This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sawyer and the hundreds of connecting lines Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRFBAIB/1425.2 Message Board Post: The evidence I have that my mom collected in NC has that John B. Sawyer was the original immigrant for this line but when exactly he came over is debatable because 2 John's showed up in 1679 and 1680, there were already or showed up about the same time some other Sawyers who may or may not be connected to John, the ages would put them as brothers or cousins. So far I have found at least 3 seperate lines of Sawyers just in Eastern NC that may or may not be connected way back. My lines went from NC to TN, IL, TX, WA, OR, CA and several places in between. Samantha (mom's account)