"John [Sawyer], the next son [of James Sawyer], married Rebecca Stanford, Feb. 20, 1701 and had the following children: - Sarah, John, Mary, Job, Joseph, Jonathan, Rebecca, And Daniel, all born here before 1719. Mr. Willis, in his History of Portland, say - "In the autumn of 1725 Jeremiah Riggs and John Sawyer came here from Capte Ann with their families."