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Jonathan Sawtell
b.24 Aug 1639 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.6 Jul 1690 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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m. Abt 1637
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m. 3 Jul 1665
Facts and Events
NEHGS Register, Volume 126, January 1972, p. 5-6: "He was an original propreitor of Groton in 1661-2 with a five-acre grant and on 23 Nov. 1664 was chosen a fence viewer (Samuel A. Green, The Early Records of Groton, 1880, p. 11). On 3 July 1665 at Groton, he married Mary Tarbell, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Vital Records). She died after childbirth 25 April 1676 at Watertown (Vital Records). He was made freeman at Groton on 15 May 1672 (The Register 3:239). After destruction of Groton by the Indians, he fled with his neighbors back to Watertown. Two years later he returned to Groton and was chosen selectman 1688-90. He died there 6 Jul 1690. There is no evidence that he ever remarried. |