Hi Freda, we have corresponded before.....and If you would show me proof of the Hancock-Wm. Sawyer connection, I would jump for joy! I have been unable to find this connection in North Carolina in the counties I have researched. You are correct in the Keel surname, discovered by another Sawyer researcher and the Keels lived in Onslow County, N. C. Evidently Lewis Powell (I believe him to be connected with the Moses Powell/ Conner/Williams lines) married the widow of Samuel Keele (Kelly pronounced). She was the daughter of Thomas Johnston/Johnson in Onslow County. Strangely enough there were Keiles, Nathaniel and John if memory serves me at all, and a Thomas Johnsons in the Pasquotank area very early but do not know if related to the Keeles and Johnsons in Onslow County. For right now I do not know where this John Sawyer originated. John Sawyers wife was Priscillar Keele and this is the close relationship of Lewis Powell and John Sawyer that had many buffaloed, as Lewis Powell was John Sawyer's step father in law. It gets confusing when you catch glimpses of the Sayer surname very early in Pasquotank area. So for now, it remains a puzzle. If you can pull a rabbit out of a hat.....and have a reference of William and Elizabeth Hancock.....as I said, it would make my day....and possibly year! Arcell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda Noble" <tnoble@mcn.org> To: <SAWYER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [SAWYER] Priscilla McPherson and John Sawyer > > I have a John Sawyer married to Priscilla Keel who had a son John Sawyer. > Is this the same John who married Priscilla "McPherson?" > Priscilla Keel's John Sawyer's father was William Sawyer who married > Elizabeth Hancock. Hope you will post your info, Arcell. Freda > > On Oct 19, 2005, at 3:45 PM, searching3@nc.rr.com wrote: > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: Sawyer >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRFBAIB/1466 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Those folks who have Priscilla McPherson tied to the John Sawyer line >> who ended up in South Carolina in 1760s and who died there evidently >> have the South Carolina Sawyers and the North Carolina mixed up. >> >> There was indeed a Priscilla McPherson and John Sawyer but this was a >> later John and Priscilla than the John and Priscilla that ended up in >> Edgefield Dist., S.C. >> >> The John Sawyer who died in Edgefield 1780s and the John Sawyer and >> Priscilla in Eastern N. C. did not die until after 1800. >> >> I will try to clear this up, later this evening. >> >> Arcell Sawyer >> >> >> >> >> ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== >> Checked WorldConnect? 321,337,551 names and growing. >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== > Checked alternate spellings of SAWYER- SAWER, SAWYERS ,SAYER,SAWYIER > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Arcell,, wish I could help you jump for joy! Unfortunately, I am almost just an e-mail researcher. Live way out on the west coast and have no other sources for research. I wrote to Donna Wall, whom I have as my source for Elizabeth Hancock as the wife of William Sawyer. Will let you know if I learn anything new. Thank you and others for posting your info and inquiries...really is a service for those of us who can't get to the records. I research the Sawyers because they evidently were very close to my Nathaniel Robertson family in Edgefield. I, with no info, feel my family moved with the Sawyers to Alabama... Freda Researching my Southern families: Rober(t)son, Blakely, Wright, Godbold, Sills, Thornton, Regan, Sims, Jones, Riley, Boles, On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Arcell Sawyer wrote: > Hi Freda, we have corresponded before.....and If you would show me > proof of the Hancock-Wm. Sawyer connection, I would jump for joy! > I have been unable to find this connection in North Carolina in the > counties I have researched. > > You are correct in the Keel surname, discovered by another Sawyer > researcher and the Keels lived in Onslow County, N. C. > > Evidently Lewis Powell (I believe him to be connected with the > Moses Powell/ Conner/Williams lines) married the widow of Samuel > Keele (Kelly pronounced). She was the daughter of Thomas Johnston/ > Johnson in Onslow County. Strangely enough there were Keiles, > Nathaniel and John if memory serves me at all, and a Thomas > Johnsons in the Pasquotank area very early but do not know if > related to the Keeles and Johnsons in Onslow County. For right now > I do not know where this John Sawyer originated. > > John Sawyers wife was Priscillar Keele and this is the close > relationship of Lewis Powell and John Sawyer that had many > buffaloed, as Lewis Powell was John Sawyer's step father in law. > > It gets confusing when you catch glimpses of the Sayer surname very > early in Pasquotank area. So for now, it remains a puzzle. > > If you can pull a rabbit out of a hat.....and have a reference of > William and Elizabeth Hancock.....as I said, it would make my > day....and possibly year! > > Arcell > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda Noble" <tnoble@mcn.org> > To: <SAWYER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: [SAWYER] Priscilla McPherson and John Sawyer > > > >> >> I have a John Sawyer married to Priscilla Keel who had a son John >> Sawyer. Is this the same John who married Priscilla "McPherson?" >> Priscilla Keel's John Sawyer's father was William Sawyer who >> married Elizabeth Hancock. Hope you will post your info, >> Arcell. Freda >> >> On Oct 19, 2005, at 3:45 PM, searching3@nc.rr.com wrote: >> >> >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >>> >>> Surnames: Sawyer >>> Classification: Query >>> >>> Message Board URL: >>> >>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRFBAIB/1466 >>> >>> Message Board Post: >>> >>> Those folks who have Priscilla McPherson tied to the John Sawyer >>> line who ended up in South Carolina in 1760s and who died there >>> evidently have the South Carolina Sawyers and the North Carolina >>> mixed up. >>> >>> There was indeed a Priscilla McPherson and John Sawyer but this >>> was a later John and Priscilla than the John and Priscilla that >>> ended up in Edgefield Dist., S.C. >>> >>> The John Sawyer who died in Edgefield 1780s and the John Sawyer >>> and Priscilla in Eastern N. C. did not die until after 1800. >>> >>> I will try to clear this up, later this evening. >>> >>> Arcell Sawyer >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== >>> Checked WorldConnect? 321,337,551 names and growing. >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family >>> and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== >> Checked alternate spellings of SAWYER- SAWER, SAWYERS ,SAYER,SAWYIER >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and >> friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/ >> 2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> >> > > > > ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== > Check for Viruses and Virus Hoaxes before sending to the SAWYER-L > [http://www.symantec.com/] > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >