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Edmund Sawyer 1540–1564 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Norfolk, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1564

Death Location: England

Father: William Sayre

Mother: Alice Squire

Spouse(s): Sarah Powell

Children(s): Thomas Sawyer

Edmund Sawyer was born in 1540 in Norfolk, Norfolk, England, the child of William Sayre And Alice Squire. Edmund Sawyer married Sarah Powell, and had children including Thomas Sawyer. Edmund Sawyer passed away in 1564 in England.

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Biography

  • Edmund Sawyer was born in 1540 in Norfolk, Norfolk, England, the child of William Sayre And Alice Squire.
  • Edmund Sawyer married Sarah Powell, and had children including Thomas Sawyer.
  • Edmund Sawyer passed away in 1564 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Sayre
1514–1564
Birth Location: Doddington, Bedfordshire, England
WS
Alice Squire
1514–1567
Birth Location: Heniwick, Bedfordshire, England
AS

Spouses(s)

Sarah Powell
1543–1570
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
SP

Children(s)

Thomas Sawyer
1556–1660
Birth Location: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
TS

Edmund Sawyer's Ancestors

Self
Edmund Sawyer
1540–1564
Birth Place: Norfolk, Norfolk, England
Parents
William Sayre
1514–1564
Doddington, Bedfordshire, England
Alice Squire
1514–1567
Heniwick, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Sayre
1474–1504
Bedfordshire, England
Margaret Fairfax
1476–1525
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
John Squire
1480–1571
Benwick, Cambridgeshire, England
Margaret (Burgundy) Capet
1492–1567
of, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Sayre
1452–1495
Margaret
1454–1488
Thomas Fairfax
1452–1505
Elizabeth Sherburne
1456–1505
Richard Squire
1458–1528
Elizabeth Sale
1460–1528
Louis Bourbon
1465–1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sayre
1401–1477
Vanessa
1405–1451
William Fairfax
1405–1452
Catherine Neville
1408–1453
Robert Sherburne
1425–1495
Joanna Radcliff
1429–1465
Thomas Squire
1430–1505
Margaret
1435–1458
Louis Bourbon
1438–1482
Catharina Geldern
1439–1496

Edmund Sawyer's Descendants

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Edmund Sawyer (1540–1564) m. Sarah Powell (1543–1570)
  1. 1. Thomas Sawyer 1556–1660 m. Margaret West 1560–1630
    1. 1. John Sawyer 1582–1660 m. Margery Jackson 1570–1677 m. Agnes Sharpe 1583–1635
      1. 1. William Sawyer 1613–1702 m. Ruth Bitfield 1623–1699
        1. 1. Magdalene Sawyer 1630–1650 m. Robert Middleton 1625–1697
        2. 2. John Sawyer 1645–1711
        3. 3. Samuel Sawyer 1646–1718
        4. 4. Bitfield Sawyer 1647–1744
        5. 5. Ruth Sawyer 1648–1707
        6. 6. Sarah SAWYER 1651–1732
        7. 7. Frances Sawyer 1658–1659
        8. 8. Stephen (Steven) Sawyer 1663–1753
        9. 9. Hannah Sawyer 1665–1683
      2. 2. Edward Sawyer 1608–1703
      3. 3. Thomas Sawyer 1616–1706
      4. 4. Johannah Sawyer 1622–1694
    2. 2. Thomas Sawyer 1595–1643

Edmund Sawyer's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Edmund Sawyer in Norfolk, Norfolk, England
Norfolk, Norfolk, England
1564
1564
Age 24
Death of Edmund Sawyer in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Norfolk, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1564
    Event Place: England
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