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Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer 1540–1564 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Norfolk, England

Death Date: 5 Sep 1564

Death Location: England

Father: William Sayer

Mother: Alice Squire

Spouse(s): JANE FISKE, Sarah Powell

Children(s): George Sawyer, Elizabeth Sawyer, Edmund Sawyer, Thomas Sawyer

In 1540, Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer entered the world in Norfolk, England, born to William Sir Sawyer Sayer And Alice Lady Squire. Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer married Jane Agnes Fiske, Sarah Lady Powell, and had children including Edmund Lord Sawyer, Elizabeth Sawyer, George Sawyer, Thomas Edmund Lord Sawyer. Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer passed away in 1564 in England.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer entered the world in Norfolk, England, born to William Sir Sawyer Sayer And Alice Lady Squire.
  • Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer married Jane Agnes Fiske, Sarah Lady Powell, and had children including Edmund Lord Sawyer, Elizabeth Sawyer, George Sawyer, Thomas Edmund Lord Sawyer.
  • Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer passed away in 1564 in England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Edmund Sawyer's Ancestors

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Edmund Sawyer
1540–1564
Birth Place: Norfolk, England
Parents
William Sir Sawyer Sayer
1499–1564
Doddington, Hinwick, England
Alice (Lady) Squire
1514–1567
Benwick, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Lady (Margaret "Mary" de Wotton; Marchioness Dorset; Baroness) Grey
1486–1535
Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edmund Sawyer's Descendants

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Edmund (Sir Knight) Sawyer (1540–5 Sep 1564) m. JANE (AGNES) FISKE (27 Sep 1538–12 Oct 1570) m. Sarah (Lady) Powell (27 Sept 1543–12 Oct 1570)
  1. 1. George Sawyer 1550–1616 m. Ann (Hill - Sawyer) {EN} 1560–1633
    1. 1. Olive (Bridgett) Sawyer 1575–1648 m. (P11THGGF) (Francis Phillips, Esq; Maties Auditor of the Exchequer 1575 -) 1648 1575–1648
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Phillips - Lightfoot (James)) {EN} 1601–1683 m. Rev (Richard John Lightfoot (Hon Esq Gray's) Inn) 1596–1648
        1. 1. Phillip (Maj. Col. Esq. Lightfoot (immi. Eng-Glou. VA)) Esq 1643–1707 m. ALICE (Eltonhead CORBIN (Lightfoot)) (VA-VA) 1660–1713
  2. 2. Elizabeth Sawyer 1558–1602
  3. 3. Edmund (Lord) Sawyer 1556–1660
  4. 4. Thomas (Edmund Lord) Sawyer 1556–1660

Edmund Sawyer's Timeline

4 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer in Norfolk, England
Norfolk, England
1554
1554
Age 14
Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer was married in Lincolnshire, England
Lincolnshire, England
1559
1559
Age 19
Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer was married in Lincolnshire, England
Lincolnshire, England
1564
5 Sep 1564
Age 24
Death of Edmund Sir Knight Sawyer in England
England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gorleston, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Newbury, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norfolk: - Musters Return, 1569, 1572, 1574, 1577

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1564
    Event Place: England

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