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I. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 28, 1815.
II. CHARLES B., b. Jan. 23, 1817.
III. HENRY F., b. Jan. 17, 1819.
IV. Lucy, b. July 9, 1821.
v. ELIZA A., b. Apr. 5, 1824.
VI. JAMES, b. May 25, 1827.
VII. CYRUS F., b. Feb. 25, 1830.
7. APHIA, b. Feb. 14, 1788.
8. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 10, 1790; m. Asa Brown, Nov. 30, 1809.
Samuel Sauds,* whose wives were Mary Bradbury, to whom m. Nov. 5,
* SAMUEL SANDS was a bold, adventuresome man. After the death of Isaac Woodman's wife by her own hand, there was a report that the house was haunted. Joseph Woodman went there to sleep, and Sam Sands and one Chase went to frighten him by making mournful noises.
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1767, and Lydia -- had children, named as follows, baptized in Buxton by Rev. Paul Coffin :
I. EPHRAIM,
2. MERCY,
3. LYDIA, -1
bapt. Nov. 23, 1779.
4. SARAH,
5. SAMUEL,
6. MARY, bapt. July 15, 1781.
7. EUNICE, bapt. Aug. 15, 1784.
8. ELIZABETH, bapt. Aug. 9, 1789.
John Sands, Jr., b. in Buxton, Dec. 24, 1783 ; m. Charlotte Steele, Nov. 27, 1806, and was then styled "of Porterfield," which was a part of the pres- ent town of Brownfield, where he settled and where his children were born :
I. BETSEY, b. Jan. 28, 1808; m. George Rounds.
2. RICHARD, b. Oct. 20, 1809 ; d. Feb. 15, 1815.
3. JAMES S., b. Sept. 18, 1811; m. Hannah Colby.
4. MIRABAH, b. Mar. 27, 1813.
5. ALMIRA, b. Apr. 5, 1815 ; d. Aug., 1851.
6. SUSANNA S., b. Oct. 29, 1817.
7. THOMAS, b. Dec. 5, 1819.
8. JOHN, b. Mar. 20, 1822; m. Susan Charles, of Fryeburg, b. Dec. 28, 1822, and had children, b. in Brownfield, as follows :
I. AMAZIAH, b. May 15, 1846.
II. RUFUS S., b. Sept. 29, 1848.
III. ALMIRA A., b. June 13, 1851.
IV. CHARLES F., b. July 11, 1853.
9. CAROLINE, b. Apr. 11, 1824.
IO. SALLY, b. Dec. 12, 1825.
II. MARTHA, b. Feb. 16, 1828.
Thomas Sands, b. in Buxton, settled in Brownfield, where he d. Aug. 12, 1822. His wife, b. in Buxton, d. in Brownfield, Dec. 28, 1822. Their chil- dren were as follows :
I. JOHN, b. April 4, 1801.
2. WILLIAM, b. May 11, 1803.
3. SALLY, b. Aug. 26, 1805 ; m. John Snow.
4. PETER S., b. July 6, 1807.
5. CHARLOTTE, b. Dec. 2, 1809.
6. ROBERT, b. April 10, 1812.
7. RICHARD, b. Sept. 20, 1815.
While they did so Woodman continued to sing. They then entered the room, pulled him out of bed, dragged him across the floor, and would have pitched him down into the cellar, but for his powerful resistance. He was seriously bruised, and locks of hair torn from his head were found on the floor the next day. The neighbors saw a light in the house, and as they came near the two men fled ; they were overhauled and punished .- Woodman Genealogy.
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8. MARV A., b. Aug. 25, 1817.
9. NANCY F., b. May 15, 1819.
IO. AURELIA, b. July 10, 1821.
Isaac Sands, b. Jan. 20, 1793 ; m. Dorcas -, b. Aug. 3, 1798 ; lived in Saco, and was, I suppose, of the same family as those who removed from Saco to Buxton. The names of children, recorded in the town registers, are :
I. JAMES, b. Sept. 4, 1822.
2. ELEANOR C., b. Aug. 22, 1824.
3 ALMIRA, b. Mar. 11, 1826.
4. PAUL C., b. Aug. 13, 1828.
5. CHARLES B., b. June 1, 1830.
6. JOAN, b. April 2, 1832.
7. ALBION, b. Mar. 26, 1834.
8. MARY, b. Mar. 12, 1836.
9. DORCAS, b. Oct. 31, 1838.
IO. EDWARD, b. Dec. 9, 1839.
II. JOHN W., b. Sept. 19, 1843.
GLEANINGS.
James Sands d. in Lyman, March 29, 1854, at age of 73; buried at Saco. Charity, his wife, d. in Saco, Aug. 27, 1865, aged 84 years.
John Sands and Mary McLucas m. in Buxton, and of Buxton, Dec. 12, 1776. Ephraim Sands, 3d, and Abigail Ayer, were m. in Buxton, Oct. 20, 1791. Sarah Sands and James Libby m. Feb. 19, 1801.
Polly Sands and James Rounds m. Apr. 24, 1801.
Mary Sands and Nicholas Smith, of Hollis, m. Aug. 28, 1819.
Sawyer Families.
This English surname was derived from the occupation of whip-sawyers or wood-sawyers. The Sawyers have been very prolific and few have ignored the sacred precept to multiply and replenish the earth. The first of the name known to have settled in New England was
William Sawyer, who came from England to Salem, Mass., about 1640. He removed to Newbury, where a son WILLIAM was born in 1655. In an old burying-ground in Newburyport, there was, ten years ago, a tier of tall, old- fashioned slate gravestones marking the earthly resting place of a Sawyer family, and from dates inscribed there they show that some were born in the mother country.
John Sawyer came from Cape Ann, Mass., to Falmouth as early as 1719, for at that date the proprietors voted "by reason of the difficulty in calling
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over the river, the privilege of the ferry on the Purpooduck side should be given to John Sawyer, he to keep a good canoe for the accommodation of passengers." Smith, in his journal, says of John : " A good sort of man, errors excepted." while Willis called him: " A useful inhabitant." ISAAC SAWYER, probably a brother of John, came to Falmouth in 1725.
Tradition has designated Newbury, Mass., as the New England cradle of the Saco valley Sawyers, and I find that FRANCIS SAWYER was one of the proprietors of Narragansett, No. 1, " on the right of his father, William Sawyer," and was a prominent committeeman.
Joseph Sawyer,1 of Falmouth, m. Joanna, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Cobb, and lived in what is now Cape Elizabeth. He had a regular Sawyer family as will appear; a family from which nearly if not quite all the Saco valley families descended. Issue :
I. EBENEZER,2 b. Jan. 27, 1734; m. Feb. 25, 1757, Susan Yeaton; second, Feb. 16, 1776, Hannah Small.
2. MARY,2 b. Apr. 15, 1741 ; m. in 1761 to Stephen Yeaton and settled in Poland, Me.
3. JABEZ,2 b. Dec. 31, 1743 ; m. Mary Pennell, of Buxton, Mar. 8, 1765, and settled between the "old Corner " and "Duck Pond." He and his brother John lived on a lane a short distance from the main road, and evidently on the same lot of land. He d. Apr. 19, 1816; his wife pre- deceased him Mar. 10, 1814. Children's names will appear.
4. JOHN,2 b. Dec. 24, 1745; m. Isabella Martin, of Buxton, and settled by his brother Jabez: said to have been a large man with curly hair. He d. Dec. 3, 1805; his widow d. Dec. 6, 1839. Issue, four sons and four daughters, of whom more.
5. RACHEL,2 b. June 16, 1749; m. Ebenezer Cobb, Jr., of Cape Elizabeth, Nov. 22, 1770; second, John Emery, of said town.
6. JAMES,2 b. June 9, 1751.
7. MERCY,2 b. Nov. 14, 1753; m. Joshua Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth, June 25. 1778.
8. LEMUEL,2 b. Feb. 23, 1756 ; m. and removed to Durham, Me.
9. REBECCA,2 b. Oct. 13, 1760; m. John Skillings, of Cape Elizabeth, June 25, 1778. CHILDREN OF JABEZ AND MARY :
I. THOMAS P.,8 bapt. Sept. 16, 1770; m. Mercy -- and had children's births recorded in Buxton, as will follow. He d. June 21, 1818; his wife d. July 16, 1830.
1. EBENEZER,4 b. Oct. 11, 1794; d. the 14th.
I1. RACHEL,4 b. Feb. 9, 1796.
111. EBENEZER,4 b. Feb. 12, 1798.
IV. JOANNA.4 b. Feb. 4, 1800; d. Jan. 4, 1833.
V. WILLIAM,4 b. July 27, 1802; d. in August.
VI. JABEZ,4 b. Oct. 2, 1803 : d. Nov. 7th.
VII. WILLIAM,4 b. Nov. 4, 1804; d. Apr. 9, 1807.
VIII. PRISCILLA,4 b. Mar. 31, 1807.
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IX. MARY,4 b. Apr. 17, 1810.
X. CYRUS,4 b. May 10, 1814; m. - Deering; d. Mar. 12, 1855.
2. JOANNA,3 b. June 14, 1772.
3. MOLLY,8 m. Jeremiah Deering, of Scarborough.
SARAH,8 b. Oct. 30, 1777 ; m. Isaac Deering, of Scarborough, Oct. 5, 1797.
5. JAMES,3 b. Aug. 23, 1778.
6. WILLIAM,8 b. June 27, 1779; m. Elizabeth -, and had issue, six children, whose births were recorded in Buxton, as follows :
I. EBENEZER, 4 b. June 6, 1807.
[1. WILLIAM,4 b. April 1, 1809.
Ill. SAMUEL,4 b. Sept., 1811.
IV. MARY, 4 b. April 28, 1814.
V. MERCY,+ b. Feb. 22, 1817 ; d. Dec. 4th.
VI. ELIZA,4 b. Jan. 26, 1819.
7. MERCY,3 b. Oct. 27, 1780; d. Dec. 26, 1781.
8. LYDIA,3 b. June 18, 1782.
9. MERCY,3 b. July 18, 178.4.
IO. EBENEZER,3 b. 1786.
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ISABELLA :
I. REBECCA,3 b. in 1770; m. Joseph Hobson, the ist, of Buxton, June 3, 1788, and had a large family. (See Hobsons.)
2. HANNAH,3 bapt. Sept. 1, 1771 ; m. Stephen Leighton, of Limerick, Feb. 3, 1799.
JOHN,3 bapt. Oct, 12, 1777 ; settled in Standish, and had a family, but I know but little about them. A dau., Mrs. Ellis, used to attend old- fashioned quarterly-meetings and " weep a little weep" when delivering her exhortation.
4. ROBERT,3 bapt. Oct. 12, 1777; m. Lydia, dau. of Isaac Townsend, of Hollis, Dec. 25, 1800, and by her had seventeen children, whose names will appear. He lived in Buxton, Baldwin, and Hollis; when in Bald- win, on the bank of the Saco, near " Highland Ripps." He was a large, powerful man. He d. Dec. 20, 1834. His widow lived to old age with her dau. Nancy, in Hollis.
5. ABIGAIL,3 bapt. Oct. 27, 1782 ; m. John Deering, of Scarborough, Dec. 3, 1801, and had a large family. (See Deerings).
6. DAVID,3 bapt. Oct. 3, 1783 ; m. and settled in Standish. He had sev- eral children, of whom hereafter.
7. MOLLY,3 b. about 1775; m. William Elwell, June 12, 1792, and lived in Gorham.
00 RACHEL,3 bapt. Aug. 29, 1790 ; m. John Dunnell, of Buxton, Mar. 16, 1809, and had issue. (See Dunnell).
9. JOANNA,8 bapt. Aug. 29, 1790; probably d. young.
10. SALLY,3 bapt. in 1792; lived in Cape Elizabeth.
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I]. LEMUEL,8 m. Mrs. Lovie (Dunnell) Lane, widow of Living Lane, Feb. 9, 1809, by whom as many as nine children, born in Buxton. He re- mained on the old Sawyer homestead, where he d. Dec. 15, 1851; his widow d. Dec. 24, 1861.
CHILDREN OF JABEZ AND ELIZABETH:
I. JABEZ,3 m. Elizabeth Hanson, Nov. 7, 1793. His name does not appear with his father's family, and he may have been an older son born in some other town. He lived latterly in Hollis at Moderation village, and when the wind " was right" one could hear him sneeze a mile off. Children:
I. PHINEAS H.,4 b. Aug. 25, 1794 ; d. that year.
II. JABEZ,4 b. July, 1796; d. same year.
III. JABEZ,4 b. June 16, 1797 ; d. Jan., 1802.
IV. HANNAH,4 b. Apr. 6, 1799; m. Samuel Hobson, of Hollis; had issue.
V. PHINEAS H.,4 b. May 6, 1801; d. Oct. 18, 1826.
VI. MARY,4 b. Aug. 27, 1803; m. Oliver Smith, of Hollis, and had Jabez S.,5 Samuel,5 Elisabeth, and Jennie.5
VII. ALVAN,4 b. Dec. 9, 1805 ; m. Eliza Hanson and settled in Buxton ; removed to Hollis and worked on the river and about the lumber mills. While sawing shingles or staves, he severed the fingers from his right hand when advanced in life. He was a short, corpulent man, full of good nature, but "set as the hills." They called him "old Doll." How he enjoyed a joke or a good story ! How he would shout and laugh ! But when some trick was played upon him, and he became the subject for mirth, he was cross as a bear - sometimes. His experience in agriculture and stock raising was limited, and the story goes that on an occasion, when going away for a week's visit, he poured a bushel of corn into the sty and told the hog it would last until he came home if he was "prudent." Alas! when he returned the porker lay lifeless in his nest. The corn had disappeared. He had seven children, of whom more.
VIII. JOHN,4 b. Feb. 9, 1808, and by wife Elizabeth, who d. July 1, 1853, had four daughters. He m., second, Fanny (Cousins) Hanson, who owned a house on the side of Meeting-house hill at West Buxton, where they homed until he was killed by the cars at Saco, on the Eastern Railroad. He was engaged in milling and the lumber trade latterly; was locally known as "John Jeff," perhaps to distinguish him from "John Baldwin." He was an honest, industrious little man, whose death was deeply lamented.
IX. ENOCH M.,4 b. Mar. 28, 1810, and settled at Steep Falls ; had a son, Phineas.5
X. THOMAS B.,4 b. Feb., 1813 ; d. Aug. 24, 1825.
XI. DEBORAH,4 b. Apr. 20, 1816; m. Joseph Cousins and resided at Steep Falls.
Ebenezer Sawyer4 was said to be a cousin of Alvan, son of Jabez, and I suppose he was the son of Thomas, son of Jabez, Ist. He was b. Mar. Io, 1790; m. Betsey - and had issue. His second wife was Hannah Leavitt. He lived on a farm in Buxton; was of speculative disposition and embarked
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in some business ventures. He was inquisitive withal, and when he saw two men in conversation had a habit of drawing near with hands behind his back to listen - like Rhoda at the gate, my brethren. While those who knew him endured his intrusiveness, it is said he was handled roughly when approaching two gentlemen who were discussing private affairs on the street in Portland. He had six fingers on each hand and as many toes on his feet, a peculiarity that developed in three generations. He was called " six-fingered Eben" to distinguish him from another Eben Sawyer. His boots were made on a last formed like a pumpkin seed, and his track in the snow was like the imprint of a snow-shoe. He stammered somewhat, and Aunt Floyd said he had an "impeddlement " in his speech. Children :
I. JABEZ,5 b. Sept. 9, 1814.
2. NATHANIEL,5 b. May 14, 1816.
3. THOMAS,5 b. June 6, 1818.
+ EBENEZER,5 b. July 19, 1820.
5. MARY J.,5 b. Aug. 24, 1822.
6. LAFAYETTE.5 7. RUTH.5 8. JOHN K.5 9. ISAAC.5
CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND LYDIA :
I. ROBERT,4 b. Jan. 14, 1803; m. and had one child. He left home when a young man and was never heard from.
2. INFANT, + b. July 14, 1804; d. same day.
3. NANCY,4 b. Dec. 15, 1805 ; d. young.
4. HANNAH,4 b. June 26, 1806; d. young.
5. POLLY,4 b. in 1807. An old lady who knew her said: "Poll Sawyer was a high-flyer. When at Deacon Hobson's during the absence of the old folk, the gals had a frolic, and they put an earthen bean-pot on Poll's head and could not get it off ; when the deacon came home he cracked it with a nail hammer and flat-iron."
6. ABIGAIL,4 b. July 24, 1809; m. Asa Davis, of Buxton, and had three sons. He d. in 1839, and she m., second, Daniel Huff. She died at Kennebunk, June 6, 1893.
7. ISABELLA,4 born May 14, 1811 ; m. Ivory Hill, of Buxton, and lived at Bog Mill and Moderation. Six children.
8. JOANNA,4 born May 26, 1813; m. - Knight. She kept a boarding- house at Saco many years.
9. SALLY,4 b. Feb. 14, 1815 ; m. Joseph Sands, as his second wife, and now lives at Bonnie Eagle village. Her second husband was John Foster.
IO. JOHN,4 b. Nov. 26, 1816. He was three times married; to Hannah Edgecomb, Nov. 12, 1837, she died Dec. 31, 1839, leaving a dau. ; to Lydia, daughter of Robert Ridlon, of Hollis, by whom ten children; to Elzira Boothby, widow of Joshua Libby, of Standish. He has resided in Hollis and Saco, Me., and in Tamworth and Rochester, N. H. ; has been a farmer, riverman, live stock dealer, butcher, and merchant; a man of great kindness, generosity, and many years an active Christain; served many years as selectman of Hollis; now living at the evening time of a somewhat eventful life. Children :
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1. BETSEY,5 m. William Dunnell, of Buxton.
II. SALLY M.,5 m. Edward Whitehouse, of Waterboro.
III. HANNAH F.,5 d. unmarried.
IV. LYDIA E.,5 m. G. T. Ridlon, Sr., of Hollis.
V. HARRIET C.,5 m. Thomas C. Sawyer, of Standish.
VI. ROBERT,5 m. Lydia Newbegin, of Newfield.
VII. MARY,5 d. unmarried.
VIII. NICHOLAS,5 m. Alma Sawyer.
IX. JULIA,5 d. unmarried.
x. CORNELIA,5 m. Frank Roberts, of Limerick.
XI. JOHN L.,5 m. Rose -, of Rochester, N. H.
II. ELIZA A.,4 b. Nov. 19, 1818; m. Aaron Hanson, lived in Hollis, and had issue.
12. DAVID,4 b. July 14, 1820; m. Cordelia, twin dau. of Benjamin and Rebecca Harmon, of Hollis, and spent his last years as a merchant there. He was a man of unblemished reputation, much respected; had several children, among them Amanda,5 Rebecca,5 Hattie,5 and Ellen.5
13. ISAAC S.,4 b. May 25, 1822 ; m. Catherine C., dau. of Daniel Crockett, the chair maker, by whom issue; second, Mary J. Moulton, who also had issue. He lived in Saco, Buxton, and Hollis; farmer, riverman, surveyor ; blunt and loud spoken, a man called "cross" by strangers. He was rough as a chestnut burr outside, but kindly within. When a yoke of oxen ran away and smashed the wagon of Joe Hill -which he had left connected to his horse in the middle of the road -and while men congregated about the struggling horse "Scam " Sawyer came upon the scene. Mr. Hill was lamenting the wreck of his carriage when "Scam " bawled out: "Ye ought ter take kear o' yer hoss." "Well, I didn't leave him but a minute," replied Hill. Raising his hoarse voice still higher "Scam" shouted in his ear : "That's jist the minit the oxen run away, ye fool!" The poor man was frightened nearly to death. A poor, old, bloodless stranger was sawing slabs near where "Scam" was surveying boards. It was a chilly day and the wood-sawyer occa- sionally paused to chafe his hands and stamp his feet, and "Scam" roared out: "You cold?" If a whale had slapped the old man he could not have exhibited more fear. Children :
I. FREEMAN H. C.,5 b. May 25, 1843 ; killed in the war.
II. ISAAC M.,5 b. Nov. 2, 1845; d. Mar. 7, 1849.
III. ELBRIDGE L.,5 b. Dec. 20, 1846.
IV. HARRIET C.,5 b. Oct. 20, 1849 ; d. Aug. 2, 1851.
V. GEORGE A.,5 b. Oct. 8, 1851 ; in Boston.
VI. MARSHALL P.,5 b. Oct. 2, 1853; carpenter.
VII. HATTIE A.,5 b. Nov. 28, 1855-
VIII. ISAAC M.,5 b. Jan. 21, 1858.
IX. ALICE W.,5 b. July 31, 1868.
x. CHARLES F.,5 b. May 3, 1870.
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XI. FLORENCE C.,5 b. Feb. 26, 1873.
14. INFANT,4 b. July 24, 1823 ; d. same day.
15. HANNAH,4 b. Mar. 24, 1824; m. David Stackpole.
16. NANCY, 4 b. Oct. 18, 1826 ; never married.
17. JOSEPH H.,4 b. June 22, 1828; m. Mary, dau. of Gilbert Tarbox, and had issue. He was a carpenter, sash and blind manufacturer, merchant, stableman, and dealt extensively in horses in Portland. He was a self- reliant man, of much enterprise, who could not submit to any subordi- nate position. He said when young : "I will be my own boss if I do nothing but set a hen." He died suddenly of heart failure ; son Ansel" survives.
CHILDREN OF DAVID, OF STANDISH:
1. THOMAS,4 m. a dau. of Matthias Hutchinson, of Standish; was a shoe- maker at Bonnie Eagle and d. in the prime of life leaving issue :
I. THOMAS C.,5 m. Hattie C., dau. of John and Lydia Sawyer, of Hollis, and has Almon,6 Dora,6 and Herbert.6
II. PITT,5 m. and lives at Bonnie Eagle.
III. ESTHER,5 m. Gideon Smith, of Hollis.
IV. MATTHIAS,5 m. and lives in Standish.
V. LOVISA,5 m. Charles Rumery, of Hollis.
VI. CHARLES,5 m. - Sawyer and went West.
2. LEMUEL,4 lived on the homestead in Standish; no other information.
CHILDREN OF LEMUEL AND LOVIE:
I. MEHITABLE,4 b. July 17, 1809.
2. JOHN,4 b. July 10, 1811 ; m. Keziah Lane, and lived in Buxton. She d. June 27, 1859, and he d. Mar. 31, 1863. Issue :
I. LOVIE A.,5 b. Apr. 3, 1838.
II. ELIZA L.,5 b. Apr. 25, 1841.
III. ELIZA F.,5 b. Oct. 22, 1843.
3 LEMUEL,4 born Sept. 19, 1813; in. Mary Ann -, and settled on the homestead in Buxton. Children :
I. EMILY,5 b. June 27, 1844.
II. GEORGE E ,5 b. June 12, 1850.
III. LUELLA,5 b. July 8, 1854.
4. SUSAN D.,4 b. Feb. 29, 1816.
5. JOANNA,4 b. July 30, 1819.
6. LOVIE A.,4 b. Jan. 14, 1822 ; d. April 20, 1848.
7. SALLY,4 b. Oct. 11, 1824.
8. MARY A.,4 b. Jan. 11, 1828. CHILDREN OF ALVAN AND ELIZA:
I. HANNAH A.,5 b. Aug. 15, 1830.
2. ARAMANTHA D.,5 b. June 11, 1832.
3. MARY E.,5 b. Feb. 28, 1835; d. Oct. 8, 1836.
4. ALVAN B.,5 b. May 31, 1837 ; d. young.
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5. MARY E.,5 b. Oct. 17, 1839.
6. DANIEL D.,5 drowned in Saco river by the overturn of a boat; a very sarcastic and erratic fellow.
7. ALVAN.3 CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH:
1. FRANCES M.,5 b. Sept. 9, 1833.
2. AMELIA A.,5 b. Dec. 23, 1835.
3. SUSAN L.,5 b. Dec. 9, 1838; m. Fred. Yates.
4. MARY H.,5 b. Mar. 8, 1841 ; lived at home of Thomas Bradbury after mother's death.
Thomas Sawyer, recorded as a son of Thomas Pennell Sawyer, of Bux- ton, m. Mary - , and had children born there, as will appear. Mrs. S. d. July 2, 1853. Issue :
I. THOMAS, b. Jan. 31, 1822.
2. ISAAC D., b. Sept. 15, 1823 ; d. Sept. 5, 1825.
3. SALLY, b. Oct. 15, 1825.
4. MERCY, b. July 9, 1829; m. -
Blake; d. Aug. 14, 1864.
5. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 27, 1834; d. Sept., 1835.
6. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 1, 1835; d. Oct. 6, 1836.
7. MARY F., d. Oct. 6, 1836.
8. LYDIA A., b. Feb. 17, 1839.
9. SETH F. C., b. Mar. 12, 18.43.
Barnabas Sawyer,1 of Bolton, Mass., settled in the northeast part of Buxton quite early. He was not known as a relative of the other families in town. He was a man of education, cultivated in old-style manners, dignified and courtly in his bearing. He taught some of the first schools in Buxton and continued in the profession for many years. He kept a school in the house of Ebenezer Redlon in 1785, for which he received twenty-four pounds and four shillings. This was at the Hains Meadow. He followed the system of "boarding round" then in vogue, and seven shillings a week was allowed for board. Mrs. Lydia, by whom he had six children, d. Aug. 24, 1818. He d. Jan. 26, 1848. Children as follows :
I. WILLIAM,2 b. Dec. 3, 1786; d. Dec. 5, 1795.
2. SALLY,2 b. Jan. 30, 1788; m. Elijah Davis, of Buxton, Nov. 29, 1809, and had issue.
3. LYDIA,2 b. Nov. 8, 1793; d. May 28, 1810.
4. BARNABAS W.,2 b. Oct. 23, 1794; m. Huldah and had a large family. He was a musical man, who played the bass viol or " bull fid- dle" in the Freewill Baptist church at West Buxton. A crooked finger exactly fitted the end of his bow. When there was any discord among the singers-and there was at times-he would lower his shaggy brows and twist his face into agonizing contortions. He certainly had an "ear for music," and it would hold about a quart of the best sort. He d. Dec. 5, 1858 ; his wife d. Feb. 19, 1884. Children :
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SAWYER FAMILIES.
I. LUCY W.,8 b. Sept. 25, 1816.
II. SILAS,3 b. Oct. 8, 1818.
III. WILLIAM,8 b. Sept. 23, 1820.
IV. LEVI L.,8 b. July 18, 1822 ; d. Nov. 27, 1851.
V. PHINEAS I.,3 b. Apr. 15, 1824; d. Feb. 13, 1825.
VI. SALLY,3 b. Nov. 28, 1825.
VII. JOSEPH R.,3 b. Nov. 10, 1827.
VIII. NATHANIEL W.,3 b. June 17, 1829.
IX. STEPHEN B.,8 b. Nov. 4, 1832.
5. SILAS,2 b. April 25, 1798 ; d. May 4, 1798.
6. REBECCA,2 b. Mar. 22, 1799; m. Daniel Thompson, of Buxton, Nov. 30, 1817.
James Sawyer, supposed to have been connected with some of the pre- ceding families, resided in Buxton, and had children born there. His wife's name was Elizabeth, who died Mar. 23, 1SOS. He married, for second wife, Abigail, and had two more children.
I. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 7, 1799.
2. HANNAH, b. May 7, 1803.
3. MARY A., b. June 27, 1805.
4. ELIZA, b. Nov. 27, 1808.
5. CLARA, b. Nov. 27, 1808; twin to Eliza.
6. EUNICE, b. Feb. 13, 1810.
7. JAMES, b. Oct. 17, ISII.
Erastus Sawyer m. Sarah -, and had births of children recorded in Buxton, as follows :
I. MARY E., b. May 1, 1856.
2. ELMER F., b. Nov. 1, 1860.
James Lewis Sawyer m. - Marston and had the births of children recorded in Buxton as follows :
I. GEORGE A., b. May 6, 1857.
2. CYRUS E., b. Feb. 6, 1860.
3. SARAH E., b. Feb. 22, 1862.
4. CHARLES L., b. July 25, 1868.
A branch of the Sawyer family in Otisfield and Porter, Me., was descended from DAVID SAWVER, an early settler in Scarborough. CHRISTOPHER, HENRY, and WILLIAM, of Porter, are of this family.
The Sawyers early settled in Limington were probably of the Scarborough family, and were closely related to those in Buxton. JAMES, of Limington, had a son JOSEPH, who m. Polly Burk, and settled in Porter. His children were Lemuel, of Porter, who had issue, Samuel B., Thomas B., Sarah B., Isaac B., Mary, Lydia, George, Louisa, and Almira B .; James ; Benjamin ; Jacob ; Joseph ; Isaac, had Abram, Isaac, and Jacob; Betsey: Hannah : Jane: Lydia.
A branch of the Limington family removed early to Dixmont, Me., and among the sons were NATHANIEL and JOHN.
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SHIRLEY FAMILY.
DEATHS IN BUXTON.
Thomas P. Sawyer d. Jan. 21, 1818, aged 47 years ; Mercy, his wife, d. July 16, 1830, aged 57 years.
Jabez Sawyer d. Jan. 26, 1848, aged 77 years; Elizabeth, his wife, d. June 16, 1841, aged 68 years.
Lemuel Sawyer d. Dec. 15, 1851, aged 73 years; Lovie, his wife, d. Dec. 24, 1862, aged 78 years; Lovie A., dau., d. Apr. 20, 1848, aged 26 years.
Keziah, widow of John, d. Jan. 27, 1859, aged 41 years.
William Sawyer d. Sept. 28, 1853, aged 7 4 years; Betsey, his wife, d. Dec. 18, 1863, aged 87 years.
Shirley Family.
Edward Shirley1 was born in Burton, Devonshire, on the river Trent, about 1743; was impressed into the British service and came to this country about the time of the Revolutionary war. Disliking his impressment and sympathizing with the colonists, he deserted and went to Fryeburg. His mother was Barbara Philpot. He moved to Dunbarton, N. H., about 1772, and after living there several years returned to Fryeburg. He was twice mar- ried; first to Sally Hutchins ;* second to Abigail Kelley, who d. in Fryeburg, July 11, 1815, aged 50. He d. Oct. 31, 1816, aged 72. Thirteen children, six by first wife, named as follows :
I. JONATHAN,2 b. in Dunbarton, Feb. 3, 1773; d. in Fryeburg.
2. WILLIAM,2 b. in Dunbarton, July 6, 1775.
3. SALLY,2 b. in Fryeburg, May 2, 1778; d. June 3, 1787.
4. EDWARD,2 b. in Fryeburg, Aug. 15, 1780.
5. ARTHUR,2 b. in Fryeburg, Sept. 9, 1782. At the age of sixteen he left his home and commenced his apprenticeship at Fryeburg village with Elijah Russell, who was then publishing The Echo or North Star, one of the first newspapers issued in the state. He continued with his master as he moved from place to place, working in Gilmanton and Concord, N. H. He finished his apprenticeship with Eleazer A. Jenks, on the Portland Gazette, in 1799. Leaving Portland, in 1805, he went to New York, where he worked awhile, then came to Boston and engaged with Munroe & Francis on the Palladium. July 16, 1806, he returned to Portland and took charge of the office of the Portland Gazette. He d. at No. 17 Federal street, Portland, Jan. 20, 1864, aged 8t yrs., 4 mos., II days.
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