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Josiah Sawyer 1721–1813 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 August 1721

Birth Location: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 14 March 1813

Death Location: Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Henry Sawyer

Mother: Sarah Nurse

Spouse(s): Hannah Gowing

Children(s): Benjamin Sawyer

Josiah Sawyer was born in 1721 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Henry Sawyer And Sarah Nurse. Josiah Sawyer married Hannah Gowing, and had children including Benjamin Sawyer. Josiah Sawyer passed away in 1813 in Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.

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Biography

  • Josiah Sawyer was born in 1721 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Henry Sawyer And Sarah Nurse.
  • Josiah Sawyer married Hannah Gowing, and had children including Benjamin Sawyer.
  • Josiah Sawyer passed away in 1813 in Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Sawyer
1697–1755
Birth Location: Reading, Middlesex, British American Colonies, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Nurse
1697–1755
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
SN

Spouses(s)

Hannah Gowing
1721–1807
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Benjamin Sawyer
1757–1846
Birth Location: –
BS

Josiah Sawyer's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Sawyer
1721–1813
Birth Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Henry Sawyer
1697–1755
Reading, Middlesex, British American Colonies, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Nurse
1697–1755
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
William Sawyer
1673–1718
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, Canada
Abigail Lilley
1672–1698
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Francis (Nurse) Jr
1661–1716
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Sarah Craggen
1664–1707
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Francis Sr
1618–1695
Rebecca Towne
1621–1692
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Towne
1599–1673
Joanna Blessing
1595–1682

Josiah Sawyer's Descendants

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Josiah Sawyer (10 August 1721–14 March 1813) m. Hannah Gowing (23 Apr 1721–About 1807)
  1. 1. Benjamin Sawyer 1757–1846 m. Tabitha Kitteridge 1758–1845
    1. 1. Ingalls (Kitteridge) Sawyer 1794– m. Rachel White 1796–1858
      1. 1. Capt. (Henry Hubbard) Sawyer 1829–1910 m. Marion Brown 1832–1917
        1. 1. Ida (Elizabeth) Sawyer 1851–1904 m. George (Washington) Huntzinger 1851–1944
        2. 2. Dr (Clifford J) Sawyer 1854–1925
        3. 3. Dr (Playford “P G” George) Sawyer 1857–1920
        4. 4. Dr (Harry H) Sawyer 1862–1897
        5. 5. Iona (Gertrude) Sawyer 1871–1959
        6. 6. Lotie (Horace) Sawyer 1875–1953
      2. 2. Horatio (G.) Sawyer 1824–1847
      3. 3. Eliza (A.) Sawyer 1823–1889
      4. 4. Harvey (James) Sawyer 1827–1910

Josiah Sawyer's Timeline

2 Records

1721
10 August 1721
Birth of Josiah Sawyer in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1813
14 March 1813
Age 92
Death of Josiah Sawyer in Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 August 1721
    Event Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 March 1813
    Event Place: Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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