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Ancestors of Edward Bartlett Breck


      1022. William Sawyer3054,3055,3056,3057, born Abt. 1613; died Bef. 1703. He married 1023. Ruth Plumer Abt. 1644.

      1023. Ruth Plumer, born Abt. 1625. She was the daughter of 876. Francis Plumer and 877. Ruth.

Notes for William Sawyer:
      According to Noreen C. Pramberg (author of "Four Generations of the Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, MA"), William's wife was Ruth BITFIELD daughter of William and Elizabeth ( ) BITFIELD. No evidence is given for this but I have not looked into her sources to see if it appears in any of them. John Plummer, who wrote an article for the NGS Quarterly, "New Light on Francis Plummer of Massachusetts: A Test of Tradition and Conventional Wisdom", believes that her maiden name was PLUMMER due to the relationship between the two families and the names of the SAWYER children. Obviously, further investigation is needed to solve this mystery!
      Eleanor Grace Sawyer, in her book "Sawyer Families of New England" also gives Bitfield as the maiden name of William's wife, Ruth. Again, no sources were given for this information.

More About William Sawyer:
Occupation: Farmer
Residence 1: 1640, Salem
Residence 2: 1643, Wenham
Residence 3: 1644, Newbury
Will Proved: March 01, 1702/03, Administration of Estate
     
Children of William Sawyer and Ruth Plumer are:
  i.   John Sawyer, born August 24, 1645 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; married Sarah Poore February 18, 1675/76 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
  ii.   Samuel Sawyer, born November 22, 1646 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3058; died February 11, 1717/18 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3059; married Mary Emery March 13, 1670/71 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3060; born June 24, 1652 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3061; died Aft. 1717.
  511 iii.   Ruth Sawyer, born September 16, 1648 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died Aft. 1707; married Benjamin Morse August 27, 1667 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
  iv.   Mary Sawyer, born February 07, 1649/50 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3062; died June 24, 1659 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3063
  v.   Sarah Sawyer, born November 20, 1651 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3064; died August 02, 1732 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3065; married Joshua Browne January 15, 1668/69 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3066; born April 10, 1642 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3067; died March 20, 1719/20 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3068.
  vi.   Hannah Sawyer, born February 23, 1653/54 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died January 25, 1659/60 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
  vii.   William Sawyer, born February 01, 1655/56 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died June 07, 1718; married Sarah Littlefield 1677 in Wells, ME; born Abt. 1648; died January 1734/35.
  viii.   Frances Sawyer, born March 24, 1657/58 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died February 07, 1659/60 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
  ix.   Mary Sawyer, born July 29, 1660 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3069; died November 03, 1699 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3070; married John Emery June 13, 1683 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3071; born September 12, 1656 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3072; died July 14, 1730 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA3073.
  x.   Stephen Sawyer, born April 25, 1663 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died June 08, 1753 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; married Ann Titcomb March 10, 1686/87 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; born July 07, 1666 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died October 01, 1750 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
  xi.   Hannah Sawyer, born January 11, 1664/65 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died August 28, 1683 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
  xii.   Frances Sawyer, born November 03, 1670 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; died October 1744; married Thomas Treadwell May 19, 1693 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA; born March 03, 1664/65 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA; died January 13, 1743/44 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.


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