Elias Sawyer

1689 - 1752  (63 years)

• Name	Elias Sawyer
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1689	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 7]
  Miscellaneous	20 Oct 1708 (19 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 6]
  On 20 October 1708, he was taken to Canada along with his father as a captive. There he and his father helped build the first mill in exchange for their freedom. When finally allowed to go home, Elias Sawyer brought, with other things, a curiously glazed plate of red earthen ware, which was handed down from generation to generation. It finally was given to the Lancaster library, by the will of Ellsworth Sawyer, the last male descendant of that line.
  Religion	24 Mar 1716/17 (28 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [5]
  On 24 March 1716/17 Elias and Beatrix owned covenant in the Lancaster Church at which time their two oldest children were baptized.
  Death	20 Nov 1752	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 5, 7]
  Last Full Review	30 Jul 2020
  Burial	—	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  	Gravestone of Elias Sawyer Here Lies Buried The Body of Mr Elias Sawyer Who Died Novembr ye 20, A D 1752, In ye 63 Year of His Age.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edmund Sawyer,   b. Abt 1540, Norfolk, England   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Amy Wells   d. After 1670  (Grandmother)
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. Hannah Sawyer,   b. 23 May 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1 May 1765, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 89 years) ▻ Jonathan Moore   2. William Sawyer,   b. 2 Feb 1679, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 3 Feb 1740/41, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 62 years)   3. Joseph Sawyer,   b. Abt 1682, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 10 Jul 1737, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 55 years)   4. Bezaleel Sawyer,   b. 13 May 1685, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 25 Aug 1760, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years) + 5. Elias Sawyer,   b. 1689, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 20 Nov 1752, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years) ▻ Beatrix Pope   6. Sarah Sawyer,   b. Abt 1692, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   7. Josiah Sawyer,   b. About 1694, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Thomas Sawyer and Sarah Fairbanks)
  1. Sarah Sawyer,   b. 3 Jan 1671/72, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   2. Mary Sawyer,   b. 30 Jan 1671/72, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I1306	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sawyer,   b. 2 Jul 1649, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 Sep 1736, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) Other Partners: Sarah Fairbanks  m. 11 Oct 1670;   Mary Rice  m. 15 Jul 1718;   Anna  m. 31 Dec 1733
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Lewis,   b. 18 Mar 1648/49, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Before 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beatrix Pope
  Marriage	yes, date unknown  [1, 7]
  Notes	Children: The children are listed in both the Lancaster and the Bolton vital records. [7]
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  	+ 1. Thankful Sawyer,   b. 1715   d. 5 Dec 1755, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Nathaniel Carter  m. 09 Feb 1731/32   2. Elijah Sawyer,   c. 24 Mar 1716/17, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Elisha Sawyer,   c. 17 Aug 1718, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Ruth White  m. 7 Jan 1741;   Susanna Huck  m. 8 Mar 1756   4. Betty Sawyer,   c. 25 Feb 1722, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. Prudence Sawyer,   b. 24 Sep 1726, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F1174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1689 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Miscellaneous - 20 Oct 1708 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Religion - 24 Mar 1716/17 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 20 Nov 1752 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Burial - — - Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Memorial to Elias' Captivity

  
  

• Sources

  [S1854] Bready, Margaret. Margaret Bready Genealogy Collection, Volume 14, (Eastham.,Massachusetts: Eastham Historical Society Archives, 1995). [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://findagrave.com), Memorial ID 42796604 Elias Sawyer. [S793] Norris, D. W. and H.A. Feldman. The Wells Family , (Milwaukee: Cramer-Krasselt Company, 1942). [S1095] Nourse, Henry S. The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1725, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1884). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1853] Safford, Marion Fuller. The Story of Colonial Lancaster (Massachusetts), (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1937). [S815] Sawyer, Fred E. Genealogical Index of the Sawyer Families of New England Prior to 1900, (Blackfoot, Idaho: Neves Printing Co., 1983).