Deborah (Stover) Sayward (abt. 1667 - 1734)

Born about 1667 in York, Province of Maine

Ancestors

Wife of James (Sayward) Sayword — married 1694 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1734 at about age 67 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Daughter of Sylvester Stover and Elizabeth Stover. Wife of James Sayward. Mother of Deborah Stevens. Sister of John Stover, Sr.; Elizabeth Stover; Sarah Butland; Dependence Stover; Mary Sipperly; George Stover, Sr.,; Hannah Church and Josiah Stover.

Deborah married James Sayward, probably in Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, by about 1694.^[1]

Deborah (Stover) Sayward died in Gloucester on 13 Jul 1734. She was buried there, in the First Parish Church Burial Ground.^[2][3] Note: Daughters Elizabeth and Deborah were christened in 1703. Exact birth days are not included in the records.

• Fact: Burial (1734) Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

1. ↑ "SAYWARD, James (-1737, in 68th y) & 1/wf Deborah [STOVER] (-1734, ae 67); by 1694; Gloucester {GDMNH 611, 667; Gloucester (1876) 70; Sayward 39; Reg. 35:183}:" Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, Volume 2, Page 1338 (accessed 23 Nov 2020 - subscription required).
2. ↑ Sayward, Deborah, w. Elder James, July 13, 1734. [a. 67 y.," citing records of the First Parich Church Burial Ground."]": Vital Records of Gloucester, Volume 3, Deaths, Page 282.
3. ↑ See photo of gravestone: Find A Grave Memorial# 61726365, Deborah Sayword (accessed 23 Nov 2020).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 January 2024, 22:46), entry for Deborah Stover (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6R1-WJJ ); contributed by various users.
• Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015 (subscription required); also available online at Ancestry.com (subscription required).
• Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 1, Births, published by the Topsfield Historical Society, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gaus, Printers, 1917.
• Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 2, Marriages, published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gaus, Printers, 1923.
• Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 3, Deaths, published by the Essex Institute, Salem,

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NZ-MF5 : 15 January 2020), James Saywood, 1697.
• "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1T-H6K : 23 October 2020), James Saywood in entry for James Saywood, 1697.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NZ-MFB : 15 January 2020), James Sayword in entry for James Sayword, 1699.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NZ-WMJ : 15 January 2020), James Sayward in entry for Samuell Sayward, 1701.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NW-1NH : 15 January 2020), James Sayword in entry for Henery Sayword, 1703.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-4XB : 15 January 2020), James Sayword in entry for Elizabeth Sayword, 1703.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-J4L : 15 January 2020), James Sayword in entry for Deborah Sayword, 1703.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-NJ4 : 15 January 2020), James Sayword in entry for Mary Sayword, 1705.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-ZNG : 15 January 2020), James Saword in entry for Hannah Saword, 1713.
• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1B-14J : 17 January 2020), James Sayward in entry for Deborah Sayward, 1734.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Stover-520 created through the import of Hess-King_5gen.ged on Oct 25, 2012 by Ken Hess.
• Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Stover-599 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2LAW_2013-04-28_01.ged on Apr 28, 2013.