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Jean Sawyer (Allen)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 1819 (79-87)
Palmyra, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Allen, Jr. and Elizabeth Allen
Wife of John Sawyer, I
Mother of Joseph Sawyer; Sophia Sawyer; Hannah Sawyer; Jane Geddes and John Sawyer, II
Sister of Lt. Joseph Allen; Mary Snodgrass; Col William Allen, III; Samuel Allen; John Allen and 2 others

Managed by: Janet Monroe
Last Updated:

About Jean Sawyer

Jean AKA Jane Allen was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (unknown) Allen, who settled in the Hanover Twp. settlement of then Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Rev. John Roan married Jean Allen to John Sawyer on 27 Oct 1757, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He is also buried here.

They had known Sawyer children (7 from John's will):

  1. Elizabeth, 1760 - 22 Nov 1784 (Jas McFadden) below 19230621
  2. Joseph,
  3. Mary, (Jos Clokey)
  4. Sophia, died 1819 (John Boal)
  5. Jane, 25 May 1770-29 Nov 1803 (Robt Geddis), below 19230099
  6. John, 20 Sep 1772 (Mary Bell), below
  7. Sarah, (Jno McDonald)
  8. Hannah, 1775-1819 (Jno Allen), below 204916696

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Jean Sawyer's Timeline

1736
May 1736
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, United States
1758
1758
Paxtang, Dauphin, PA, United States
1768
1768
1770
May 25, 1770
Campbelltown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
1772
September 20, 1772
Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, United States
1775
February 2, 1775
Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Panama
1819
July 1819
Age 83
Palmyra, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States