Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779) is #296 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #297 Joanna Wilson (1701-1786) in 1723 in Groton, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son, #148 Ephraim Sawtell (1735-1800) married #149 Abigail Stone (1737-about 1800) in 1757.
* their son, #74 Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847) married #75 Hannah Smith (1768-1827) in 1789.
* their daughter, #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) married #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)in 1810.
* their son, #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Hezekiah Sawtell[1–6]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Obadiah Sawtell (1648-1740)
* Mother: Hannah Lawrence (1662-1707)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 2 March 1703, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1-3,6]
* Death: 18 March 1779 (age 76), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5–6]
* Burial: after 18 March 1779 (after age 76), Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Joanna Wilson (1701-1786)
* Marriage: 1 August 1723 Intentions) (age 20), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]
* Child 1: Jonathan Sawtell (1724-1801)
* Child 2: Hezekiah Sawtell (1725-1770)
* Child 3: Elnathan Sawtell (1728-1758)
* Child 4: Hannah Sawtell (1730-1762)
* Child 5: Obadiah Sawtell (1732-1819)
* Child 6: Ephraim Sawtell (1734-1800)
* Child 7: Richard Sawtell (1737-1815)
* Child 8: Elizabeth Sawtell (1739-1804)
* Child 9: Nathaniel Sawtell (1743-1825)
* Child 10: Esther Sawtell (1745- )
* Child 11: Rebekah Sawtell (1747- )
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Hezekiah Sawtell was born 2 March 1703 in Groton, Massachusetts, the 13th and last child of Obadiah and Hannah (Lawrence) Sawtell[1-3].
He married Joannah Wilson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Foster) Wilson on 1 August 1723 (Intentions) in Groton, Massachusetts[1,4]. They has 11 children born between 1724 and 1747, all born in and recorded in the Groton town records.
He was a soldier in King George's War and a Deacon in the Groton church[1].
Hezekiah Sawtell died 18 March 1779 in Groton[1,5-6]. His gravestone is in the Old Burying Ground in Groton[6]. The gravestone inscription reads:
To the Memory of
A Beloved Friend
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Here lies the Body of
Lieut. HEZEKIAH SAWTELL
Who Departed this life March Ye 18th
1779 in the 77th Year of his age:
in his life he Was a Kind & Loving Husband
a tender and Provident Parent, a
Friendly and Benevolent Neighbour
Singularly Pitiful and Liberal
to the Poor, Needy and Distress'd,
his life useful his death Lamented
stop Passenger as You Go by
Remember You Was born to die
As You are Now So Once Was I
As I am Now So You Must be
Prepare for Death and Follow me.
There are no probate records for Hezekiahg Sawtell in the Middlesex County, Mass. Probate Court record books.
5) SOURCES
1. Dale C. Kellogg and John C. Threlfall, "Richard Sawtell of Watertown, Mass.," New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 126, Number 1 (January 1972) pages 3-17, page 16, Hezxekiah Sawtell sketch.
2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Groton Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 4 (image 345 of 990), Hezekiah Sawtell birth entry.
3. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1926-1927), Two volumes, Births, page 209, Hazekiah Sawtell entry.
4. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 150, Hezekiah Sawtell and Joannah Willson entry.
5. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Deaths, page 264, Hezekiah Sawtell entry.
6. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Old Burying Ground, Groton, Mass., Hezekiah Sawtell memorial #56036730.
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