Samuel Sawyer

1674 - 1723  (48 years)

• Name	Samuel Sawyer
  Birth	5 Jun 1674	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (17 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Military	Mar 1711 (36 years)
  In March 1711 he served with Captain Hugh March.
  Will	20 Apr 1723 (48 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [8]
  He made his will on 20 April 1723.
  Death	21 Apr 1723	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Burial	Aft 21 Apr 1723	Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Sawyer Hill Burying Ground,  Newburyport, Massachusetts   [6, 10]
  	Gravestone of Samuel Sawyer
  Probate/Proved	6 May 1723 (48 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [8]
  His will was proved on 6 May 1723.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  > 1. Mary Sawyer,   b. 20 Jan 1672, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 Jan 1744/45, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 73 years) ▻ Edward Woodman,  m. 29 Jun 1702 > 2. Samuel Sawyer,   b. 5 Jun 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 Apr 1723, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 48 years) ▻ Abigail Goodridge,  m. 17 Dec 1702 + 3. John Sawyer,   b. 15 Mar 1676, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Mar 1756, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) ▻ Mary Brown,  m. 25 Dec 1700 ;   Sarah Wells,  m. 25 Nov 1710   4. Hannah Sawyer,   b. 12 Jan 1678/79, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Yes, date unknown   5. Capt. Josiah Sawyer,   b. 20 Jan 1680/81, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Apr 1756, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)   6. baby girl Sawyer,   b. 7 Mar 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Mar 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   7. Benjamin Sawyer,   b. 27 Oct 1686, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1725, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 38 years)   8. baby girl Sawyer,   b. 15 Nov 1693, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Nov 1693, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edmund Sawyer,   b. Abt 1540, Norfolk, England   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Judith,   b. 1578, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 17 Apr 1648, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14094
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Lt. Samuel Sawyer,   b. 22 Nov 1646, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Feb 1717/18, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Emery,   b. 24 Jun 1652, Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. d. 11 Feb 1718 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Abigail Goodridge,   b. 17 Sep 1675, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 Oct 1722, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1702	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Age at Marriage	He : 28 years and 6 months - She : 27 years and 3 months.
  Children	From 1705 to 1716  [1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11]
  1. Samuel Sawyer (1705-1783) 2. Martha Sawyer (1707-____) 3. Abigail Sawyer (1709-1741) 4. Joseph Sawyer (1711-1723) 5. Mary Sawyer (1712-1744) 6. Edmund Sawyer (1714-1807) 7. Jacob Sawyer (1716-1722)
  Family ID	F8333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Samuel Sawyer(1674 – 1723) 2Lt. Samuel Sawyer(1646 – 11 Feb 1717/18) 4Lt. William Sawyer(Abt 1613 – 1703) 8John Sawyer(1582 – 15 Jul) 16Thomas Sawyer(Abt 1556 – ) 17unknown wife 9 18 19 5Ruth Bitfield(Abt 1623 – Abt 1693) 10William Bitfield(Abt 1599 – ) 20 21 11Elizabeth 22 23 3Mary Emery(1652 – 1718) 6Sgt. John Emery(3 Feb 1628/29 – ) 12John Emery(29 Mar 1598/99 – 1683) 24John Emery(1570 – 1627) 25Agnes Northend(Abt 1575 – 1627) 13Mary( – 1649) 26 27 7Mary Webster(1630 – 1709) 14John Webster(1605 – 1646) 28Thomas Webster(Abt 1570 – 1634) 29Margaret(Abt 1574 – ) 15Mary Shatswell(1606 – 1694) 30John Shatswell(1574 – 1642) 31Judith(1578 – 1648)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Jun 1674 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 17 Dec 1702 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Will - 20 Apr 1723 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 21 Apr 1723 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 21 Apr 1723 - Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 6 May 1723 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S811] Appleton, William S. "Family of William Sawyer of Newbury", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXVIII, 1874). [S812] Appleton, William S. Some Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, Mass., (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1891). [S813] Currier, Richard Sawyer. Genealogical History of the Currier Family , (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press, 1935). [S640] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume I, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S641] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume II, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 41492989 Samuel Sawyer. [S802] Goodridge, Edwin Alonzo, The Goodridge Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of William Goodridge, (New York: privately printed, 1918). [S645] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume II, Reprint 1902, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1902). [S1814] Perley, Sidney. Goodridge Memorial: Ancestry and Descendants of Moses Goodridge, who was Born at Marblehead, Mass. 9 Oct. 1764, and Died at Constantine, Mich. 23 Aug. 1838, (Washington, DC: Privately Printed, 1884). [S814] Sawyer, Eleanor Grace. Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900 , (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1995). [S815] Sawyer, Fred E. Genealogical Index of the Sawyer Families of New England Prior to 1900, (Blackfoot, Idaho: Neves Printing Co., 1983).