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| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Richard Edwards |
Hannah Lathrop | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 6/8/1772 | Gorham ME | 3/5/1858 |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
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John Sawyer |
10/4/1792 |
Gorham ME |
Jonathan Sawyer |
Martha Rich |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 3/8/1769 |
Phillips Gore | 11/28/1837 |
Otisfield ME |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
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Sarah Sawyer |
2/4/1794 |
Poland ME |
1813 |
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8/22/1796 |
Poland ME |
2//1873 |
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9/2/1799 |
Poland ME |
8/2/1852 |
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5/19/1802 |
Poland ME |
2/13/1892 |
Oxford ME |
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Comments:
Family located: Poland ME
Occupation:
Other Info:
on John Sawyer's death certificate as cause of death "had long been crazy or insane"| Census: |
1820 Poland (Cumberland) ME
Eliphalet Dunn
2 females under 10
2 females 16-26
1 male 26-45
1 female over 45
1 agri
1830 Poland (Cumberland) ME
Eliphalet Dunn
2 males 1 female under 5
1 male 1 female 5-10
1 male 2 females 10-15
1 female 20-30
1 male 1 female 30-40
1 female 50-60
1 male 60-70
1 female 80-90
1840 Poland (Cumberland) ME
John H Faunce
1 male under 5
3 males 1 female 5-10
1 male 1 female 15-20
1 male 2 females 40-50
1 female 60-70
1850 Oxford (Oxford) ME
John H Faunce, 50 Farmer
Martha Faunce 51
Andrew J Faunce 17
John Faunce 15
William Faunce 14
Eliphalet Faunce 9
Martha A Faunce 6
Hannah Sawyer 77
| Cemetery: |
Hannah Lathrop Edwards and daughter Polly Sawyer are buried in Highland Cemetery, Poland ME.
| Online: |
For more information about the ancestors of John Sawyer, see this section of Forever Growing Family Tree.
| Published History/Genealogy: |
John Sawyer son of Jonathan Sawyer and Martha Rich 3/8/1769- 11/28/1837 m 10/4/1792 in Gorham Hannah Edwards dau of Richard Edwards and Hannah Lothrop. He went insane before 1812 and had to be kept in a cage. He escaped in 1820 and went to Gray and did some damage for which the town voted to pay $7. He was on the town for many years.
Hannah m Eliph. Dunn of Poland, int 4/7/1817
Martha m ? Faunce of Poland
Polly m Simeon Dunn of Poland
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by the Town of Otisfield, 2nd edition