Lt. Ephraim Sawyer

Abt 1698 -

• Name	Ephraim Sawyer
  Birth	Abt 1698	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Father: Nathaniel Sawyer Mother: Mary Carter [1, 3]
  History	birth to death	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  On 19 April 1724, he was baptized as an adult. [3]
  Person ID, Branch	I23610
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage: Sawyer (1983) states he married Sarah ___ first and had a child, Abner, in 1711. This would have made him about 13 when the Abner was born. Clearly incorrect. [1]

  
  

Spouse / Partner 1	Eunice Houghton,   b. 1 Mar 1698, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 24 Jun 1748, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 50 years)
Marriage	4 Mar 1720	Concord, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3]
They were married by Justice Minott. [2]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years and 3 months - She : 22 years.
Children	From 1721 to 1728  [1, 3, 4]
1. Abigail Sawyer (1721-1759) 2. Mary Sawyer (1724-1759) 3. Eunice Sawyer (1725-1760) 4. Katherine Sawyer (1727-1819) 5. Ephraim Sawyer (1728-1814)
Family ID	F8214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	16 Jul 2025




Spouse / Partner 2	Sarah Richardson  [1, 3, 5]
Marriage	Type: She was from Woburn
Marriage Intent	20 Nov 1750	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
Family ID	F8215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	3 Jan 2020




• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1698 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - birth to death - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 4 Mar 1720 - Concord, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage Intent - 20 Nov 1750 - 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). [S1100] Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, (Concord, Massachusetts: Town of Concord, 1895). [S1105] Burr, Annie Lane and Thomas Hovey Gage. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe, volume LXXIX, 1925). [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890).