Davis Family Tree » Edward Sawyer (1688-1766)
Personal data Edward Sawyer
Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- He was born on March 30, 1688 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.Sources 8, 9, 10, 11
- He died on March 27, 1766 in Hebron, Connecticut, he was 77 years old.Sources 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
- He is buried in Hebron, Connecticut, USA.Sources 17, 18
- A child of John Sawyer and Mary Ball
Household of Edward Sawyer
He is married to Elizabeth Sawyer.
They got married on July 3, 1707 at Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- John Sawyer 1708-1794
- Jonathan Sawyer 1710-1737
- Edward Sawyer 1712-1736
- Thomas Sawyer 1715-1785
- Elizabeth Sawyer 1717-1804
- Mary Sawyer 1718-1736
- Isaac Sawyer 1721-1784
- Jesse Sawyer 1721-1795
- Lydia Sawyer 1723-????
- Joseph Sawyer 1725-1746
- Homer Sawyer 1728-????
- Hannah Sawyer 1728-1802
- Phebe Sawyer 1730-1763
- Rachel Sawyer 1732-????
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Birthday March 30, 1688
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1688: Source: Wikipedia
- May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
- September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
- December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
- December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
- December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
Day of marriage July 3, 1707
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1707: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
- April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- May 1 » The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
- August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
- October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
- October 28 » The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
Day of death March 27, 1766
- The temperature on March 27, 1766 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1766: Source: Wikipedia
- March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
- July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
- November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
- December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Same birth/death day
- 1606 » Vincentio Reinieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer († 1647)
- 1632 » John Proctor, farmer hanged for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials († 1692)
- 1640 » John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department († 1695)
- 1727 » Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator († 1779)
- 1746 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor († 1828)
- 1750 » John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer († 1836)
- 1697 » Simon Bradstreet, English businessman and politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1603)
- 1729 » Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1679)
- 1757 » Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1717)
- 1770 » Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (b. 1696)
- 1848 » Gabriel Bibron, French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
- 1849 » Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
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William H Davis III, "Davis Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/davis-family-tree/P3979.php : accessed May 11, 2025), "Edward Sawyer (1688-1766)".