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Not the son of Thomas Sayre & Margaret Sayre
Our line of known direct ancestry therefore begins with William Sayre, of Hinwich, parish of Podington, in the hundred of Willey and in the county of Bedford. His wife was Alice Squyre. He died in 1564, his will being dated 1562 and proved 1564. The will of his widow was dated April 20, 1567, and proved June 2d of the same year.
CHILDREN.
Allison Votaw had dob as 1514; 1500 comes from http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f22/a0012292.htm
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sayre-33
William Sayre was born between 1499 and 1520 in Hinwick, Podington, Bedfordshire, England.[1] There is no evidence to connect him to a conjectural father Thomas Sayre
He married Alice Squire, whose last name is also spelled Squyre, in about 1530 in Bedfordshire England and their children were:[2]
Children
A second Alice has been speculated, to accommodate the wife of John Wheeler[1] This second Alice is highly speculative and isn't borne out by the wills of William and Alice both of which name just one daughter Alice, Alice West.
There is no son Robert mentioned in the wills of this couple.
He died about 1564 in Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England.[3]
The following records pertain to William Sayre of Hinwick.[4]
He made a will dated 15 Feb 1562/3[5]
"In the name of God amen, in the yere of o'r lord god 1562 I Willm Sayer ye elder of hynwyke wthin the p'ishe of Pooddyngton in ye county of Bedford yeoman beynge of p'fect memory make my Testamet & last Will in manr & forme followynge ffyrst I beqth my sowle to allmyghte god & my boddye to be buried in the churcheyard of poodyngton It' I beqth to the churche of Poodyngton aforesaid VIs VIIId It' I beqth to ye Mother church of Lincoln IId It' I beqth to the poore people in pooddyngton IIIs. IIIId. It' I beqth to Thom's Seyer my sone XIII£ VIs. VIIId. in mony or money worthe over & besydes a cowe & a heekfer. It' I beqth to Willm Seyer my cosen half a quarter of malte It' I beqth unto Joane petyt my cosen half a quarter of malte It' I beqth to Alyce west & Agnes makernes my doughters to eche of them half a quarter of malte It' I beqth to every one of my godchildren a stryke of malte It' I beqth to Alyce my wyf all my lands and tenements what so ever durynge her naturall lyf & after her decease I will yt they shall remayne unto Willm Seyre my sone & to his heyres for ever. It' I will Alice my wyf & Willm Seyer my sone my executors to dispose & prforme all things conteyned in this my last will It' I ordeyn & make Edmond Squyer my brother in lawe the sup'visor of this my will to whome I geve half a quarter of malt for his labor.
"wytnesses hereof John Austleg Willm Abbot ye elder & Edmond Squyer.
"ptm a.d. 1564 cora' mro' Johe Langford comiss' adisto execut' norat' in eodem etc.
Banta, very prudently, did not project the Sayre line back beyond William who died in 1564. While his book was published in 1901 it's well researched at the English end.
With no evidence at all to link William to his conjectural father Thomas, anything earlier than William is pure speculation and the even earlier profiles look to be fictional. It would be much safer for William to be disconnected from Thomas
In his will he names a cousin, William. So assuming cousin means the same as today, the father of William the testator must have had a brother who had a son also named William.
1499 |
1499
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Bedfordshire, England
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1504 |
1504
Age 5
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Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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1514 |
1514
Age 15
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Hinwick, Bedford, England
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1514
Age 15
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Hinwick,Bedford,England
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1533 |
1533
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Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England
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1534 |
1534
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Hinwick, Podington Parish, Bedfordshire, England
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1536 |
1536
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Podington Parish, Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England
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1537 |
1537
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Odel, Bedfordshire, England
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1564 |
1564
Age 65
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1564
Age 65
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Podington Parish, Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England
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