William SAWYER OR SAYER
Source:Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass. pg 589-90, vol II by D.W. Hoyt; N.H. Gen. by E.S. Stearns, vol I pg 100; Basset, Preston by Belle Preston, pg 243 NEW ENG. REG. VOL. 105, P 228 GIVES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: WILLIAM SAWYER(IMMIGRANT) BORN 1613 - LEIGHTON,BUZZARD,ENGLAND. MD. RUTH MONSALL IN 1643 IN MASS. HE DIED 1703 IN NEWBURY, PLY. MASS.
Source: BOSTON & EASTERN MASS. VOL. 4 pg 1780. Unmarried.
He married Ruth (or Bidford) Bitfield 1644 . Ruth (or Bidford) Bitfield was born at of Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Abt 1623 daughter of William Bitfield and Elizabeth .
They were the parents of 13
children:
John Sawyer
born 24 Aug 1645.
Samuel Sawyer
born 22 Nov 1646.
Bitfield Sawyer
born Abt 1647.
Ruth Sawyer
born 16 Sep 1648.
Mary Sawyer
born 7 Feb 1649/50.
Sarah Sawyer
born 20 Nov 1651.
Hannah Sawyer
born 23 Feb 1653.
William Sawyer
born 1 Feb 1656.
Frances Sawyer
born 24 Mar 1658.
Mary Sawyer
born 29 Jul 1660.
Stephen A. Sawyer
born 25 Apr 1663.
Hannah Sawyer
born 11 Jan 1664/65.
Frances Sawyer
born 3 Nov 1670.
William Sawyer or Sayer died 1702 at Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts .