Nathaniel Sawyer, Sr

Nathaniel was a son of Thomas Sawyer and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer, born on 24 November 1670 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.[1]

He was married in about 1692 to Mary. Her last name is not known with certainty. Analysis by Frank Lesure, published in 2000, strongly supports the hypothesis that she was Mary Carter, daughter of Samuel Carter and Eunice Brooks of Woburn, Massachusetts. A 1719 deed from Thomas Carter of Lancaster (brother of Mary Carter) to Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster identifies Samuel Sawyer as the nephew of Thomas Carter. Lesure reviewed the possible ways that Thomas Carter might have been the uncle of Samuel Sawyer, and ruled out all explanations other than the possibility that Samuel's mother Mary was the sister of Thomas Carter.[2]

Nathaniel married second "Elizabeth", after his first wife's death.

Nathaniel Sawyer died in Lancaster on 10 November 1756.[3]

Children

Barlow listed the children of Nathaniel Sawyer as Amos, Ephraim, Samuel, John, Ezra, Nathaniel, Mary, Thomas, Phineas, and Jonathan.[4]

Six children of Nathanael Sawyer were baptized in the First Church of Lancaster, Massachusetts, on 6 May 1716. The children are listed in the record as John, Ezra, Nathanael, Thomas, Phinehas, and Mary.[5]

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Nathaniel Sawyer (1670 - 1756)

Nathaniel Sawyer

Born 24 Nov 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Son of Thomas Sawyer and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer

Brother of Thomas Sawyer Jr., Ephraim Sawyer, Mary (Sawyer) Wilder, Joshua Sawyer, James Sawyer, Caleb Sawyer, John Sawyer, Elizabeth (Sawyer) Hosmer, Deborah Sawyer, Hannah (Sawyer) Blood, Martha Sawyer and John Sawyer [half]

Husband of Mary Houghton Wilde — married 1692 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Carter) Sawyer — married about 1692 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Amos Sawyer, Ephraim Sawyer, Samuel Sawyer, John Sawyer, Ezra Sawyer, Thomas Sawyer, Nathaniel Sawyer and Phinehas Sawyer

Died 10 Nov 1756 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sawyer-625 created 21 Jun 2011 | Last modified 27 Jul 2019

Sources

↑ Barlow, pages 76-77.
↑ Frank G. Lesure. Mary Carter, First Wife of Nathaniel Sawyer of Lancaster, Massachusetts. The American Genealogist, January 2000, Vol. 75., pp. 51-54. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
↑ Barlow, page 77.
↑ Barlow, page 77.
↑ Nourse, page 275.
Barlow, Claude W. "The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster." The American Genealogist, Vol. 30 (1954), pages 74-78.
Nourse, Henry. The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850 (Lancaster, Mass., 1890).
Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Sawyer-625 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson.

Nathaniel Sawyer was born on 24 November 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His birth date was recorded as 24 (9) 1670.1,2,3 He was the son of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott.1,2,3 About 1692 Nathaniel married Mary Carter, daughter of Rev. Samuel Carter and Eunice Brooks.3 Before 1715 Nathaniel married Elizabeth unknown.3 Nathaniel Sawyer died on Wednesday, 10 November 1756 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 85 years, 11 months and 17 days.3

Children of Nathaniel Sawyer and Mary Carter

Amos Sawyer2 (20 Jun 1693 - )

Samuel Sawyer+4,2 (12 Feb 1697 - 13 Jun 1784)

Lt. Ephraim Sawyer+ (a 1698 - )

Ezra Sawyer2 (1702 - )

John Sawyer2 (1705 - )

Manassah Sawyer (1707 - )

Thomas Sawyer2 (1711 - )

Phineas Sawyer2 (1714 - )

Eunice Sawyer (a 1715 - )

Nathaniel Sawyer2 (6 May 1716 - )

Mary Sawyer2 (6 May 1716 - )

Jonathan Sawyer (a 1721 - )

Citations

Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XVI (1862).

Lesure, Frank G.. "Mary Carter, First Wife of Nathaniel Sawyer of Lancaster, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist volume 75 (January 2000).

Barlow, Claude W. "The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster", The American Genealogist volume 30 (1954).

Morse, Abner. A Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. volume III. Boston: H.W. Dutton & Son, 1861).