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Mary Sayers (Fithian)

Also Known As: "Sayre", "Sayres", "Sayer"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Greenwich, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
Death: 1809 (71-72)
Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Josiah Joseph Fithian and Mary Fithian
Wife of Lt. William Sayers
Mother of Josiah Sayers; Ruth Evans Watson; Reuben Sayers; Thomas Jefferson Sayers; Ephraim Sayers and 3 others
Half sister of Mary Fithian; John Fithian; Jeremiah Fithian; Samuel Fithian; Hannah Seeley and 5 others

Managed by: Noel Sarah Dietrich
Last Updated:

About Mary Sayers

SAR #95582


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116073941/william-sayers

William Sayers was born in New Jersey in 1729 and died in Greene Co. PA on Sept. 16 1796. He was buried in the old cemetery outside Fort Jackson, which has since been destroyed. His marker was found at this site by Honorable A. H. Sayers, and is in possession of the family.

William Sayers married at Cohansey, May 25, 1762 Mary Fithian, who died at Waynesburg in 1809. During the Revolution William Sayers served as a Lt. in the 12 Battalion of Foot from Philadelphia, William Cook, Colonel in Command. He was engaged in the battles of Bonnell Brook, Brandywine and Germantown. (Penna. Arch. Series II Vol. 10 pp. 757-580) The will of William Sayers is on file in Greene County Will Book 1. pp.2 and was probated on October 14, 1796.

Children:

  • 1. Josiah m. Rhoda Drake
  • 2. Ruth m. Joseph Evans
  • 3. Ruben
  • 4. Thomas m. Frances Dye
  • 5. Phoebe m. James Morris
  • 6. Ephraim m. Mary Wood
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Mary Sayers's Timeline

1737
May 13, 1737
Greenwich, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
1763
June 3, 1763
Cohansey, Alloway Township, Salem County, NJ, United States
1765
August 11, 1765
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, United States
1768
March 1768
1770
December 26, 1770
Loudoun County, VA, United States
1773
November 6, 1773
1775
1775
Gloucester County, NJ, United States
1776
October 8, 1776
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
1809
1809
Age 71
Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States