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* William Harrison Sawyer 1674–1732 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jun 1674

Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 24 Mar 1732

Death Location: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Father: Charles Sawyer

Mother: Mary Emery

Spouse(s): Dorcas BURNAP

Children(s): Lydia SAWYER

* William Harrison Sawyer was born in 1674 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, the child of Charles Samuel Sawyer And Mary Emery. * William Harrison Sawyer married Dorcas Burnap, and had children including Lydia Lidy Sawyer. * William Harrison Sawyer passed away in 1732 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • * William Harrison Sawyer was born in 1674 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, the child of Charles Samuel Sawyer And Mary Emery.
  • * William Harrison Sawyer married Dorcas Burnap, and had children including Lydia Lidy Sawyer.
  • * William Harrison Sawyer passed away in 1732 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Sawyer
1646–1718
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Mary Emery
1652–1708
Birth Location: Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Essex, England, United Kingdom
ME

Spouses(s)

Dorcas BURNAP
1679–1736
Birth Location: Reading, Middlesex, MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Lydia SAWYER
1705–1749
Birth Location: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Colony
LS

* Sawyer's Ancestors

Self
* Sawyer
1674–1732
Birth Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Parents
Charles Samuel Sawyer
1646–1718
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Mary Emery
1652–1708
Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

* Sawyer's Descendants

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* (William Harrison) Sawyer (5 Jun 1674–24 Mar 1732) m. Dorcas BURNAP (22 August 1679–23 Dec 1736)
  1. 1. Lydia ("Lidy") SAWYER 1705–1749 m. Daniel (Townsend 5GGF , Deacon) -1 1700–1761
    1. 1. Lydia (Mason) Townsend 1728–1773 m. Zadock (M Gibbs) Sr 1723–1789
      1. 1. Zadock (M. (Townsend)) Gibbs 1756–1812 m. Lydia ((Benson)) Lander 1756–1847
        1. 1. Daniel (David (Lander)) Gibbs 1807–1881 m. Lois ((Twitchell)) Derby 1805–1860

* Sawyer's Timeline

2 Records

1674
5 Jun 1674
Birth of * William Harrison Sawyer in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
1732
24 Mar 1732
Age 58
Death of * William Harrison Sawyer in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jun 1674
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1732
    Event Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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