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.
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He died, November 12, 1848, in Steuben, Maine,
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and is buried there in the Joseph Sawyer Family Cemetery,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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).
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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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