Phebe Sawyer

Brief Life History of Phebe

When Phebe Sawyer was born on 10 February 1747, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jacob Sawyer, was 30 and her mother, Rose Bennett, was 26. She married Thomas Ruby on 22 March 1767, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died after 1844.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Ruby
1750–1820
Phebe Sawyer
1747–1844
Marriage: 22 March 1767
Christopher Rubey
1768–
Francis Ruby
1770–1860
John Ruby
1780–1830
Rhoda Rubey
1769–
Thomas Rubey
1773–
Lovisa Ruby
1782–
Elisha Ruby
1785–1847

Sources (15)

  • Christopher Rubey, "United States Census, 1820"
  • Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1700-1921
  • Phebe Bennet Sawyer, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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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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