Individual Details
Francis Sawyer
(21 Feb 1728 - 31 Dec 1827)
Events
Families
Spouse | Tamar Barker (1746 - 1819) |
Child | Sarah "Sally" Sawyer (1774 - 1854) |
Child | Ruth Sawyer (1779 - 1868) |
Child | Francis Sawyer (1781 - 1860) |
Child | Olive Sawyer (1783 - 1875) |
Child | Daniel Sawyer (1785 - 1828) |
Child | Jeremiah Sawyer (1787 - 1851) |
Child | Lois Sawyer (1789 - 1823) |
Spouse | Elizabeth Richardson (1730 - 1772) |
Father | Henry Sawyer (1698 - ) |
Mother | Sarah Nurse (1697 - ) |
Sibling | Josiah Sawyer (1721 - 1813) |
Sibling | Beulah Sawyer (1734 - ) |
Notes
Property
118:508 – Francis sells with Tamar to Aaron Sawyer-- 1794https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-XWWX?i=268&wc=MC1M-R66%3A361613501%2C364597401&cc=2106411 163:113 – purchasing in Canterbury in 1794https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-VWWQ-5?i=610&cat=429586Middlesex deeds – 107:9, 107:56, 118:508Rockingham deeds – 163:113, 197:444, 197:445,198:437 is son Francis to his brother Daniel197:444 and 197:445https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR9-ZBPH?i=226&cat=429586On 24 November 1794,Francis Sawyer yeoman of Dracut with his wife Tamar, in consideration of £180,conveyed 53 acres in Dracut with buildings to Aaron Sawyer of Methuen. Theproperty partially adjoined the property of Timothy Barker.[1]On 2 December 1794, Francis Sawyer of Dracut, for payment of £96, purchased atract of land partly in Northfield and partly in Canterbury containing 100acres of lot number five from John Davis of Methuen.[2] [1]Massachusetts Land Records, Middlesex County, 118:508[2] NewHampshire Land Records, Rockingham County, 163:113On 17 December 1812,Francis Sawyer yeoman of Canterbury, in consideration of fifteen hundreddollars, conveyed to Daniel Sawyer half of the 100-acre lot partly inNorthfield and partly in Canterbury with half the buildings. On the same date,Francis, also for fifteen hundred dollars, sold the other half of the farm withhalf the buildings to James French (who was the husband of Francis’s daughterOlive).[1][1] NewHampshire Land Records, Rockingham County, 197:444, 197:445Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Book Title: The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three bro.
3. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 186; Family History Library Film: 0568144.
4. Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Canterbury, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Series: M32; Roll: 20; Page: 328; Image: 463; Family History Library Film: 218679.