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First Generation
1. John SAWYER was born in 1748 (approx.). 1 He married Mary LILLEY on 19 January 1768 in West Mersea, Essex. 1
Mary LILLEY was born in 1748 (approx.). 2 She and John SAWYER had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. James SAWYER , son of John SAWYER and Mary LILLEY, was born on 19 May 1771 in Mersea, Essex. 2 In 1845 he was a Labourer. He married Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. SAWYER] .
Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. SAWYER] was born in 1762 (approx.) in Mersea. 1 She appeared in the census on 6 June 1841 in Marks Tey, Essex. She appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Marks Tey. In 1851 she was a Labourer's widow. She died in March 1853. She was buried on 9 March 1853 in Marks Tey. 1 She and James SAWYER had the following children:
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Third Generation
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| James Henry SAWYER, "Mount Bures Church prior to spire restoration in 1875" | |
3. James Henry SAWYER , son of James SAWYER and Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. SAWYER], was born on 24 November 1802 in East Mersea, Essex. 1 He married Elizabeth BLAND on 5 June 1829 in Mount Bures, Essex. 3 Between 1841 and 1872 he was a Blacksmith. He and Elizabeth BLAND appeared in the census on 6 June 1841 in Mount Bures. He married Ann PILGRIM on 30 January 1845 in Mount Bures. 4,5 They appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Fordham, Essex. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Mount Bures. He died on 14 March 1882 in Mount Bures. 2,6 He was buried in March 1882 in Mount Bures.
Elizabeth BLAND , daughter of Thomas BLAND (1771?-aft1841), was born in 1807 in Mount Bures. 1 She was christened on 15 November 1807 in Mount Bures. She died on 23 March 1842 in Mount Bures. 1 She was buried in March 1842 in Mount Bures. 3 She and James Henry SAWYER had the following children:
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Ann PILGRIM , daughter of Peter PILGRIM ( - ), was born in 1806 (calculated) in Dunmow, Essex. She married Unknown BAKER before 1845. She died in July 1852. She was buried in July 1852 in Mount Bures. She and James Henry SAWYER had the following children:
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Fourth Generation
4. Emma SAWYER , daughter of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1828.
5. William SAWYER , son of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1833 in Mount Bures, Essex. He emigrated to Australia in 1865 (approx.).
Susannah MCLAREN was born in 1848 in Sydney.
6. Zeckial SAWYER , son of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1835.
7. Caroline SAWYER , daughter of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1837.
8. Selena SAWYER , daughter of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1837.
9. James SAWYER , son of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1839 in Mount Bures. He was a Blacksmith. He married Phoebe HONYBALL Q1 1859 in Lexden, Essex. They appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Chappel, Essex. They appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Mount Bures. They appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Mount Bures. They appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Mount Bures. They appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Mount Bures.
Phoebe HONYBALL was born in 1835 in Chappel. In 1871 she was a Tambour Worker. She and James SAWYER had the following children:
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10. Elizabeth SAWYER , daughter of James Henry SAWYER and Elizabeth BLAND, was born in 1841.
11. Ann SAWYER , daughter of James Henry SAWYER and Ann PILGRIM, was born in 1846 in Mount Bures. She was a Housekeeper.
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| Spouse: Hannah Amelia LOVELL | |
12. Ephraim SAWYER , son of James Henry SAWYER and Ann PILGRIM, was born on 24 December 1847 in Mount Bures. 7 He appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Fordham, Essex. In 1861 he was a Labourer. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Stratford, Essex. In 1871 he was a Cleaner on Engine. Between 1872 and 1875 he was a Fireman on Engine. He married Hannah Amelia LOVELL on 4 August 1872 in Stratford. 8 He died of injuries sustained in a railway accident on 19 September 1875 in Cambridge. 9
Hannah Amelia LOVELL , daughter of Thomas LOVELL ( -1854) and Susannah SMITH (1828?-bef1881), was born on 5 June 1848 in Hackney, Middlesex. She was christened on 25 June 1848 in Aldgate. 10 She appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Mile End Old Town. She appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Brentwood, Essex. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Stratford. In 1871 she was a Shop Woman. In 1881 she was a Dressmaker. She married George HOUSAM on 13 February 1881 in Aldgate, London. 11 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in West Ham, London. She and George HOUSAM appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. They appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham. 12 She died after 1934. She and Ephraim SAWYER had the following children:
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Fifth Generation
13. Ann SAWYER , daughter of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born in 1859.
14. Emma SAWYER , daughter of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born in 1860.
15. James SAWYER , son of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born in 1862.
16. Mahala SAWYER , daughter of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born in 1864.
17. Ezekiel SAWYER , son of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born in 1868.
18. Ephraim SAWYER , son of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born Q1 1870 in Mount Bures, Essex. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Mount Bures. He died Q4 1874 in Mount Bures. 13
19. Ephraim SAWYER , son of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born Q3 1875 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Mount Bures.
20. Elizabeth SAWYER , daughter of James SAWYER and Phoebe HONYBALL, was born in 1877.
21. William Ephraim SAWYER , son of Ephraim SAWYER and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1873 in West Ham, London. 14 He was a Hydraulic Engine Fitter. He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. He married Emily HARVEY in 1897 in Colchester, Essex. 15 They appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham.
Emily HARVEY was born in 1877 in Chelmsford, Essex. She and William Ephraim SAWYER had the following children:
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22. Annie Amelia SAWYER , daughter of Ephraim SAWYER and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1874 in Stratford, Essex. 16 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in West Ham. She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. She married in 1907 in West Ham. 17
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| Fanny Jessamine SAWYER | |
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23. Fanny Jessamine SAWYER , daughter of Ephraim SAWYER and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born on 3 January 1876 in Stratford. 18,19 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in West Ham. She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. She married George Ernest LILLY in June 1897 in West Ham. 20 In 1901 she was a Vest Hand. 21 She and George Ernest LILLY appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow, London. She married Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER Q2 1924 in West Ham. 22
George Ernest LILLY , son of William Henry LILLY (1842-1896) and Elizabeth Way BRADLEY (1840-1911), was born Q2 1874 in Victoria Park, London. 23,24 He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Leyton. He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Leyton. In 1891 he was a Cigar Merchant in Leyton. In 1897 he was a Bricklayer. In 1901 he was a Brick Letter & Cutter Worker. 25 In 1911 he was resident in Forest Gate, London. He died in 1924 (approx.). He and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER had the following children:
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Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER was born Q4 1879 in Leytonstone. 26 In 1901 (approx.) he was a Packer. He and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER had the following children:
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Sixth Generation
24. Mildred Annie SAWYER , daughter of William Ephraim SAWYER and Emily HARVEY, was born in 1900 in West Ham, London. 27
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| Jessamine Lydia LILLY, "15 c1929" | |
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25. Jessamine Lydia LILLY , daughter of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 14 November 1897 in Woolwich, London. 28,29 She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow, London. She married Simeon RYNER on 31 August 1929 in West Ham. She died of Breast Cancer on 12 March 1964 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 30
Simeon RYNER (known as 'Charles Samuel RAYNER'), son of Leopold RYNER (1860?-aft1929) and Hannah SZPERBER (1856?- ), was born on 16 October 1891 in Whitechapel, London. 31 He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham. He died of Cerebral Thrombosis on 25 December 1964 in Cheltenham. He had his estate probated on 23 March 1965 in Gloucester. He and Jessamine Lydia LILLY had the following children:
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26. Marguerite Maud LILLY (known as 'Madge'), daughter of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 25 November 1898 in West Ham. 32 She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow. She immigrated to Australia in 1948.
Harry PRIOR and Marguerite Maud LILLY had the following children:
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Sid YORKE and Marguerite Maud LILLY had the following children:
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27. Ivy Winifred LILLY , daughter of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 26 June 1900. 33 She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow.
28. Ronald George Ernest LILLY , son of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 23 December 1901.
Muriel Roeis TAYLOR was born on 29 April 1907 in Kingston on Thames. She died in November 1990 in Southampton.
29. Horace LILLY , son of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 4 March 1904 in West Ham. 34
Ivy Lilian LUTON was born on 6 May 1906 in West Ham. 35 She died in May 1991 in Forest of Dean. 36
30. Lionel Leonard LILLY , son of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 7 April 1907 in West Ham. 37,38 He died in May 1995 in Walthamstow. 39
31. Augustus FISHER , son of Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 3 March 1909. 40,41 He died in 1991 in Waltham Forest. 42
32. Laurie FISHER was the son of Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER.
33. Iris Alberta FISHER , daughter of Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 22 February 1914. She died in 1992. 43
Albert BAILEY was an Artist.
Seventh Generation
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| Michael RAYNER, "2002" | |
34. Michael RAYNER , son of Simeon RYNER and Jessamine Lydia LILLY, was born on 9 January 1934 in London. From 1934 to 1935 he was resident in Leytonstone. From 1935 to 1941 he was resident in Leytonstone. He was educated at Kirkdale Road Infant School from 1939 to 1941 in Leytonstone. In 1941 he was resident in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. From 1941 to 1948 he was resident in Stevenage. He was educated at ? Infant School from 1941 to 1942 in Stevenage. He was educated at Letchmore Road Boys School from 1943 to 1945 in Stevenage. He was educated at Alleynes Grammar School from September 1945 to June 1953 in Stevenage. From 1948 to 1952 he was resident in Stevenage. From 1952 to 1961 he was resident in Stevenage. Between 1963 and 1987 he was a Teacher. Between 1988 and 2005 he was a Book Dealer in Chelltenham, Gloucestershire. He died on 1 October 2005 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was cremated on 11 October 2005 in Cheltenham.
Margaret Rosaleen Felicity PHILLIPS was the daughter of James Milner PHILLIPS (1905-1974) and Gladys Florence STEPHENS (1906-1991). She and Michael RAYNER had the following children:
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35. Henry PRIOR was the son of Harry PRIOR and Marguerite Maud LILLY.
36. Desmond PRIOR was the son of Harry PRIOR and Marguerite Maud LILLY.
37. Barry YORKE was the son of Sid YORKE and Marguerite Maud LILLY.
Glenys UNKNOWN [MAR. YORKE] was born in Australia.
Eighth Generation
38. Katharine Anne RAYNER (known as 'Katy') was the daughter of Michael RAYNER and Margaret Rosaleen Felicity PHILLIPS.
Sources
| 1 | Shirley Brown, "Shirley Brown". Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 2 | Ibid. |
| 3 | "Parish Records". Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 4 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". Lexden 12 203. Cit. Date: Q1 1845.
Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: James SAWYER on same page as Ann BAKER |
| 5 | "General Record Office Marriage Certificate". Cit. Date: 30 January 1845. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 6 | "General Record Office Death Index". Lexden 4a 295. Cit. Date: Q1 1882.
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: James SAWYER aged 79 |
| 7 | "General Register Office Birth Certificate". Q4 1847 Lexden 12 128. Cit. Date: 31 December 1847. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 8 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 84. Cit. Date: September 1872. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 9 | "General Record Office Death Certificate". Sep 1875 Cambridge 3b 311. Cit.
Date: 21 September 1875. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Ephraim SAWYER 27 Accidental Death 19 Sep 1875 Addenbrookes Hospital |
| 10 | "International Genealogy Index". Cit. Date: 25 June 1848. Assessment:
Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Hannah Amelia LOVELL Father: Thomas LOVELL Mother: Susannah Born 5 Jun 1848 Christened 25 Jun 1848 |
| 11 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". Middlesex, London City 1c 37. Cit. Date: March 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 12 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Class: RG13; Piece: 1590; Folio: 140; Page: 15. |
| 13 | "General Record Office Death Index". Sudbury, Essex a 297. Cit. Date: Q4 1874.
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Ephraim SAWYER aged 4 On same page as William SAWYER aged 1 |
| 14 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham 4a 5. Cit. Date: September 1873.
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: William Ephraim Sawyer |
| 15 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". Colchester, Essex 4a 597. Cit. Date:
March 1897. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: William Ephraim Sawyer & Emily Harvey |
| 16 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham 4a 6. Cit. Date: December 1874. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 17 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 70. Cit. Date: September
1907. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Also on the same page are Arthur Richard BANHAM Albert Edward ETHERIDGE |
| 18 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: London Spitalfields |
| 19 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham Vol 4a Page 13. Cit. Date: March
1876. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Fanny Jessamine Sawyer |
| 20 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham Vol 4a page 519. Cit. Date: June 1897. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 21 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Vest Hand |
| 22 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 703. Cit. Date: Q2 1924. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 23 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Victora Park |
| 24 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Hackney, Middx 1b 516. Cit. Date: Q2
1874. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: George Ernest LILLY |
| 25 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Brick Letter & Cutter Worker |
| 26 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham 4a 154. Cit. Date: Q4 1879. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 27 | Ibid. West Ham 4a 222. Cit. Date: March 1900. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Mildred Annie Sawyer |
| 28 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Essex Forest Gate |
| 29 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Woolwich, Kent 1d 1275. Cit. Date: Q1 1898. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 30 | "General Record Office Death Index". Cheltenham South 320. Cit. Date: 2 March
1964. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Jessamine Lydia RAYNER 2 Mar 1964 Delancy Hospital |
| 31 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Bethnal Green, London, 268. Cit. Date: 23
November 1891. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Simeon Ryner 16 Oct 1891 |
| 32 | Ibid. West Ham Vol 4a Page 251. Cit. Date: March 1899. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 33 | Ibid. Hackney 1b 474. Cit. Date: September 1900. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: Ivy Winifred Lilly |
| 34 | Ibid. West Ham Vol 4a Page 377. Cit. Date: June 1904. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 35 | Ibid. West Ham 4a 28. Cit. Date: June 1906. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Ivy Luton |
| 36 | "General Record Office Death Index". Forest of Dean 22 1719. Cit. Date: May
1991.
Text From Source: Ivy Lilian LILLY DOB 6 May 1906 |
| 37 | Ibid. Waltham Forest D52 9. Cit. Date: May 1995. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: 7 April 1907 |
| 38 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham, Essex 4a 466. Cit. Date: June
1907. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Lionel Leonard Lilly |
| 39 | "General Record Office Death Index". Waltham Forest D52 9. Cit. Date: May
1995. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Lionel Leonard Lilly |
| 40 | Ibid. Waltham Forest 15 685. Cit. Date: September 1991. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: 3 March 1909 |
| 41 | "General Record Office Birth Index". |
| 42 | "General Record Office Death Index". Waltham Forest 15 685. Cit. Date:
September 1991. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Augustus Fisher |
| 43 | Ibid. Pontypool, Gwent 28 863. Cit. Date: September 1992. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: Iris Alberta Bailey aged 78 Death record states DOB as 21 Feb 1914 not 22 Feb. |