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Name[1] Edward Sawyer
Gender Male
Marriage to Mary (add)
Burial[1] 9 Mar 1673/74 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[1][2] 31 Mar 1674 Will sworn to/ Admin granted
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edward Sawyer, in Blodgette, George B. Early Settlers of Rowley, Mass., Including all who were here before 1662, with a few Generations of their Descendants. (Essex Institute Historical Collections, The Essex Institute, The Salem Press, Salem, Mass.)
    23:232, 1886.

    Edward Sawyer had an acre and a half houselot in the second division about 1645. He brought with him his wife mary. She died ___. He was buried 9 March, 1673-4. His nuncupative will (on file) sworn to 31 March, 1674, by Ezekiel Northend and Thomas Tenny mentions: his wife (unnamed), eldest son, John and son Ezekiel (Essex Probate). Widow Mary Sawyer and her son John, agreed 6 Feb 1676-7, upon a division of the property of Edward Sawyer, deceased (Essex Deeds 4 Ips 83). Children: Sarah, b. 19-10mo. 1645, buried 12-12mo. 1645; Higb, b. 17-7mo. 1647, died soon; John, b. 7-6mo. 1648, m. Mary Parrat; Ezekiel, b __ killed at Bloody Brook with Capt. Lathrop, 18 Sept. 1675, unm.

  2. Edward Sawyer of Rowley, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    2:387, 388.

    Administration on the estate of Edward Sawyer, intestate, granted Mar. 31, 1674, to his two sons John and Ezekiell, it to be divided between them, the elder son to have 20li, more than the other. They were ordered to maintain their mother as long as she lives, the land to stand bound for the performance of it. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 240.
    Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1674 by the witnesses.
    Inventory taken Mar. 27, 1674, by John Pickard, Ezekiell
    Agreement made by Mary Sawyer, widow of Edward Sawyer, and her son John for her comfortable maintenance. Signed and sealed Feb. 5, 1676. [son Ezekiel deceased].