This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sawyer, Banows, Hyde Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/6210 Message Board Post: Hello, this is kind of a repeat to a query I posted to the mailing list earlier. Looking for data on Earl Sawyer b.1789 Vermont, and wife, Polly, b.1796 New Hampshire, they lived in Freedom, NY. I'm trying to discover whether or not they had a son named, John S. Sawyer, b. abt 1828, d. 1891, Centerville. John's 1880 census follows: 1880 United States Census, Centerville, Allegany County, NY John S. Sawyer 52 M b.New York father-VT mother-NH Grace-wife 48 F b.New York father-Scotland mother-Scot Earle-son 18 M b.New York Works on Farm -note: full name is Earl D. Sawyer James W.-son 15 M b.New York At Home -note: full name is James Warren or Warren James Sawyer Mary E.-daughter 11 F b.New York At Home John L.-son 7 M b.New York Grace A.-daughter 4 F b.New York Kate J. Banows-niece 24 F b.New York father-NY mother-NY occupation-Teacher This is an 1850 census for Earl and Polly Sawyer: 1850 Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., NY, pg 438 Earl Sa(w)yer 61 M b.VT Polly " ?7 F b.NH Eunice " 34 F b.NY John " 22 M b.NY Martha " 18 F b.NY Herman J. Hyde 1? M b.NY Mary A. " 12 F b.NY If anyone has any clues that might help corroborate or disprove this potential connection, I would be most appreciative. Thanks.