Caleb Sawyer

1659 - 1755  (95 years)

• Name	Caleb Sawyer
  Birth	20 Apr 1659	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  His birth was recorded as 20 (2) 1659.
  Married	28 Dec 1687 (28 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Sarah Houghton, the daughter of Ralph and Jane (Stowe) Houghton. She was born on 17 February 1661/62 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Her birth was recorded as 17 (12) 1661. She died on Wednesday 16 November 1757 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Sawyer (c1688-1731) 2, Jonathan Sawyer (c1690-1746) 3. Hepsibah Sawyer (c1692-____) 4. Abigail Sawyer (c1694-1760) 5. Seth Sawyer (1705-____)
  Military	Caleb was assigned to the Priest Garrison during Queen Anne's War.
  Death	13 Feb 1755	Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 4, 6]
  Burial	Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Massachusetts   [4]
  Siblings	6 brothers and 6 sisters
  + 1. Thomas Sawyer,   b. 2 Jul 1649, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Sep 1736, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years) ▻ Sarah Fairbanks,  m. 11 Oct 1670 ;   Hannah Lewis,  m. 21 Nov 1672 ;   Mary Rice,  m. 15 Jul 1718 ;   Anna,  m. 31 Dec 1733   2. Ephraim Sawyer,   b. 16 Jan 1650/51, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Feb 1676, Lancaster (now Clinton), Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 25 years) + 3. Mary Sawyer,   b. 4 Jan 1652/53, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Lt. Nathaniel Wilder,  m. 24 Jan 1673/74   4. Elizabeth Sawyer,   b. 07 Jan 1654/55, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 7 years)   5. Joshua Sawyer,   b. 13 Mar 1655, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Jul 1738, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years)   6. Cornet James Sawyer,   b. 22 Mar 1657, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Jan 1753, Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 95 years)   7. Caleb Sawyer,   b. 20 Apr 1659, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Feb 1755, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 95 years)   8. John Sawyer,   b. 6 Apr 1661, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Feb 1749/50, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   9. Elizabeth Sawyer,   b. 5 Jan 1663/64, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Jan 1745, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years)   10. Deborah Sawyer,   b. 17 Jul 1666, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Jul 1666, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   11. Nathaniel Sawyer,   b. 24 Nov 1670, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Nov 1756, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years)   12. Hannah Sawyer,   b. 24 Nov 1670, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1739  (Age 68 years)   13. Martha Sawyer,   b. 10 Aug 1673, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1739  (Age 65 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edmund Sawyer,   b. Abt 1540, Norfolk, England   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Platts,   b. Wygan, Lancashire, England d. After 1678, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I16351
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sawyer,   b. 1616, Lincolnshire, England d. 12 Sep 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Prescott,   c. 24 Feb 1629/30, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. Apr 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Caleb Sawyer(1659 – 1755) 2Thomas Sawyer(1616 – 1706) 4John Sawyer(1582 – 15 Jul) 8Thomas Sawyer(Abt 1556 – ) 16Edmund Sawyer(Abt 1540 – ) 17unknown wife 9unknown wife 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Prescott(24 Feb 1629/30 – 1716) 6John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 12Ralph Prescott(1569 – 1609) 24Roger Prescott(Abt 1532 – 1594) 25Ellen Shaw 13Helen(Abt 1571 – 1643) 26 27 7Mary Platts( – 1678) 14Abraham Gawkroger Platts 28James Gawkroger Platts 29Genet Fairbanke(1552 – ) 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Apr 1659 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 28 Dec 1687 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 13 Feb 1755 - Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S994] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862). [S804] MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). [S1050] Barlow, Claude W. "The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 30, 1954). [S815] Sawyer, Fred E. Genealogical Index of the Sawyer Families of New England Prior to 1900, (Blackfoot, Idaho: Neves Printing Co., 1983). [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). [S1205] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).