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Hannah Sawyer

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Birthplace: Tiverton, Newport, RI
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Daughter of Josiah Sawyer and Martha Sawyer
Wife of John Willestone
Mother of Seabury Willistone; Lucretia Tabor; Judith Willestone and Ichabod Williston
Sister of John Sawyer; Mercy Read; Mary Sawyer; Deacon Josiah Sawyer; Abigail Taber and 2 others

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About Hannah Sawyer

Hannah Sawyer

Birth: 27 NOV 1710 in Tiverton, Newport Co., RI

Death: aft 01 MAY 1733

Father: Josiah Sawyer b: BET 07 JAN 1673/74 AND 07 JAN 1674/75 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA

Mother: Martha Seabury b: 23 SEP 1679 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA

Married: 27 AUG 1730 in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI

Spouse: John Williston b: 07 SEP 1702 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

children:

  • Seabury Willistone, b: 27 JUL 1731, Little Compton, Newport Co., RI; d. 14 AUG 1733, Little Compton, RI
  • Lucretia Willistone, b: 02 APR 1732, Little Compton, Newport Co., RI
  • Judith Willistone b: 04 MAY 1733, Little Compton, Newport Co., RI
  • Judah Willistone, b. 04 MAY 1733, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  • Ichabod Willistone, b. 1742; d. 5 NOV, 1838 (96) Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island; m. Elizabeth Sanford

Note: The Tiverton (United Cong. Church) records state that "Judith Williston, alias Lucretia and Amon Taber married March 1, 1764." So Lucretia and Judith may be one and the same, and her brother Judah's name may have been confused with Judith.

Sources:

Alden Kindred of America TREE 2016 - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aldenkind...

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/williston/201/

VITAL RECORD of RHODE ISLAND 1636-1850. By James N. Arnold, VOL. VIII. Episcopal and Congregational - http://dunhamwilcox.net/ri/rhode_island_vr5.htm

Pedigree Resource File - familysearch.org

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Hannah Sawyer's Timeline

1710
November 27, 1710
Tiverton, Newport, RI
1731
July 27, 1731
Little Compton, Newport, RI
1732
April 2, 1732
Little Compton, Newport, RI
1733
May 4, 1733
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1742
1742
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