John Sawyer

John Sawyer

• Birth: circa 1582 Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
• Death: July 15, 1660 (78) Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
• Place of Burial: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
• Son of Thomas Sawyer and Margaret West Married:

1. Agnes Sharpe on 1605 in Leverton, Lincolnshire, , England (some have her name as Margery Jackson)

PERHAPS his children were:

1. Edward Sawyer, of Rowley;
2. William Sawyer, of Newbury and
3. Thomas Sawyer, of Lancaster

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5/9/2021 edit. As of today, the parents of Thomas Sawyer have not been proven. It is only circumstantial evidence that Thomas Sawyer, of Lancaster, Edward Sawyer, of Rowley, and William Sawyer, of Newbury were brothers.

Family history is that 3 Sawyer brothers came to Mass from Lincolnshire on a ship commanded by Capt. Parker, but no records in England have as yet been found, and there is no evidence in any wills reviewed so far in Mass that would support that story. However, DNA has shown similarities between Thomas and William, so they could have been brothers. The fact that Edward and Thomas arrived in Rowley near the same time and lived near each other, and William lived in adjacent Newberry is why people accept the story as true (but it hasn't been proven).

The parents were supposed to have been John Sawyer and Agnes Sharp if the family history is true.