Friday, April 10, 2015

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 67: #73 Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I am extending this theme in 2015 to 104 Ancestors in 104 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #67:

Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847) is #74 on my Ahnentafel list, my 4th great-grandfather. He married in 1789 to #75 Hannah Smith (1768-1827).



I am descended through:

*  their daughter #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) who married #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857), in 1810.  

*  their son, #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899), who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.  
*  their daughter #9 Hattie Louise Hildreth (1847-1920), who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874. 
*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                       Josiah Sawtell[1–4]
*  Alternate Name:       Josiah Sartell[5–6,8]    
*  Alternate Name:       Josiah Sawtelle[7]

*  Sex:                          Male  

*  Father:                      Ephraim Sawtell (1734-1800)   
*  Mother:                    Abigail Stone (1736-1800)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                       24 January 1768, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1]
*  Census:                   1 June 1800 (age 32), Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States[5]
*  Census:                   1 June 1810 (age 42), Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6]
*  Census:                   1 June 1820 (age 52), Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2]   
*  Death:                     7 December 1847 (age 79), Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3–4]
*  Burial:                    after 7 December 1847 (after age 79), New Cemetery, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[7]    
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:               Hannah Smith (1768-1827)   
*  Marriage 1:            5 February 1789 (age 21), probably Raby, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States[8]   

*  Child 1:                  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)   
*  Child 2:                  Josiah Sawtell (1791-1871)   
*  Child 3:                  Mary Sawtell (1793-1831)   
*  Child 4:                  Chester Sawtell (1795-1872)   
*  Child 5:                  Esther Sawtell (1797-1852)   
*  Child 6:                  Horace Sawtell (1799-1825)   
*  Child 7:                  Neuma Sawtell (1803-1826)   
*  Child 8:                  Walter Sawtell (1806-1857)   
*  Child 9:                  Price Sawtell (1810-1891)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Josiah Sawtell (also Sartell and Sawtelle) was born  in Groton, Massachusetts, the son of Ephraim and Abigail (Stone) Sartell.[1]  The birth record in the Groton Vital Record book says:

"SAWTELL, Josiah [Sartell, C.R. 1], s. Ephraim and Abigail [(Stone) C.R. 1], Jan. 24, 1768"

Very little is known about the family of Josiah Sartell.  The most information was obtained from a  contribution to the Genealogical Query Column in the Boston Transcript newspaper, dated 21 April 1932 (entry #3534):[8] 

"(3534)  1. SMITH, SARTELL, BISHOP.  Hannah Smith, born Jan. 1 1768, at Amherst, Mass., married Feb. 5, 1789, at Amherst, Josiah Sartell of Hollis, Mass.  I wonder if her parents were Noah Smith and Mary, daughter of Edward Elmer, who were married in Amherst in 1766 at Amherst (probably).  If this is true, who were Noah Smith's ancestors? The children of Hannah Smith and Josiah Sartell were:

"(1) Josiah, Jr. born Brookline, N.H. Nov. 26, 1791 (I believe married Rebecca Manning).
(2) Hannah, born Brookline N.H. Nov. 6, 1789, married Zachariah Hildreth, who was born Townsend Mass. and died at Townsend Jan. 22, 1857; Hannah died at Townsend Jan. 13, 1851, children: Aaron, Clarissa, James, Clarissa 2d, Elizabeth, Milo, Moses, Edward, Harriet and Moses.
(3)  Mary (Lee), born Townsend April 11, 1793, and died at Pelham, May 26, 1831, children Enos, Edwin, Samantha.
(4) Chester, born Townsend Aug. 6, 1795, died April 19, 1875; children Sophia and Mrs. Bizel.
(5)  Esther, born Townsend May 13, 1797, died Amherst Mass. March 5, 1859.
(6) Horace, born Ashburnham, Mass. July 9, 1799, died Mason, N.H. May 21, 1825, married Sally Saunders, had daughter Elizabeth.
(7)  Neuma, born Townsend June 6, 1802, and died Mason, N.H. Aug. 11, 1826.
(8)  Walter, born Townsend, March 21, 1806, and died Townsend, Aug. 26, 1857, married Louisa Adams; had a son Perry.
(9)  Price, born Townsend, Feb. 2, 1810, married Eliza Bishop at Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 21, 1831, who was born Dec. 12, 1806 at Westmoreland, Vt., and died Feb. 14, 1875 at Milwaukee; Price died Milwaukee, June 5, 1891.  (Who were the parents of Eliza Bishop?)."

In the 1800 U.S. Census, the Josiah Sartell family resided in Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.[5]  The household included:

*  3 males under age 10
*  1 male age 26 to 45
*  2 females age under age 10
*  1 female age 10 to 16
*  1 female age 26-45

In the 1810 U.S. Census, the Josiah Sartell family resided in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[6]  The household included:

*  2 males under age 10
*  2 males age 10-16
*  1 male age 16-26 
*  1 male age 26 to 45
*  1 female age 10-16
*  2 females age 16-26
*  1 female age 26-45

In the 1820 U.S. Census, the Josiah Sawtell family resided in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2]  The household included:

*  1 male under age 10
*  1 male age 26 to 45
*  1 male over age 45
*  1 female age 26-45

In the 1830 and 1840 U.S. Census records, there are no listings for a Josiah Sa?tell of the appropriate age group.  He may have resided with another Sa?tell family, probably in Townsend.

Josiah Sawtell died of "old age" on 7 December 1847 in Townsend, Massachusetts.[3-4]  The Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915, provides this information from the death record:

*  Date of registration:  25 December 1847
*  Name:  Josiah Sawtell
*  Sex:  Male
*  Age:  80 years
*  Occupation:  Farmer
*  Date of Death:  7 December 1847
*  Cause of death:  Old age
*  Birthplace:  Brookline N.H.
*  Name of parents:  a Pauper

He is buried in the New Cemetery in Townsend, Massachusetts.  The entry in the Townsend Vital Record book says:[7]

"Sawtelle, Josiah, b. Groton, Jan. 24, 1768, d. Townsend, Dec. 2, 1847, a 79y 10m."

No probate record for Josiah Sawtell was found in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts probate records.
 
5)  SOURCES

[1]. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1926-1927), Two volumes, Births, page 210, Josiah Sawtell entry.

[2]. 1820 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Townsend,  Page 571, Josiah Sartell household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm publication M33, Roll 51.

[3]. Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), Deaths, 1844-1851, page 333, Josiah Sawtell entry.

[4]. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Deaths, Volume 33, Page 88, Townsend, Josiah Sawtell entry.

[5]. 1800 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Mason, page 570, Josiah Sartell household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M32, Roll 20.

[6]. 1810 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Townsend,  Page 299, Josiah Sartell household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm publication M292, Roll 20.

[7]. Henry C. Hallowell (editor), Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts, New Cemetery Records, page 367, Josiah Sawtelle entry.

[8]Boston Transcript, (Boston, Mass.), 21 April 1932, Item 3534, SMITH, SARTELL, BISHOP, Boston Transcript Genealogical Column Microfiche Collection, Card 7 1832; San Diego Public Library, San Diego, Calif.. citing Carlos Parsons Darling, Boston transcript genealogy newspaper columns, June 6, 1896-April 30, 1941 (Middletown, Conn. : Godfrey Memorial library, 197-), on 682 microfiche.


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