Joanna (Willson) Sawtell (1702-1786) is #297 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #296 Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779) 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: Joanna Willson[1]
* Alernate Name: Joanna Sawtell[2]
* Alternate Name: Joannah Willson[4]
* Alternate Name: Joanna Wilson Sawtell[3]
* Sex: Female
* Father: John Wilson (1673-1717)
* Mother: Elizabeth Foster (1673-1742)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 6 January 1701/2, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]
* Death: 11 September 1786 (age 84), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2–3]
* Burial: after 11 September 1786 (after age 84), Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779)
* Marriage: 1 August 1723 Intentions) (age 21), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[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):
Joanna Willson was born 6 January 1701/2 in Billerica, Massachusetts, the 4th child of 13 born to John and Elisabeth (Foster) Willson[1-2].
She married Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779) on 1 August 1723 in Groton, Massachusetts[4]. He was the son of Obadiah and Hannah (Lawrence) Sawtell. They had 11 children born and recorded in Groton between 1724 and 1747.
Hezekiah died in 1779 in Groton, but did not leave an estate.
Joanna (Wilson) Sawtell died 11 September 1786 in Groton, Massachusdetts[2-3], and is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Groton[2]. The gravestone inscription says:
In Memory of
Mrs. JOANNA SAWTELL, Relict of
Lieut. HEZEKIAH SAWTELL;
Who Died Sep 11, 1786,
In the 85th Year
of her Age.
There are no probate records for Joanna (Willson) Sawtell in the Middlesex County, Mass. Probate Court record books.
5) SOURCES
1. Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908), Births, page 203, Joanna Willson entry.
2. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Old Burying Ground, Groton, Mass. Joanna Wilson Sawtell memorial #56039785.
3. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1926-1927), Two volumes, Deaths, page 264, Joanna Sawtell entry.
4. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 150, Hezekiah Sawtell and Joannah Willson entry.
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