Bezaleel Sawyer

1685 - 1760  (75 years)

• Name	Bezaleel Sawyer
  Birth	13 May 1685	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	say 1712 (26 years)
  Eunice ______. She was born about 1686. She died, probably from childbirth, on Friday 4 March 1712/13 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Her gravestone reads: HERE LIETH THE BODY OF EUNICE SAYWER, THE WIFE OF BEZALEEL SAWYER WHO DECEASED THE 4TH DAY OF MARCH 1712/13 AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS ALSO THE BODY OF HER DEAD BORN INFANT Issue: 1. stillborn Sawyer (1713-1713)
  Married	say 1715 (29 years)
  Judith White, the daughter of Josiah and Mary (Rice) White. She was born in 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 25 August 1760 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice Sawyer (1716-____) 2. Josiah Sawyer (1718-____) 3. Darius Sawyer (1720-____) 4. Bezalied Sawyer (1723-____) 5. Hannah Sawyer (1725-1727) 6. Hannah Sawyer (1728-____) 7. Moses Sawyer (1730-____) 8. Paul Sawyer (1733-____) 9. Thomas Sawyer (c1735-____) 10. Mary Sawyer (c1737-____)
  Sawyer (1983) lists Judith's death as 24 March 1774. [1]
  Offices Held	2 Mar 1718/19 (33 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  He was appointed the fence viewer.
  Offices Held	5 Mar 1721/22 (36 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  He was appointed a Constable.
  Death	25 Aug 1760	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Burial	In Memory of Mr Bezaleel Sawyer, who died August ye 25th.AD. 1760, Aged 75 Years 3 Months, and 12 Days
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. Hannah Sawyer,   b. 23 May 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 May 1765, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 89 years) ▻ Jonathan Moore   2. William Sawyer,   b. 2 Feb 1679, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 Feb 1740/41, Bolton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 62 years)   3. Joseph Sawyer,   b. Abt 1682, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Jul 1737, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 55 years)   4. Bezaleel Sawyer,   b. 13 May 1685, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Aug 1760, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years) + 5. Elias Sawyer,   b. 1689, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 20 Nov 1752, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 63 years) ▻ Beatrix Pope   6. Sarah Sawyer,   b. Abt 1692, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   7. Josiah Sawyer,   b. About 1694, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Thomas Sawyer and Sarah Fairbanks)
  1. Sarah Sawyer,   b. 3 Jan 1671/72, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Mary Sawyer,   b. 30 Jan 1671/72, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edmund Sawyer,   b. Abt 1540, Norfolk, England   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Amy Wells   d. After 1670  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I16371
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sawyer,   b. 2 Jul 1649, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Sep 1736, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Lewis,   b. 18 Mar 1648/49, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Bezaleel Sawyer(1685 – 1760) 2Thomas Sawyer(1649 – 1736) 4Thomas Sawyer(1616 – 1706) 8John Sawyer(1582 – 15 Jul) 16Thomas Sawyer(Abt 1556 – ) 17unknown wife 9 18 19 5Mary Prescott(24 Feb 1629/30 – 1716) 10John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 20Ralph Prescott(1569 – 1609) 21Helen(Abt 1571 – 1643) 11Mary Platts( – 1678) 22Abraham Gawkroger Platts 23 3Hannah Lewis(18 Mar 1648/49 – 1718) 6William Lewis( – 1671) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Amy Wells( – 1670) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 May 1685 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 2 Mar 1718/19 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 5 Mar 1721/22 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 25 Aug 1760 - Lancaster, Worcester 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

  [S815] Sawyer, Fred E. Genealogical Index of the Sawyer Families of New England Prior to 1900, (Blackfoot, Idaho: Neves Printing Co., 1983).