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Hanna Lathrop Edwards




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:

John Sawyer

10/4/1792

Gorham ME



Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:

Phillips Gore

Child(ren):

Name: Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:

Sarah Sawyer

2/4/1794

Poland ME

1813


Hannah Edwards Sawyer

8/22/1796

Poland ME

2//1873

Martha Sawyer

9/2/1799

Poland ME

8/2/1852

Polly Sawyer

5/19/1802

Poland ME

2/13/1892

Comments:

Family located: Poland ME
Occupation:

Other Info:

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 Oxford (Oxford) ME
John Faunce
1 male 1 female 30-40

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

1830 Oxford (Oxford) ME
Simeon Dunn
1 male, 1 female under 5
1 male 5-10
1 female 20-30
1 male, 1 female 30-40
1 male 60-70

1840 Poland (Cumberland) ME
Simeon S Dunn
2 females under 5
1 male 2 females 5-10
1 male 10-15
2 males 15-20
1 female 30-40
1 male 40-50

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

The 1850 Census for the Town of Oxford, Oxford County, Maine, lists the following household:
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
source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mecoxfor/1850Census.htm

Poland (Cumberland) ME
Simeon S Dunn    51    Farmer    500
Polly    48
John S    26
Alanson    23
Hannah L    22
Augustine H    18
Mary D    17
Sarah    14
Nathaniel    12
Ellen J    10
Emeline    4

Hannah E Dunn    57
Wallace    24    Farmer
Bruce    18    Farmer
Johnson Smith    32    Farmer
Louisa    "    27
Georginna    "

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.

For more information about the ancestors of Simeon and Eliphalet Dunn, see this section of
Bombard/Bombardier- Hanson/Hansen.

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