Brief Life History of Luke
When Luke Sawyer was born on 20 June 1760, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Sylvanus Sawyer, was 26 and his mother, Susannah Geary, was 25. He married Rachel Greenleaf on 23 August 1784, in Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1790. He registered for military service in 1831. He died on 8 April 1841, in Starks, Somerset, Maine, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Frederic Cemetery, Starks, Somerset, Maine, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Luke Sawyer, "United States Census, 1790"
- Luke Sawyer in entry for Patty Sawyer, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Luke Sawyer, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
Spouse and Children
1760–1841 Male
1763–1852 Female
Children (8)
1785– Male
1787–1868 Female
1789–1865 Female
1792–1842 Female
1795–1878 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1734–1796 Male
1735–1796 Female
Siblings (10)
1758–1776 Male
1760–1841 Male
1763–1836 Female
1765–1861 Male
1766–1857 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1772
Age 12
1776
Age 16
1783 · A Free America
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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