Phinehas Sawyer (bef. 1716 - 1787)

Born before 6 May 1716 in Lancaster, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died 20 Apr 1787 after age 70 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Phinehas Sawyer was one of six children of Nathanael Sawyer who were baptized in the First Church of Lancaster, Massachusetts, on 6 May 1716. The children are listed in the record as John, Ezra, Nathanael, Thomas, Phinehas, and Mary.^[1] If this is their order of birth, Phinehas must have been born no later than 1714.

Phinehas Sawyer and his wife Mary were married in Lancaster on 1 June 1637.^[2]

• Fact: Christening (06 MAY 1716) Lancaster,Worcester,Massachusetts
• Fact: Burial (20 April 1787) South Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch "All children baptized at First Church of Lancaster MA." Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900 by Eleanor Grace Sawyer, p. 175.

Children:

1. Phinehas, born at Lancaster 28 April 1742.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Nourse, page 275.
2. ↑ Nourse, page 27: Phinehas and Mary Sawyer, June ye 1st 1737.
3. ↑ Nourse, page 79: Phinehas Sawyer Son to Phinehas and Mary Sawyer born April 28 1742.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 April 2017, 16:17), entry for Phineas Sawyer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDFK-MYN); contributed by various users.
• Nourse, Henry. The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850 (Lancaster, Mass., 1890).
• Hutchins, Marvin Clayton. Nicholas Hutchins of Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts (C. Boyer, Santa Clarita, Calif., 1989) Page 325