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Sir Edmund Sawyer 1530–1564 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 05 Sep 1564

Death Location: Shottesbrooke, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: William III

Mother: Lady Sayre

Spouse(s): Jane Fiske, Sarah Powell

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

Sir Edmund Sawyer was born in 1530 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Walter De Sayre Iii And Lady Alice Margery De Squire Baroness Sayre. Sir Edmund Sawyer married Jane Agnes Fiske, Sarah Powell, and had children including Elizabeth Margaret Sawyer, George Sawyer, Thomas Sawyer. Sir Edmund Sawyer passed away in 1564 in Shottesbrooke, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Edmund Sawyer was born in 1530 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Walter De Sayre Iii And Lady Alice Margery De Squire Baroness Sayre.
  • Sir Edmund Sawyer married Jane Agnes Fiske, Sarah Powell, and had children including Elizabeth Margaret Sawyer, George Sawyer, Thomas Sawyer.
  • Sir Edmund Sawyer passed away in 1564 in Shottesbrooke, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Sawyer's Ancestors

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Sir Sawyer
1530–1564
Birth Place: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Walter de Sayre III
1499–1567
Podington Manor, Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Alice Margery de Squire Baroness) Sayre
1514–1567
Benwick, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Thomas Squire Baron Squire Of) Odell
1481–1572
Benwick, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Marguerite Capet de) Bourbon
1484–1567
Hinwick , Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Squire
1460–1528
Elizabeth Sayle
1452–1504
Louis Liège
1465–1500
Marie Brabant
1460–1521
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Squyer
1430–1505
Margaret Bourbon
1435–1508
Louis Liège
1438–1482
Catherine Guelders
1439–1497

Sir Sawyer's Descendants

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Sir (Edmund) Sawyer (1530–05 Sep 1564) m. Jane (Agnes) Fiske (1538–1564) m. Sarah Powell (27 Sep 1543–1570)
  1. 1. Thomas Sawyer 1556–1660 m. Margaret West 1560–1631
    1. 1. JOHN SAWYER\SAYER\SAUER 1582–1703 m. Margery Jackson 1570–1677 m. Agnes (SHARPE\SHARP) Sawyer 1582–1635 m. Mary Prescott 1629–1705
      1. 1. Thomas Sawyer 1616–1691 m. Mary ((Marie)) Prescott 1630–1706
        1. 1. James Sawyer 1657–1753 m. Mary Marble 1658–1709 m. Mary Prescott 1678–1763
        2. 2. Ephraim Sawyer 1651–1676
        3. 3. Mary Sawyer 1653–1740 m. Nathaniel Wilder 1659–1704
        4. 4. Nathaniel (Sawyer) Sr 1670–1756 m. Mary Carter 1673–1709
        5. 5. Elizabeth Sawyer 1663–1745 m. James (Hosmer) III 1660–1728
        6. 6. Deborah Sawyer 1666–1666
        7. 7. John Sawyer 1661–1750 m. Mary Ball 1665–1750
        8. 8. Joshua Sawyer 1655–1738 m. Sarah Wright 1653–1698
        9. 9. Caleb Sawyer 1659–1755 m. Sarah Houghton 1662–1751
        10. 10. Martha Sawyer 1673–1740
        11. 11. Thomas Sawyer 1649–1736 m. Hannah Sawyer 1649–
      2. 2. Sophia (H) Sawyer 1850–
      3. 3. Edward Sawyer 1608–1673
      4. 4. William Sawyer 1613–1702 m. Ruth Bitfield 1623–1699
        1. 1. Frances Sawyer 1658–1659
        2. 2. Ruth Sawyer 1648–1715
        3. 3. Mary Sawyer 1650–1659 m. Nicholas Gibson 1649–1734
        4. 4. Sarah Sawyer 1651–1732 m. Joshua Brown 1642–1720
        5. 5. William Sawyer 1656–1718
        6. 6. Mary Sawyer 1660–1699
        7. 7. Samuel Sawyer 1646–1718
        8. 8. Stephen Sawyer 1663–1753
        9. 9. Hannah Sawyer 1665–1683
        10. 10. John Sawyer 1645–1689
        11. 11. Frances Sawyer 1670–1744
        12. 12. Hannah Sawyer 1654–1660
      5. 5. Edmund Sawyer 1601–1649
      6. 6. Thomas Sawyer –1611
      7. 7. Edmund Sawyer 1619–1636
    2. 2. Thomas Sawyer 1585–1643 m. Alice Mumery 1587–
    3. 3. Judith Sawyer 1577–
    4. 4. Keziah Sawyer 1580–
    5. 5. Olive (Bridgett) Sawyer 1580–1648 m. Francis Phillips 1575–1622
    6. 6. Josiah Sawyer 1576–1660
    7. 7. Thankful Sawyer 1580–1655
    8. 8. Sarah Sawyer 1579–
  2. 2. George Sawyer 1560–1565 m. Ann Hill 1560–1619
    1. 1. Sir (Edmund) Sawyer 1579–1676 m. Elizabeth Parkhurst –1624 m. Lady (Anne) Whitmore 1608–1651 m. Florence Marsh –1622
      1. 1. Elizabeth Sawyer –1728
      2. 2. Sir (Robert) Sawyer 1633–1692 m. Margaret Suckeley 1647–1708
        1. 1. Margaret Sawyer 1657–1706 m. Thomas Herbert 1656–1733
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Margaret) Sawyer 1558–1602

Sir Sawyer's Timeline

3 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Sir Edmund Sawyer in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1547
27 Sep 1547
Age 17
Sir Edmund Sawyer was baptized in Marsham,Norfolk,England
Marsham,Norfolk,England
1564
05 Sep 1564
Age 34
Death of Sir Edmund Sawyer in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1547
    Event Place: Marsham,Norfolk,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Sep 1564
    Event Place: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shottesbrooke, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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