Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Henry SAYWARD | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - son of John SAYWARD and Anne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HENRY, Hampton 1646, Portsmouth 1650, soon aft. at York, there was constable 1664, perhaps had s. John, and Samuel, wh. there took o. of alleg. 1681, and long perpet. the name. He d. 1679, and his wid. Mary had admin. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Henry Sayward, millman, York, as Harry Sawyer had a Hampton gr. 23 Mar. 1640-1, with Abraham Morrill had an Amesbury gr. in Jan. 1641-2 to set up a corn mill which appar. was not done and had a mill site gr. at Hampt. Sept. 1642. Col. Banks believed him a son of John and Anne Saward of Farnham, co. Essex, 6 m. from Hatfield Broad Oak, the home of Morrill. Of Sagamore Creek 1650, of Str. Bank adm. inhab. at Hampt. 6 Apr. 1654, of York 1656 when he sold Hampt. prop. He evid. had his first York gr. in 1658, owned timber lands by gr. and purchase and built mills which prospered until burned out in 1669 when he estimated his loss as �1000. Later ventures on the Mousam River and at No. Yarmouth with Gedney involved him in the difficulties, his wid. aft. him, who strove with the aid of nephew Samuel Sayward to keep the mills ag. the mortgagees. In pet. for relief in 1669 he called it 32 yrs. since he left Eng.; his age, �44 in Feb. 1670-1, an under-estimate. York lot layer 1661; constable 1664; gr.j. 1667-1669. Loving in Nov. 1678 when his presentment was contin. by the ct. Adm. gr. to Clerk of the Writs 1 Apr. 1679, to wid. Mary 6 Apr. 1690; inv. incl. sawmills at York, Cape Porpus, Mousam and Casco. His w., Mary Peasley (Joseph) of Salisb., was �48 in Aug. 1681, d. bef. 26 Dec. 1689. In 1679 John Cousins, by deed, gave all to her for past and future care and maintenance. Ch: Joseph, Sarah, Mary, John, Jonathan, Hannah, James. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Henry Sayward, millwright, Hampton, proprietor, had grant of land to set a wind-mill on Sept. 2, 1642. Rem. to Strawberry Bank; sold Hampton land about Nov. 2, 1650. Rem. to York; land laid out to him April 20, 1661. Exchanged marsh land near his saw mill with Edw. Rishworth July 7, 1669. Mortg. land and mill on Mousam river etc. to Simon Lynde, of Boston Sept. 2, 1673; was in partnership with Bartholomew Gedney of Salem in mill, logs, etc in 1674 (York deed II). He deposed Oct. 15, 1669, that he had been an inhabitant in this country 32 years and upwards since he came from England; that he lost 1000 pounds by the burning of his mills at York. The court gave him permission to cut timber on Cape Porpoise river. Wife Mary; ch. Joseph, John, Samuel*. Admin. of his estate was granted April 6, 1682, to his widow Mary; the inventory mentions saw-mills and corn-mills at York, Cape Porpoise, Mousam and Casco (York deed V). [ref 44:182] *probable error - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In 1642, Abraham Morrill and Henry Saywood built a corn mill on the Powow [M. Ames.]. Land was granted them for that purpose in 1641. [ref 36:251] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Henry Sayward married about 1654 Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary Peasley of Haverhill, Newbury and Amesbury, who was born 1633 and died before December 1689, by whom he had Joseph, Sarah, John, Mary, Hannah, Jonathan, James. Henry Sayward, a picturesque and aggressive character, came to York in 1656 and for nearly a quarter of a century dominated the milling industry. According to his own story he came to New England in 1637 (MA Arch lix:114), apparently as a boy of ten years, for he deposed in 1671, aged about forty-four years, which makes his birth 1627 (NH court i:509). He was, without doubt, son of John and Anne (___) Saward, yeoman, of Farnham, co. Essex. The will of John of Farnham, dated November 24, 1646, names his son Henry and his grandson Samuel, son of his deceased son Edmond (commissary of London, Essex and Herts, unregistered will #35). This corresponds exactly to the known family record in New England. Farnham is only six miles from Hatfield Broad Oak, the home of Abraham Morrill, his partner in the milling business. He appeared first of record in the town of Salisbury, where on January 25, 1641-2, Abraham Morrill and Henry Sayward were granted sixty acres, near the falls, in what is now Amesbury, provided they would set up a mill to grind corn before the following October. As far as known this condition was not fulfilled, and on July 8, 1642 he was granted land for a home lot, and another on September 8, 1642 in Hampton as a site for a corn mill. These facts seem inconsistent with the age of Sayward, at that time only fisteed years old, and so incapable of entering into a contract. He must have been at least ten years older than stated in the above quoted depostion, and 1617 was probably the daye of his birth. The original record of this deposition reads "fourety ffouer" which would be easily misread for fivety." Sayward was indebted to Morrill in 1662 (Essex probate i:400). In 1650 he sold his Hampton property and removed to Sagamore Creek, Portsmouth, where he lived with a John Davis, perhaps the one who came here in 1652 and owned a lot on Gorges Neck, near the mills. He sold out all his Portsmouth holdings May 29, 1655 (NH deeds ii:51a), and probably came at once to York. He was granted a lot of twelve acres on the southeast side of Gorges Creek in 1658 and three hundred acres of timber land on the west side of the river in 1667 (R.R. i:26,34), besides buying several small lots and timber rights (deeds 1:102; ii:162,165). In 1665 he contracted to build the new (second) meetinghouse, and after completing it in 1667, his entire milling plant was destroyed by fire in 1669, and he suffered a severe financial loss of about a thousand pounds. He sent this petition to the General Court October 15, 1669 for relief: Thatt whereas your peticioner have been an inhabitantt in this Countery for the space of thirty two years and upsards, since he came from England, inall which tyme hee hath been wholy employed in following his Calling in building of Mills and such like, haveing there by neglected looking after Land, for himself and family, as others have done, by which Calling by the blessing of God, hee hath bene very benefitiall to the Countery, and many persons therein, though, through seaverall afflictions by the providence of God it hath bene butt to his owne benefitt, butt mostt Espetially by reason of a sad providence thatt hapned in bur[n]ing of his mills att Yorke, where in your petitioner lostt above a thousand pounds, which hath brought him much bee hind, for the recovering of which, in partt. There are seaverall workmen to whom your petitioner have bene very benefitiall by instructing of them in his Calling, thatt volantarily offer him their helping hand, Moreover alsoe Seaverall of the towne of Wells have informed your petitioner, of a Convenient place for the seating of a Saw Mill, upon a River Called Cape Porpose River . . . (MA Arch. lxix:114). The Court granted him liberty "for the Cuttinge of Tymber" as requested. He did not rebuild here, but tried his fortune in Wells at Cape Portus, on the Mousam River at the solicitation of the people there. In 1674 he extended his operations to Royall's River in North Yarmouth, in partnership with Bartholomew Gedney of Salem (ii:430). His new projects led him into a veritable maze of mortgages which, combined with a lack of working capital, started his financial downfall, and the outbreak of King Philip's War completed the wreck of his enterprises. He died early in 1679 in debt, and a contest followed between the widow and the mortgagees, and in 1680 she was appointed administratrix of his estate and tried to manage the property for herself and the children. He died intestate and two inventories of his property were taken by his neighbors. [ref 58:1-226] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Henry Sayward came over to this country from England in 1637. He resided a few years at Hampton and Portsmouth, and then came to York. He was by occupation a millwright and carpenter, a man much needed, as mills were the principal sources of income to the new settlers. The town of York granted him three hundred acres of upland on the west side of the York river, and the selectmen laid the same out to him June 20th, 1667. Here he settled, and built a saw mill, and carried on a large business. He also at this time built the meeting house at York. He was constable of York in 1664, Selectman in 1667, Grand Juryman in 1668-9. His wife's name was Mary, and it has been claimed she was the daughter of John Cousins*, of Casco Bay. He died in 1679. There is no record of the birth of their children, as the records of the Town of York were destroyed by the Indians on Feb. 5, 1692, but there is a deposition and deeds, which prove they had three sons and three daughters. [source: "The Loyalists of Massachusetts" by James H. Stark, p443] *probable error - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A true Inventory of the Estate of Moveables belonging unto the Estate of Hene: Sayword deceased/ Taken by us whose names are subscribed this 22th of Aprill 1679: Imps 8 sheepe �4: a Nagg �2: a Mare �2: 2 Coult 20sh. 09 00 00 It his weareing apparell given to his Attendants 05 00 00 It a peyr of sheets & one dozen of worne napkines 01 05 00 It Towles, 2 small Gryndstonne & the Turneing Mill Towles 01 10 00 It Toules for husbandry 20 sh: Two cross cut saws 10 sh 01 10 00 Three Lodgings & bedding belonging thereunto 04 00 00 Ould pewter dishes, a friing pann, a skellet & a musket 01 05 00 Twelve wodden dishes, Keelelers and three Chayres 00 11 00 One Chest 9 sh: 2 Iron potts 2 brass Kettles 2 ould Tubbs, a Trammell, pot hookes, a spitt, Andirons two water bucketts 03 04 00 A peyre of Cards, a Spining Wheele & two table boards 00 10 00 It an ould bible & other bookes at 00 10 00 It one Meale Troffe & a Chest at 4 sh: 2 ould Cannows 20 sh. 01 04 00 It 50 or 60 Acres of upland at 5sh. p Acker 12 10 00 It one peyre of styleyards at 7s 6d 00 07 06 total 42 07 10 Mary Sayword Came into this Court & doth Attest uppon her oath that this is a true Inventory of the moveables of the Estate of Hene: Sayword her deceased husband, to the best of her knowledg & If more do appeare hereafter, shee stands bound upon the same oath to bring them in/ Rie: Banks Samll Donell Hene: Symson Job Allcocke A true Inventory of the Mansion or dwelling house that Henery Sayword late deceased dwelt in & the Saw Mills & Grist Mills at Yorke & other things left unappraised at the last apprisall Aprill 22: 1679: are hereby apprised by us whose names are here underwritten, June 28: 1890: Imprs one dwelling house valued worth 040 00 00 It one little Hovell or sheepe house 001 00 00 It one barne & Cow house fiveteen pounds 015 00 00 It an ould shopp 10s a Turneing Mill apprisd 15� 015 10 00 It the Saw Mill utilences & Dame 150 00 00 It Too Corne Mills & an ould shopp 060 00 00 total 281 10 00 Also more Lands are apprised by us of Hene: Saywords whose names are subscribed/ Twelve Acres of Land on the South side of the New Mill Cricke 5 shillings p acre 03 00 00 300 Three Hundred Acres of Land on the west side of Yorke River & Twenty Acres of swampe & 15 Acres of Land the whoole being 347 Acres 30 00 00 total 314 10 00 (York deeds 5:2,30,31) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - picture: signature - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Mary PEASLEE | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mary m. Joseph Whittier of H. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MARY,2; liv. 1660; prob. m. HENRY SAYWARD, and had a dau. Sarah [ref 36:280,999] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 18 Nov 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |