Francis Sawyer wrote a codicil to his will on 04 Jun 1754.
• Probate/Proved: 16 Aug 1757, Essex County, Massachusetts