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Joseph Sawyer (1760 - 1848)

Joseph Sawyer
Born in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 2 Nov 1786 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Husband of — married about 1806 in Steuben, Washington, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 88 in Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States of Americamap
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Biography

Joseph Sawyer was born in that part of Falmouth, Maine, later set off as Cape Elizabeth, March 2, 1760, the son of Ebenezer Sawyer and Susannah Yeaton. [1] [2]

He married (1) at Falmouth, 2 Nov 1786, Sarah Dyer. [3] [4] [2] Following her death, he married (2), probably at Steuben, Mercy Look. [2] [5]

He died, November 12, 1848, in Steuben, Maine, [2] and is buried there in the Joseph Sawyer Family Cemetery, [6] Plot location: Dyer's Bay. On Hill in back of where Clifford Dinsmore lived. N 44 deg 28.938 min W 67 deg 56.600 min Next to a Gravel Pit, GPS (lat/lon): 44.4823, -67.94333 [7]

Sources

  1. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKW-JVG : accessed 16 December 2015), Joseph Sawyer, 1760.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tibbetts, Leonard F. and Lamson, Darryl B., Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1999, 854 pages), p. 498. Cit. Date: 15 Mar 2022.
  3. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKW-R97 : accessed 16 December 2015), Joseph Sawyer Jr. and Sarah Dyer, 1786.
  4. Charles Burleigh, Esq., Marriages in Falmouth (Cape Elizabeth), Solemnized by Rev. Ephraim Clark (Maine Genealogical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol. III, S. M. Watson, Publisher, Public Library, Portland, Maine, 1886), p. 188. Cit. Date: 15 Mar 2022.
  5. Ruth Gray, editor; Alice MacDonald Long, associate editor, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 1 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 2, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1988, 372 pages), p. 190. Cit. Date: 15 Mar 2022.
  6. "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MWKC : accessed 16 December 2015), Joseph Sawyer, 1848; citing Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States, Joseph Sawyer Family Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,214.
  7. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 March 2022), memorial page for Joseph Sawyer (2 Mar 1760–12 Nov 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #55640223, citing Sawyer Cemetery, Steuben, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Charles Bradbury (contributor 47327625).

See also:

  • RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Our New Hoosier/Downeast Family: Author: Christopher D. Cooper <cooper13 at home.com>: Note: NS312783: Source Media Type: Electronic: Master Listing Source: Y




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