Freeda there is absolutely no proof of a William Sawyer with a documented son, John, and I have researched in early Virginia pre 1680 and, early N. C. 1680s through 1730s. If you think about it...the date 1642 would put a supposedly William 90 years old when John Sawyer was born. Even if this was a grandfather still about 60 years off. There were William Sawyers around but none have been linked by any proof to this John Sawyer. Arcell Sawyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda Noble" <tnoble@mcn.org> To: <SAWYER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [SAWYER] Fw: John Sawyer > Rod, there seems to be a large number of Sawyer researchers, so maybe we > will be able soon to put together a good documented record of this > family. My earliest recorded Sawyer is Colonist William Sawyer, born ca > 1642. I don't have a reference for that info. Does anyone out there know > where info on Colonist William Sawyer came from? > > I have this note, "James City County, Virginia, 1624. One researcher many > years ago stated that William Sawyer came in to Elizabeth Cith from > England and it was William Jr. who left NC and went to Edgefield Districk > S. C.," with my source as Harry Belflower, dated 2003. > > Has anyone else found Sawyers and Keels in Wiltshire, England? > > Thank you, Rod > Researching my Southern families: Rober(t)son, Blakely, Wright, Godbold, > Sills, Thornton, Regan, Sims, Jones, Riley, Boles, > > On Jan 10, 2006, at 3:18 AM, clargo wrote: > >> Hello Everybody Especially Freda, >> >> Having seen your message I wonder whether there was a connection with >> the >> parish of Netheravon, Wiltshire, England? >> The reason I ask is that there were large families of Sawyer and Keel in >> the >> parish some of whom are related to me. >> >> Rod Whale in Andover, Hampshire. >> > > > ==== SAWYER Mailing List ==== > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry SAWYER Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a SAWYER list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board and/or include > the author in your e-mail reply. > > ============================== > 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 >