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Jacob Sawyer 1686–1767 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Feb 1686

Birth Location: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 18 APR 1767

Death Location: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Father: James Sr

Mother: Sarah Bray

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Jacob Sawyer was born in 1686 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of James Sawyer Sr And Sarah Bray. Jacob Sawyer passed away in 1767 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Sawyer was born in 1686 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of James Sawyer Sr And Sarah Bray.
  • Jacob Sawyer passed away in 1767 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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Jacob Sawyer's Ancestors

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Jacob Sawyer
1686–1767
Birth Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
James Sawyer Sr
1640–1703
Ipswich, Essex, MA
Sarah Bray
1651–1727
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Edward Sawyer
1608–1673
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, , England
Mary (Emily) PEASLEY
1610–1689
Lincolnshire, England
Thomas Bray
1614–1691
London, London, England
Mary Wilson
1625–1707
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Sawyer
1581–1660
Agnes Sharpe
1584–1634
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sawyer
1556–1660
Margaret West
1560–1630
Sir Sharpe
1560–1628
Jane Stanton
1572–

Jacob Sawyer's Timeline

2 Records

1686
24 Feb 1686
Birth of Jacob Sawyer in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1767
18 APR 1767
Age 81
Death of Jacob Sawyer in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1686
    Event Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 APR 1767
    Event Place: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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