Re Eleanor Sawyer's encyclopedic work, I hope someone can help with the "William of Reading" problem. A kind lister passed on to me the information that Eleanor Sawyer wrote that she could not determine the parentage of William Sawyer of Reading. He is my ancestor and I'm wondering if anybody has established a link between him and any of the other progenitors. William of Reading was born 28 Jan 1707/08 in Reading, Middlesex, MA; married Margaret Wood, b. 1707, on 6 Jan 1729/30 in Reading. Their son Jonathan, b. 1739, d. 5 March 1823, married Susannah Flint, b. 30 Aug 1741, d 12 Aug 1819 on 15 November 1764 in Westminster, Worcester, MA. Their son Jacob, b. 15 June 1772, d. 15 Jan 1852, m. Polly Rice, b. June 1778, on 25 Aug 1801 in Westminster, Worcester, MA. Their daughter, Mary Almira Sawyer, b. 13 September 1814, m. on 9 September 1835, my great-great grandfather , William Chamberlain Jackson. If anyone has solved the "William of Reading problem," I would love to hear from them. If anyone on this list has any Jacksons, I'd like to correspond with them, too. Thanks. Judy Wheeler Fred Tietbohl wrote: > 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 > > > > ============================== > 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