Hi Elizabeth: Your William Sawyer 1679 is a descendant of Thomas Sawyer 1616. This information comes from the Alan Lunstedt file: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/u/n/Alan-P-Lundstedt/index.html I Have pasted this file from Thomas 1616 down to Josiah 1714 below: Thomas Sawyer 1616 Descendants 4. THOMAS2 SAWYER (JOHN1) was born 1616 in Lincolnshire, England, and died 12-Sep-1706 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married MARIE PRESCOTT 02-Jul-1648 in Rowley, Essex, MA, daughter of JOHN PRESCOTT and MARY PLATTS. She was born Bef. 24-Feb-1629/30 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, and died Apr-1716. Children of THOMAS SAWYER and MARIE PRESCOTT are: 14. i. THOMAS3 SAWYER, JR., b. 02-Jul-1649, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 05-Sep-1736, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 15. ii. EPHRAIM SAWYER, b. 16-Jan-1650/51, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 10-Feb-1675/76, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA. 16. iii. MARY SAWYER, b. 04-Jan-1652/53, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. Bef. 22-Jan-1740/41. iv. ELIZABETH SAWYER, b. 07-Jan-1653/54; d. Bef. 1664. 17. v. JOSHUA SAWYER, b. 13-Mar-1654/55, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 14-Jul-1738, Woburn [VRx], Middlesex, MA. 18. vi. JAMES SAWYER, CORNET, b. 22-Mar-1656/57, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 27-Jan-1753, Pomfret, Windham, CT. 19. vii. CALEB SAWYER, b. 20-Apr-1659, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 12-Feb-1755, Harvard, Worcester, MA. 20. viii. JOHN SAWYER, b. 06-Apr-1661, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 1705, Lyme, New London, CT. 21. ix. ELIZABETH SAWYER, b. 05-Jan-1663/64, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 16-Jan-1744/45, Woodstock, Windham, CT. x. DEBORAH SAWYER, b. 17-Jul-1666, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; d. 17-Jul-1666, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA. 22. xi. NATHANIEL SAWYER, b. 24-Nov-1670, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 10-Nov-1756, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 23. xii. MARTHA SAWYER, b. 10-Aug-1673, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. Bef. 1739. 24. xiii. HANNAH SAWYER, b. Bef. 1691; d. Bef. 1739. 14. THOMAS3 SAWYER, JR. (THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born 02-Jul-1649 in Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA, and died 05-Sep-1736 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married (1) SARAH FAIRBANKS 11-Oct-1670 in Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA, daughter of JOHN FAIRBANKS and SARAH FISKE. She was born 09-Dec-1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA, and died 02-Mar-1671/72 in Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA. He married (2) HANNAH LEWIS 21-Nov-1672 in Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA, daughter of WILLIAM LEWIS and AMY WELLS. She was born 18-Mar-1647/48 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, and died Bef. 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married (3) MARY RICE 15-Jul-1718 in Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA, daughter of THOMAS RICE and MARY KING. She was born 04-Sep-1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, and died 22-Aug-1733 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married (4) ANNA 31-Dec-1733. She was born c 1699, and died Nov-1753 in Sterling, Worcester, MA. Marriage Notes for THOMAS SAWYER and MARY RICE: Thomas m(3) Mary Rice, widow of Josia White. Marriage Notes for THOMAS SAWYER and ANNA: Thomas m(4) Anna, widow of Thomas Ross. Children of THOMAS SAWYER and SARAH FAIRBANKS are: i. MARY4 SAWYER, TWIN, b. 30-Jan-1671/72, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; m. JOSHUA RICE; b. 19-Apr-1661, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. ii. SARAH SAWYER, TWIN, b. 30-Jan-1671/72, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; d. Bolton, Worcester, MA; m. NATHANIEL WHITMAN, REV., (according to a Bolton tradition); b. c 1671, /of Deerfield, Franklin, MA; d. 1736, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. Children of THOMAS SAWYER and HANNAH LEWIS are: 60. iii. HANNAH4 SAWYER, b. 23-May-1675, Marlborough, Worcester, MA; d. 01-May-1765, Bolton, Worcester, MA. 61. iv. WILLIAM SAWYER, b. 02-Feb-1678/79, Marlborough, Worcester, MA; d. 03-Feb-1740/41, Bolton [VRx], Worcester, MA. 62. v. JOSEPH SAWYER, b. 1683, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; d. 10-Jul-1737, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 63. vi. BEZALEEL SAWYER, b. 03-May-1685, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; d. 25-Aug-1760, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 64. vii. ELIAS SAWYER, b. c 1689, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; d. 20-Nov-1752, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 61. WILLIAM4 SAWYER (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born 02-Feb-1678/79 in Marlborough, Worcester, MA, and died 03-Feb-1740/41 in Bolton [VRx], Worcester, MA. He married MARY HOUGHTON 1700, daughter of JOHN HOUGHTON and MARY FARRAR. She was born 07-Feb-1679/80 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA, and died 01-Apr-1752 in Bolton, Worcester, MA. Children of WILLIAM SAWYER and MARY HOUGHTON are: 162. i. AHOLIAB5 SAWYER, b. c 1702, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; d. Aft. 1764, Bolton, Worcester, MA. ii. MARY SAWYER, b. 1704, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; m. (1) ABRAHAM WILLARD, 27-Feb-1723/24, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; b. c 1704; m. (2) PHINEAS WILLARD, Aft. 1728. 163. iii. HANNAH SAWYER, b. c 1706, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. iv. HEPZIBAH SAWYER, b. c 1708, Lancaster, Worcester, MA; m. (1) INCREASE POWERS, c 1730; b. 16-Jul-1671, Concord, Middlesex, MA; m. (2) WILLIAM WHITECOMB, 25-Feb-1729/30, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; b. Bef. 1715. 164. v. WILLIAM SAWYER, JR., b. Bef. 18-Nov-1711, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 14-Jul-1794, Bolton, Worcester, MA. vi. BENJAMIN SAWYER, b. c 1713, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 165. vii. JOSIAH SAWYER, DEACON, b. 13-Aug-1714, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; d. 13-Jul-1805, Berlin [VRx], Worcester, MA. viii. ISREAL SAWYER, b. c 1715, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. ix. JOSEPH SAWYER, b. c 1716, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. x. THANKFUL SAWYER, b. Bef. 07-Apr-1717, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA; m. JONATHAN FAIRBANKS, 08-Apr-1735; b. c 1717. xi. URIAH SAWYER, b. c 1718, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. 166. xii. MARTHA SAWYER, b. 07-Jul-1719, Lancaster, Worcester, MA. xiii. DAVID SAWYER, b. Bef. 27-Aug-1721, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA. xiv. ABIGAIL SAWYER, b. Bef. 23-Aug-1724, Lancaster [VRx], Worcester, MA. If you would be interested in other descendants of Thomas Sawyer 1616 please click on the URL below for more information: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/fjt Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Swinnie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:26 AM Subject: [SAWYER] another William > Is this a piece of the Newbury Sawyers'? > > 1. William (1679/80) Sawyer & Mary Houghton > 2. Josiah Sawyer (1714) & Sarah Fairbanks > 3. William (1739/40) Sawyer & Hannah Barrett > 4. Uriah Sawyer (1778) & Sally Spofford > 5. Henry Sawyer (1806) & Susan S Hall > 6. Francelia L. Sawyer (1846) & John H Hart > 7. Frederick H Hart & Halli M Schofield > 8. John F Hart & Louise Hogue > 9. 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