Moses SAWYER

Born: 1800
Died: 1858

Father: Benjamin SAWYER (1769-1838)
Mother: Hannah WOOD (1772-1830)

Spouse1: Elizabeth VALENTINE (182?-1???)
Spouse2: Marie GALE (18??-1???)

Children:

  • with Elizabeth:
  • Mary Louise (1832-1892) m. John D. WOOD in 1856 (see Major John WOOD page)
  • others?
  • with Marie:
  • unknown

    Moses and Elizabeth are referenced in DAR records 33601 and 89069. Probably Elizabeth VALENTINE was a sister of Louisa, Moses' brother Benjamin's wife, and also of Mary VALENTINE, and a daughter of Stephen VALENTINE. That family was from Goshen, NY.

    Dear Folks indicates Moses married Marie in 1842. Apparently Marie was the second wife of Moses.

    Elaine MASON found the following reference in the OCGS newsletter, Vol. 10, 1980, pg. 22, 'More Where They Went':

  • John W. SAWYER to Cayuga Co., NY
  • Moses SAWYER to Muscatine Iowa
  • John NEARPASS to Milford, PA

    I assume that these are the Moses of this page, his brother John W(OOD) and their brother James' father-in-law Major John NEARPASS. If so, Moses apparently moved to Muscatine, IA sometime after the marriage of his daughter Mary Louise.

    Elaine also found a reference to the marriage of Moses and Elizabeth in Vol. 10, pg. 32, Marriage, Moses SAWYER and Elizabeth VALENTINE Jan. 30, 1823.

    Sources: Dear Folks and DAR Records