Joshua
Sawyer
Born in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Sawyer
and Sarah (Wright) Sawyer
Brother of
Mary (Sawyer) Çonverse, Abigail (Sawyer) Vinton, Sarah (Sawyer) Reed, Mary Hannah Sawyer, Hannah (Sawyer) Converse and Elizabeth (Sawyer) Blodgett
Husband of
Mary (Carter) Sawyer
— married
22 May 1706 in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Sawyer) Richardson, Ruth (Sawyer) Wright, Joshua Sawyer III, John Sawyer, Phebe (Sawyer) Tidd, Benjamin Sawyer, Oliver Sawyer and Jonathan Sawyer
Died
at age 53
in Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Contents |
Biography
Birth Date and Place
- 20 June 1684
- Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Parents
- Joshua Sawyer, 1655-1738
- Sarah Wright, 1653-1697
Marriage
- Mary Carter
- 22 May 1706
- Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Children
- Mary Sawyer, born 1706
- Ruth Sawyer, born 1709
- Sarah Sawyer, born 1711
- Joshua Sawyer, born 1713
- Abigail Sawyer, born 1714
- John Sawyer, born 1716
- James Sawyer, born 1718
- Phebe Sawyer, born 1720
- Benjamin Sawyer, born 1721
- Oliver Sawyer, born 1726
- Jonathan Sawyer, born 1728
Death Date and Place
- 01 March 1738
- Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Burial
Joshua Sawyer is buried in Woburn's First Burial Ground, where his gravestone, now partially obscured, reads:[1][2]
- 💀
- Here lyes Buried
- yͤ Body of Mr
- JOSHUA SAWYER
- Who Died March
- 1ft Anno Domi 1737/8
- Aged 54 Years.
Birth Record for Son Joshua [3]
He is named in his son's birth record.
- Name Joshua Sawyer
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 05 May 1713
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary [Carter]
Birth Record [4]
- Name Joshua Sawyer
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 20 Jun 1684
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
Marriage Records
- Record #1 [5]
- Name Joshua Sawyer
- Event Type Marriage
- Event Date 22 May 1706
- Event Place Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Gender Male
- Spouse's Name Mary Carter
- Spouse's Gender Female
This next marriage record names a different location for the marriage. Clearly it is the same couple.
- Record #2 [6]
- Name: Joshua Sawyer
- Gender: Male
- Spouse: Mary Carter
- Marriage Date: 22 May 1706
- City: Charlestown
- County: Suffolk
- Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0740994-0740995.
Children's Birth Records
Mary Sawyer [7]
- Gender Female
- Birth Date 14 Sep 1706
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Ruth Sawyer [8]
- Gender Female
- Birth Date 06 Mar 1709
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Sarah Sawyer [9]
- Gender Female
- Birth Date 03 Sep 1711
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Joshua Sawyer [10]
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 05 May 1713
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Abigail Sawyer [11]
- Gender Female
- Birth Date 15 Nov 1714
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
John Sawyer [12]
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 31 Aug 1716
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
James Sawyer [13]
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 22 Jun 1718
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Phebe Sawyer [14]
- Gender Female
- Birth Date 03 Jan 1720
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Benjamin Sawyer [15]
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 24 Nov 1721
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Oliver Sawyer [16]
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 19 Jul 1726
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Jonathan Sawyer [17]
- Gender Male
- Birth Date 19 Jul 1728
- Birthplace Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Father's Name Joshua Sawyer
- Mother's Name Mary
Death Record [18]
- Name Joshua, Jun. Sawyer
- Event Type Death
- Event Date 01 Mar 1738
- Event Place Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Gender Male
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [19]
- Name: Joshua Sawyer
- Event Type: Death
- Birth Date: abt 1684
- Age at Death: 54
- Death Date: 1 Mar 1738
- Death Place: Woburn, USA
Find A Grave Burial Record [20]
- Name: Joshua Sawyer
- Birth Date: 20 Jun 1684
- Birth Place: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Death Date: 1 Mar 1737
- Death Place: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Cemetery: First Burial Ground
- Burial or Cremation Place: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Has Bio?: N
- Spouse: Mary Sawyer [daughter of Thomas Carter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter, of Woburn]
Research Notes
- 5137.
- Capt. James Richardson (Nathaniel, Thomas), brother of the preceding, and second son of Nathaniel and Mary Richardson, of Woburn; born there, Feb. 26, 1675-6; married, first, 1698, Rebecca Eaton, who died the following year, 1699. Second, Elizabeth Arnold, of Reading, Dec. 22, 1699.
- He lived in Woburn, in what is now the town of Winchester. He was employed against the Indians in Maine, and died in Woburn, March 23, 1721-2, aged 46. His widow Elizabeth died Nov. 3, 1744.
- The children of Capt. James Richardson were,
- By first wife, Rebecca:
- 5203. William, b. 1699; m. Mary Wilder.
- By second wife, Elizabeth:
- 5204. James, b. Nov. 28, 1700; d. in infancy.
- +5205. James, b. March 14, 1703-4; m. Sarah Fowle.
- +5206. Josiah, b. May 10, 1700; m. Dorothy_______
- 5207. Elizabeth, b. 1708; m. first, her cousin, Aaron Wyman, of Woburn,
- Dec. 27, 1731. He was born in Woburn, Dec. 6, 1709, seventh son of Thomas and Mary (Richardson) Wyman, who was himself the seventh son of Francis Wyman. Second, Samuel Bucknam, of Maiden, Sept. 19, 1738.
- +5208. Rebecca, b. July 14, 1710; m. Samuel Locke.
- 5209. Catharine, b. 1712 ; d. April 5, 1714.
- 5210. Catharine, b. Feb. 6, 1714-15; m. Joshua Sawyer, Feb. 3, 1736-7. He was born May 5, 1713, son of Joshua and Mary Sawyer, of Woburn. They lived in Woburn, and had:
- 5211. James (Sawyer), b. Dec. 3. 1737.
- 5212. Catharine (Sawyer), b. June 22, 1740. </b>
- 5213. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 6, 1710-17: m. Abigail .
- 5214. Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1719-20; living, September, 1728, at settlement of father's estate.
- Vinton, John Adams, The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas Richardson, published by Brown Thurston & Col, 1876, Portland, Maine; pages 516-518. Via Archive.org. See: https://bit.ly/2GnPznW.
- 1681.
- Stephen Richaedson (Stephen, Joseph, Samuel) brother of the preceding, and son of Dea. Stephen and Bridget Richardson; born in Woburn, about 1707; married, Aug. 26, 1736, Mary Sawyer, born in Woburn, Sept. 14, 1706, daughter of Joshua and Mary Sawyer, of Woburn. Her father, Joshua, born June 20, 1684, was son of Joshua Sawyer, of that place. They lived in Woburn, on the confines of Stoneham. His will is dated 1783; proved April 4, 1787. He died March 6, 1787, aged 81. [Gravestone.] His wife Mary died Nov. 22, 1783, aged 77. [Gravestone.]
- Vinton, John Adams, The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas Richardson, published by Brown Thurston & Col, 1876, Portland, Maine; pages 516-518. Via Archive.org. See: https://bit.ly/2uyyUsq.
- Galbraith clan << what does this refer to? >>
Sources
- ↑ Johnson, Edward Francis. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890). Volume II. Epitaphs, First Burial-Ground. Page 26*. Citing: "(112.) Joshua Sawyer."
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7849494/joshua-sawyer: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Joshua Sawyer (20 Jun 1684–1 Mar 1737), Find A Grave: Memorial #7849494, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Nanny (contributor 47179467).
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDR-536 : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer, 05 May 1713; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDR-53D : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Joshua Sawyer, 20 Jun 1684; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHW7-BR2 : 3 November 2017), Joshua Sawyer and Mary Carter, 22 May 1706; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
- ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850, Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. See: https://ancstry.me/2pXDBr9.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDL-K3Y : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Mary Sawyer, 14 Sep 1706; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDL-RTR : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Ruth Sawyer, 06 Mar 1709; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDP-H74 : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Sarah Sawyer, 03 Sep 1711; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDR-53X : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Joshua Sawyer, 05 May 1713; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDL-1PJ : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Abigail Sawyer, 15 Nov 1714; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDR-DJ2 : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for John Sawyer, 31 Aug 1716; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDT-RMK : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for James Sawyer, 22 Jun 1718; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD5-MNG : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Phebe Sawyer, 03 Jan 1720; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDT-KZ8 : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Benjamin Sawyer, 24 Nov 1721; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD5-8HZ : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Olive. Sawyer, 19 Jul 1726; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDY-FJ3 : 10 February 2018), Joshua Sawyer in entry for Jonathan Sawyer, 19 Jul 1728; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXJ-CQM : 3 November 2017), Joshua, Jun. Sawyer, 01 Mar 1738; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
- ↑ The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. See: https://ancstry.me/2E8zlsM.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7849494, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2018), memorial page for Joshua Sawyer (20 Jun 1684–1 Mar 1737), Find A Grave Memorial no. 7849494, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Nanny (contributor 47179467).
See also:
- Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part III - Marriages (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book. Available at archive.org)
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Geer.ged on 25 September 2010.
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Research is needed to determine which Mary is the one who married Joshua. In the meantime, please do not merge the two different Mary Carters.
Research is needed to determine which Mary is the one who married Joshua. In the meantime, please do not merge the two different Mary Carters.