BROWN Sarah

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Sarah married CURRIER Daniel on 12 Dec 1717 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Daniel (son of Deacon CURRIER Thomas, Sr. and OSGOOD Mary) was born on 31 May 1692 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 17 Oct 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CURRIER Joseph was born on 7 Jan 1719 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; and died.
2. CURRIER Benjamin was born on 7 Feb 1721/2 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; and died.

Sarah married SARGENT Joseph, Sr. on 8 Apr 1731 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Joseph (son of Lieut. SARGENT Thomas and BARNES Rachel) was born on 2 Jun 1687 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 22 Apr 1694 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 18 May 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married RING Jarvis, Jr. on 24 May 1736 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Jarvis (son of RING Jarvis, Sr. and FOWLER Hannah) was born on 2 Oct 1686 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 12 Jun 1738 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. RING Zebulon was born on 30 Apr 1737 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; and died.

Sarah married LEAVITT before Apr 1739. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; shopkeeper
• _UID: 229C612DF47ED6118A06E3707F9BEC7503C0
• Will: 30 Jun 1729
• Will (proved): 30 Oct 1732

Joseph married TREADWELL Sarah in CA 1694. Sarah (daughter of TREADWELL Nathaniel and WELLS Abigail) was born on 15 Aug 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(died in his 78th year.)

Joshua married SAWYER Sara[h] on 15 Jan 1668/9 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Sara[h] (daughter of SAWYER William, Sr. and BITFIELD Ruth) was born on 20 Nov 1651 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 2 Aug 1732 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried after 2 Aug 1832 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
(aged 80.)

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Nathaniel married WELLS Abigail on 19 Jun 1661 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Abigail (daughter of Deacon WELLS Thomas, Sr. and WARNER Abigail) died in 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Emigration: 1634, Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Church Member: 6 May 1635, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; Ipswich Church (implied by freemanship)
• Will (proved): 24 Jun 1661

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Birth:
(based on estimated date of marriage (adult when he took the oath of allegiance at Southampton in early 1634).

Emigration:
(came on the "Mary & John".)

Will (proved):
(In his undated will "Richard Browne of Newbury" desired to be buried in the burying place in Newbury and bequeathed to "my son Joshua Browne when he shall be of the age of one and twenty years, all that parcel of my upland and meadow that lyeth near the little river as it is now enclosed, and my five acres of upland adjoining to Goodman Smith's land, and my share of meadow, which I have equally with George Little, upon the little river" and livestock "and my own freehold for encouragement to live with his mother until he be of the aforesaid age"; to "my son Richard Browne the house and lot I now dwell upon with the lot adjoining to Robert Long's land and that parcel of land adjoining to Richard Pettingall's" and my eight acres of salt marsh lying in the great marsh" and "my parcel of meadow adjoining to the land that Benjamin Roafe hath now in possession and the freehold which was Gyles Badger's which belongs to me, and he my son Richard shall pay out of his share ten pounds to each of his three sisters within three years"; to "my son Edmund Browne all my share of land that belongs to me which was formerly Joseph Carter's that is to say half the plowland, pasture and meadow, with the house and barn that hath been built by me and half the priviledge of freeload", both Richard and Edmund to have their legacies at their mother's decease, or if she marry again, at age 21; to "my three daughters Elizabeth, Sara, and Mary" £10 in stock at marriage; and "whereas I am bound to leave my wife worth threescore pounds, in lieu of it I give unto her the thirds of my lands during her natural life"; wife sole executrix, she to pay John Badger his portion; "my son Joshua" to have only what was bequeathed in this will "so that he never desire any more in relation of any thing given to his brother Joseph deceased by his uncle George Browne deceased"; if a son dies before he comes of age, land falls to the other two and if either daughter die before marriage, then her portion to fall to "my other two daughters"; "loving friends" Richard Kente, Nicolas Noyes, Robert Long and "Josef Noyce" overseers [EPR 1:339-40].

The inventory of the estate of "Richard Browne of Newbury," who "deceased April 26, 1661," taken 5 June 1661, totalled £634 3s., of which £400 was real estate: "six and twenty acres of upland & meadow with house & barn and eight and twenty acres of upland and meadow and a house, 1/2 a barn & six and twenty acres of upland & meadow" [EPR 1:340-42].

On 4 March 1677/8, "John Bager of the one part and Richard Browne, Sarah Browne and Mary Browne, all of Newbury, on the other part with the consent of Elizabeth Browne mother to them all" settled the estates of Giles Badger and Richard Browne on the occasion of the death of Richard's son, Edmund, at Nevis; John Badger recovered the lands that had been his father's and paid his half-siblings a sum to be agreed upon [ILR 4:161; EPR 3:220-21].

Richard married HOLT Edith before 1638. Edith died on 2 Apr 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 19 May 1693
• Living: 1697, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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From Mrs. Holman's "Pillsbury Genealogy" it appears that William Sawyer, was born in England about 1613; crossed the Atlantic before 1641, and died at Newbury after May, 1693. Mrs. Holman discovered evidence that he was sufficiently educated to sign his name for himself; intelligent and stable enough to be chosen several times for the grand jury; firm enough to stand alone when others took the opposite course; had strength and public spirit enough to walk four miles that he might train with the militia, and the wisdom to make a deed of gift of his property while he lived instead of making a will to be quarreled over when he was dead. So far as it goes this is the picture of a good American citizen, fit to be the ancestor of a genius like S. F. B. Morse.

William Sawyer was one of the 71 original settlers of old Newbury who, as the monument says, "between 1635 and 1650, founded its minucipal, social and religious life." He came first to Salem where he received a grant of land in 1642, which tract is spoken of in the Salem records of 1659 as "Sawyers Playne."

In 1644 we find William Sawyer coming to the Parker River (Newbury) settlement. Land alongside the river was taken and his tract was at "Newbury Upper Woods" (West Parish). The tract was later called Sawyer's Hill, and was on the road that went from the Plains to Curzon's Hill.

In 1652 William Sawyer is mentioned as a "town-man entitled to buy privilege of commonage." He was elected fence-viewer April 2, 1666, and April 3, 1671; surveyor in 1676 and 77; tithing man 1679, 1680, 1685 and 1686.

He took the oath of allegience in 1678, giving his age as 63.

He and his wife, Ruth, and son, John, joined the Baptist Church at Boston 1681, and in 1682 he and his son organized a church of that faith in the West Parish of Newbury, but it soon died.

His son Samuel, other children and the Emerys are buried in the Sawyers Hill burial ground on the Moseley estate, but the oldest gravestone remaining in that yard dates 1705, William was most likely also buried there since the cemetery is on what was then his farm.

The homestead lot was deeded to his son Steven in 1693.

Birth:
(He called himself 65 when he took the oath of allegience in 1678.)

Will:
("I William Sawyer Sen'r of Newbury... for Divers good Causes...me thereunto Moving but Especially for... ye entire afection which I beare To my Loveing and Dutiful Son Stephen Sawyer of ye Towne... afors'd... Confirm unto him... all that my Tract of land where I now Dwell... in...
Newbury... together with my now dwelling house &Out houses & barns Orchards and Gardens... Provided Allwayes... that my Said Son Stephen Shall not come into the Actuall possession of any of the above Demised premises... until imediately after my Death & ye Death of my Dear & and Loveing Wife Ruth but doe Reserve the use of all ye... premises.. to my own use & ye use of My now Wife during our Natural lives and I doe further Reserve liberty to myself to make Sale of Any of ye above s'd Lands if I should be reduced to absolute necessity thereunto by some Extraordinary Providence & not Elce. Provided also that my said Son Stephen Sawyer ... doe ffaithfully ... pay unto my four Daughters Twenty poundes in good payment within five years after my Death and ye Death of my Wife That is-- To my Daughter Ruth Wife of Benjamin Morse five pounds To my Daughter Sarah Wife of Joshua Browne five pounds To my daughter Mary wife of John Emery Jun'r five pounds and to Frances my Daughter wife to Thomas Treadwell five pounds... If I should dye and leave my wife a widdow & she should marry againe that then imediately my S'd son ... shall come to ye Actual possession... of all ye ... premises" 19 May 1693
Henry Shortt William Sawyer & Seall
Abigail X Rolfe Sworn to by William Sawyer
Abigail Bartlett (her mark) and Wife Ruth 30 May 1693

(Essex County Deeds 10:25)



Died:
(administration on his estate granted 1 Mar 1703.)

Buried:
(although this memorial stone was placed in the Burying Ground of the First Settlers, his actual burying place was probably on his farm in what is now Sawyer's Hill Cemetery.)

William married BITFIELD Ruth before 1645. Ruth (daughter of BITFIELD Giles) was born about 1620; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ruth Benford
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Some sources say Samuel was Ruth's older brother others say he was her father?  At this time the issue is unresolved.

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Married:
(based on birth of son, John.)

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Thomas married TAYLOR Mary in CA 1634 in England. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; "husbandman" or "yeoman"
• _UID: 64860D38EB9ED5118A064445535400005E14
• Emigration: 1635, London, City of London, Greater London, England
• Will: 31 Jul 1666
• Will (proved): 15 Nov 1666

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Received a house lot in Ipswich 1635 and took the oath of a freeman 1637.


Emigration:
(came in the "Susan and Ellen" with young Richard Saltonstall.)

Thomas married WARNER Abigail after 23 Jul 1630. Abigail (daughter of WARNER William) was born in 1614 in England; died on 22 Jul 1671 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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