Hello There: For those of you looking for the descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury there is a good published reference book with complete source documentation. This text has 153 pages of the descendants of William. It is Eleanor Grace Sawyer's "Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900", Penebscot Pres, Camden ME. 1995. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Noni Sawyer <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 4:06 PM Subject: [SAWYER] William Sawyer of Newbury > Hi All, > > My goodness, my goodness-------there are a bunch of you Sawyer's lurking > out there !!!! > > I recieved 23 emails in all----am going to try and answer them this way. > When I saw "Jill's " date of 1613, > I knew it was William Sawyer (of Newbury) who arrived in Salem, Mass. in > 1642. My hubbie is a direct > decsendant, and I have all kinds of data on the family, in fact till I > got side track on other lines, I was > gathering data on all his children and grand-children ( and yes Bud, there > is a lot of proof !!) > > I ALWAYS like getting other Sawyer lineages, copy and file them. But, I > know almost noting of the > "Southern Sawyer's". > > For you that are related to William, try to go to Bosten, then Salem and > pick up the trail of William as he > went north, first to Wenham, then up to Newbury where there is a monument > with his name on it, to > West Newbury (get a map at Newburyport Historical Library-----where they > have a painting of one > of the Sawyer's)------go up to Sawyer's Hill Cemetary----------- Gosh, its > such a wondiful history------ > I went with my sister-in-law first------later years with my hubbie and > friends-----so much to see. > > Keep in touch, > > Noni Sawyer of Palmdale, California > > > ============================== > Discover your ancestors and trace your family tree today at Ancestry.com. > You are invited to search our massive collection containing over 500 million > records, in over 1800 databases. Visit > http://ads04.focalink.com/SmartBanner/page?16226.4 >