Abigail (White) Sawyer (1712 - abt. 1798)

Born 26 Jan 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Sawyer — married 27 Apr 1737 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 26 Mar 1798 at about age 86 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail White, daughter of Abigail Whitcomb and Josiah White was born 26 Jan 1711-12 (1712) in Lancaster MA. ^{[1] [2]}

Thomas Sawyer and Abigail White were married on 27 Apr 1737 in Lancaster MA by Rev. John Prentice. ^{[3] [4]} Husband Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster was probably the son of Nathaniel Sawyer who was baptized with his four brothers and sister on 6 May 1716 in First Church, Lancaster MA. ^[5]

Findagrave lists her date of death as 25 Mar 1798. A transcript of the cemetery states 26 Mar 1798. She was buried at Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. ^{[6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Abigail White ye Daughter of Josiah & Abigail White was born January ye: 26: 1711-12." The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, p. 49.
2. ↑ Records of Lancaster, p. 49.
3. ↑ "Thomas Sawyer and Abigail White April ye 27. 1737, pr Rev. Mr John Prentice." The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, p. 27.
4. ↑ Records of Lancaster, p. 27.
5. ↑ Descendants of John White, p. 68.
6. ↑ "Sawyer, Abigail (White) w/o Thomas Jr, d 26 Mar 1798 ae 87 ([row] W)" Inscriptions From Burial Nashaway, p. 163.
7. ↑ Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #50532810 at Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

See also:

• Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850. Online database of images and transcriptions courtesy of John Slaughter, Massachusetts Vital Records Project. http://ma-vitalrecords.org.

• The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. Henry S. Nourse, ed.1890.

• Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1638-1900, Vol 1. Almira Larkin White, 1900.

• Inscriptions From Burial Grounds of the Nashaway Towns, Chocksett Burial Ground(a.k.a Old Village, or Kendall him Cemetery), compiled by The Lancaster League of Historical Societies, Esther K. Whitcomb, editor, 1989