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Henry Sayward

Henry Sayward[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male Abt 1620 - 1679  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name Henry Sayward 
    Birth Abt 1620  [1, 10] 
    • Based on his probable age to receive a land grant.
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1637  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Property 14 Apr 1641  Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    "is granted ye 4th lott instead of ye third mentioned"
    Property 25 Feb 1641/2  Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    "At a general meeting of ye ffreemen, there was granted to Abraham Morrill and Henrie Sayward yree score Acres of upland so near the falls as may be convenient, on ye consideration yat yey shall before October next sett up a mill which may be sufficient to grind all ye corn which ye town shall need and in case of fayling yerein ye same grant to be void"
    Property 8 Jul 1642  Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    "Granted unto Henry Sayward the one half of the lott that should have been Richard Knight's, the further part thereof upon condition as followeth, viz; that he dwell upon it and build a mill there : but if he should go away it is to be forfeited to the town"
    Property 28 Oct 1642  Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    was granted "5 pole square on the hill beyond Will : Fuller's lott to sett his mill on, and a waye of 16 1-2 feet to it"
    Property 23 Mar 1645/6  Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    "received one share in the cow common"
    Removed to Abt 1650  Strawberry Bank, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    From: Hampton
    Property 30 Mar 1650  Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    his land
    Sgt. Thomas Philbrick
    • Role: Seller
    Property 9 Oct 1652  Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    one share of the commonage
    John Philbrick
    • Role: Seller
    Removed to Abt 1658  York, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    From: Strawberry Banke
    Property 4 Jul 1658  York, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    "Wee the Selectmen of the Town of York have given to Henry Sayward twelve acres of upland lying upon the Southeast side of the new mill creek that runneth near a lot of land of Robert Knight towards the main river of York"
    Office 1664  York, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 15] 
    constable
    Event 1665  York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    built the meeting house
    • The following agreement made with the selectmen of York throws some light upon the man and his business, viz;

      "Articles of agreement made between the Selectmen of the Town of York on the one part & Henry Sayward of sayed Town, Mill Wright, on ye other party.
      1. The sajed Henry Sayward doth hereby engage himself & his assigns unto ye Townsmen in behalfe of the sayed Town to build or cause to be built for the Town of York a good and sufficient Meeting house of the Dimensions as followeth :
      The sayed House is to be forty foote in length, twenty eight foote in breadth & sixteen foote stood between joynts, to have two diameters, one at each end & a complete Turret on the top and a pulpit convenient for the minister with a table fit for ye sayd house.
      2. The sayd meeting house is to be sufficiently floored with good two inch plank & thoroughly finished with convenient seats, suitable for an house of such proportions. Wr of the two fore seats, the one for the men, the other for ye womin, to be made with barresters,
      3. The sayde Hen. Sayword doth ingage himself to inclose the sayde meeting house with good sound plank slabs, three inches thick & to batten the sayde planks sufficiently on the out side & to civer it with good inch boards on the top and with 1 inch and 1-4 boards underneath & to make two Sufficient doors in the sayde house & eight or ten windows wch shall be most necessary. Only the town is to find nayls & glass for all the house.
      4. Hee doth further promise to help to raft down the tymber when the frame is ready to be brought to the Town & to send one or two hands if need require, to help down with the raft wn the town doth send up for the same.
      5. Henry Sayward doth ingage to secure those marshes of Edw : Rishworth in ye ould Mill Crick, as alsoe those marshes on that side of the river belonging to ye Town from any damage wch may occur from himself or any others that shall draw tymber for him by his or these owner treading or eating up the same.
      6. Hee, the sayde Henry Sayward doth further ingage himself that ye sayde house according to its several dimensions, as above expressed, shall be begun & finished at or before the last of August next insewing (only the Turret, the place wr of in the mean tyme is to make tite by inclosure) with the Dyameters & some part of the seats wch hee hath Lyberty to make & finish until the 14 of May following, 1667, for the true performance of the premises all & every part thereof, I the sayde Henry Sayward, doe ingage myself & my assigns in a bond of two hundred pounds unto the Selectmen of ye towne of York upon Henry Sayward, his building & finishing of the Meeting house & performance of such other condition as here are within expressed, wee the Selectmen of ye Towne of York doe ingage ourselves in the Towne's behalf to make good unto the sayde Sayward or his assigns the consideration following :
      1 : Wee doe give unto him the free use and liberty of the pine swamp lying on the Southwest side of ye York river, to cutt pine tymber on for the use of his Saw Mill, beginning on the Westermost side of the sayde Crick & soe back two miles from the River side, soe far as the bounds of thg Towne doth extend, the use of wch tymber shall be rent free for the full term of six years from the date hereof, amounting in the whole to the value of forty eight pounds.
      2ly. Wee doe further grant & give unto the Sayde Henry Sayward & his assigns forever according to what interest the Town hath therein, one tract of land lying & being in the furthermost side of the River, adjoining to ye tract & parcel of land wch formerly was Tho : Beesons & now the sayde land is in the possession of Edw : Rishworth containing the quantity of three hundred & fivety acres &a parcel of grassy swamp about twenty acres lying near thereunto & one parcel or two of meadow or swamp to make marshes of, whether they doe ly behind or about that land aforesaid or within or behind any part of' that swamp wr Henry Sayward butts his loggs, so far as the bounds of the town doth extend, in case such a meadow or meadows can be found.
      3. We doe likewise grant and give unto him one hundred and fivety acres of land lying & between Scituate Marsh & Cape Nattick Pond near unto which there are three slipps of marsh as alsoe twenty acres of grassy swamp, be the same more or less,
      4. Wee do likewise grant unto the sayde Sayward an addition of twenty pooles to bee added to the Northerly bounds of his home lott according to ye full extent thereof & thyrty pooles of land to be added to Abra : Prebels lott lying next to Hen : Saywards land, on condition that ye sayde Preble do grant Hen : Sayward a convenience for watering of his cattle out of his land.
      5. Wee doe further ingage according to the best right the Town hath or shall have in the Tymber & land aforesaid & doe confirm the privileges unto the sayde Hen. Sayward & his assigns as above expressed provided hee or they doe pay or cause to be payed annually such cheese rent unto such proprietor or proprietors under his Majesty as from tyme to tyme shall have power to demand & require the same & if it soe fall out that through change of tyme the sayde Hen : Sayward should be deprived of ye tymber or lands or any part thereof wr by he cannot injoy it or them as above expressed, then wee ingage to make good the value of what may be taken away either in whoole or in part, sd Henry Sayward unto him in honest merchantible pay, the full compensation thereof for finishing the house, amounting to one hundred & twenty pounds, wch payed by this agreement the rent of the tymber cometh to forty eight pounds & the land to Seventy two pounds out of which rent or lands according to a part thereof is or may be taken away, wee promise to make a proportionall allowance as aforesaid for ye same answerable to ye value thereof.
      6. Wee doe likewise promise to remove the seats from ye Old Meeting- house to the new at the Town's charge ye being removed. Hen : Sayward doth ingage to place them there at his own charge for ye most convenience. And further, wee the Selectmen as intrusted for ye Town in the Town's behalf do ingage in a bond of Two Hundred pounds unto Hene Sayward upon the fulfilling of his covenant & condition Wr by hee stands obliged to us to perform our agreement as above mentioned unto the sayde Sayward.
      In testimony wr of I have hereunto put my hand & seal this 2nd day of March in Seventeenth year of Our Sovereign Lord King Charles the 2nd, 1665.
      Henry Sayward.
      Witness
      Samuel Wheelwright
      Samuel Austin.

      Wee the Selectmen of the Town of York & Henry Sayward doe mutually agree, conclude, & stand to this covenant made about building the meeting house in all particulars therein mentioned to all intent & purposes, only doe covenant that ye tymefor the building of the sd house shall bee inlarged unto the last day of August next insewing at wch tyme according to former conditions mentioned in the covenants above sayde is to be done & finished, as witness my hand this 8th day of June, 1667. I further agree that for fear of the want of nayles that the house must bee done with stoods.
      Henry Sayward.
      Witness
      William Hooke
      Thomas Withers,"
    Office 1667  York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    selectman
    Property 20 Jun 1667  York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    was granted three hundred acres of upland on the west side of the York River
    Death 1679  York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6, 16, 17] 
    Administration 6 Apr 1680  [1, 17] 
    Mary Peasley, administrator


    • "According to the advice of the Honor'd President Administration granted unto Mary Sayward, Relict or widdow of Hene : Sayward deceased, provided shee give in bond according to law of all such moveables belonging to the aforesaid estate. Wee, Mary Sayward, James Grant & Robert Young do hereby Ingage or selves In a bond of two hundred pounds unto the Treas, of this Province that the sd Mary Sayword, administratrix, shall take a true Inventory of the Moveables of the estate of Henery Sayword, deceased, & shee shall make return y r of & of her doings unto the next Court of pleas to bee holden for the province and to procure some honest indifferent men to make appraisal & what other estate Hene : Sayword was possessed of in Lands & Mills are to be brought in although not appraised."
    Inventory 28 Jun 1680  [9] 
    Occupation millwright and carpenter  [1, 3, 5, 13, 16]
    Person ID I9712  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2020 

    Father John Saward 
    Mother Anne ________ 
    Marriage Y  [1] 
    Family ID F3751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Peasley,   b. Abt 1633   d. Bef 26 Dec 1689, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)  [1, 15] 
    Marriage Abt 1654  [1, 5, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Sayward,   b. 16 Nov 1655, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1694 (Age < 38 years)
    +2. John Sayward,   b. Abt 1657, Strawberry Bank, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1689 (Age ~ 32 years)
    +3. Jonathan Sayward,   b. Abt 1659, Strawberry Bank, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 25 Nov 1689 (Age ~ 30 years)
    +4. Mary Sayward,   b. Abt 1661, Strawberry Bank, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sarah Sayward,   b. Abt 1664, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1694, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years)
    +6. Hannah Sayward,   b. Abt 1665, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1751 (Age ~ 86 years)
     7. Deacon James Sayward,   b. Abt 1667, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1736/7, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
    Family ID F3749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - 1637 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "is granted ye 4th lott instead of ye third mentioned" - 14 Apr 1641 - Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "At a general meeting of ye ffreemen, there was granted to Abraham Morrill and Henrie Sayward yree score Acres of upland so near the falls as may be convenient, on ye consideration yat yey shall before October next sett up a mill which may be sufficient to grind all ye corn which ye town shall need and in case of fayling yerein ye same grant to be void" - 25 Feb 1641/2 - Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "Granted unto Henry Sayward the one half of the lott that should have been Richard Knight's, the further part thereof upon condition as followeth, viz; that he dwell upon it and build a mill there : but if he should go away it is to be forfeited to the town" - 8 Jul 1642 - Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted "5 pole square on the hill beyond Will : Fuller's lott to sett his mill on, and a waye of 16 1-2 feet to it" - 28 Oct 1642 - Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "received one share in the cow common" - 23 Mar 1645/6 - Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Hampton - Abt 1650 - Strawberry Bank, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - his land,Sgt. Thomas Philbrick - 30 Mar 1650 - Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - one share of the commonage,John Philbrick - 9 Oct 1652 - Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Strawberry Banke - Abt 1658 - York, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "Wee the Selectmen of the Town of York have given to Henry Sayward twelve acres of upland lying upon the Southeast side of the new mill creek that runneth near a lot of land of Robert Knight towards the main river of York" - 4 Jul 1658 - York, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - constable - 1664 - York, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - built the meeting house - 1665 - York, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - selectman - 1667 - York, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted three hundred acres of upland on the west side of the York River - 20 Jun 1667 - York, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1679 - York, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
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  • Coats of Arms
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 610, 00218.

    2.  2.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 35:183, 00390.

    3.  3.  [S464] The Loyalists of Massachusetts, 443, 00531.

    4.  4.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 33, 00193.

    5.  5.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 182, 00539.

    6.  6.  [S38] The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia, Vol. Vi, 112, 00547.

    7.  7.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 655, 00395.

    8.  8.  [S1357] NEXUS, 11:34, 00206.

    9.  9.  [S576] TGMSP, Edmund Sayward, 00516.

    10.  10.  [S1424] Henry Sayward, 7, 01153.

    11.  11.  [S1424] Henry Sayward, 31, 01153.

    12.  12.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 536, 00218.

    13.  13.  [S1424] Henry Sayward, 8, 01153.

    14.  14.  [S1424] Henry Sayward, 8-11, 01153.

    15.  15.  [S1424] Henry Sayward, 23, 01153.

    16.  16.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 314, 00466.

    17.  17.  [S1424] Henry Sayward, 26, 01153.