"68 Ephraim3 Sawyer, son of James and Mary (Marble) Sawyer, was born in Marlborough, December, 1678 (Marlborough Vital Records, p. 165), … Ephraim Sawyer and family removed to Mansfield, Conn., and the birth of a child is recorded to them there, Aug. 24, 1711 (Mansfield Vital Records, 1898, p. 155), and in 1713, Ephraim Sawyer and wife Elizabeth were admitted to the Congregational Church in Mansfield. (Manual of Church, Mansfield Center, 1910, Catalogue of Members, p. 25.) About 1717, Ephraim Sawyer removed to Windham, … The date of death of Ephraim Sawyer has not been found, but he was living as late as July 7, 1735, at which date he made a deed."
