Born in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Sawyer
and Mary (Houghton) Sawyer
Wife of
John Houghton
— married
before 1774 (to 15 Aug 1818) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Wheelock Houghton, Jonathan Houghton, Wheelock Houghton, John Houghton, Bethuel Houghton, Oliver Houghton, Luther Houghton, Calvin Houghton, George Houghton, Relief (Houghton) Stockwell and Seth Houghton
Died
at age 91
in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2018
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Biography
Relief was born in 1750. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Sawyer and Mary Houghton. She passed away in 1841.
Sources
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKR-386 : 10 February 2018), Relief Sawyer, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 October 2018), memorial page for Relief Sawyer Houghton (1751–13 Jun 1841), Find A Grave: Memorial #121021449, citing North Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Helen Schievelbein (contributor 47491388) .
- Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)Case 52548: Guardianship
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 August 2018, 00:16), entry for Relief Sawyer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2HS6-1W8); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Relief by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Relief:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Relief by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Relief:
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~1.56%
Shedrick Moore
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23andMe, GEDmatch T236933 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T236933 [compare], FTDNA kit #344438
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BB Sahm
BB Sahm
Sawyer-7215 and Sawyer-5025 appear to represent the same person because: My profile was created in error. I didn't check to see if there was already a Relief out there. My bad.
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