Capt. Josiah Sawyer

1681 - 1756  (75 years)

• Name	Josiah Sawyer
  Birth	20 Jan 1680/81	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Occupation	1707 (25 years)  [1]
  He was a cordwainer.
  Married	22 Jan 1707/08 (27 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Tirzah Bartlett, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Titcomb) Bartlett. She was born on 20 January 1684 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 2 September 1739 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Appleton (1891) gives a different Tirzah, the daughter of Thomas Bartlett. Issue: 1. Josiah Sawyer (1709-1792) 2. Moses Sawyer (1712-1778) 3. Tirzah Sawyer (1713-1782) 4. Hannah Sawyer (1715-1739) 5. Israel Sawyer (1717-1739) 6. Gideon Sawyer (1719-1806) 7. James Sawyer (1722-1723)
  Will	25 Jun 1755 (74 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [7]
  Death	4 Apr 1756	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 4, 5, 7]
  Probate/Proved	3 May 1756 (75 years)	Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [7]
  Burial	Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Sawyer Hill Burying Ground,  Newburyport, Massachusetts   [1]
  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	I14096
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2018

  
  

  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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Emery,   b. 24 Jun 1652, Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. d. 11 Feb 1718 (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Capt. Josiah Sawyer(20 Jan 1680/81 – 1756) 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 - 20 Jan 1680/81 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 22 Jan 1707/08 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 25 Jun 1755 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 4 Apr 1756 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 3 May 1756 - Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = 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

  [S814] Sawyer, Eleanor Grace. Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900 , (Camden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1995). [S830] Sawyier, Nathaniel. A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, Mass, (Manchester, New Hampshire: William E. Moore, 1889). [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). [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). [S813] Currier, Richard Sawyer. Genealogical History of the Currier Family , (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press, 1935). [S646] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume III, Reprint 1916, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).