Notes for Ephraim SAYRE

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Notes for Ephraim SAYRE

Possibly a grandson of the Ephraim Sayre, Sr. who left Will 1804 [see NJSA abstract]
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One interpretation of the Sayre lineage:
Sayre family: lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton
By Theodore Melvin Banta
Published- by The De Vinne Press, 1901
pg. 140
287a EPHRAIM5 SAYRE, born 1738, married Mary Meeker, daughter of James Meeker, according to Littell's Early Settlers. The Westfield church records say that Ephraim Sayre married Mary Davis June 30, 1762. Probably Mary Davis was a widow and her maiden
name was Meeker. She died August 7, 1797 in her fifty eighth year. He married again Jane who died December 19, 1823, in her seventy ninth year. Littell, in mentioning the sons of Ephraim 89, omits this son. His identity as a brother of David 268 and
William 271 is demonstrated by a comparison of the signatures of the latter as they appear on the records at Trenton where William witnesses his brother David's will in 1776, acts as executor of his brother Ephraim's will in 1804, and signs his own
will in 1823, the three signatures being evidently by the same hand.
pg. 141
CHILDREN
699a EPHRAIM m. Elizabeth. He was a farmer in Elizabeth and died prior to Sept 20, 1823. The will of Robert Clark of Rahway, dated 1811, styles Ephraim Sayre his grandson It is probable that he married a granddaughter of Clark.
CHILDREN
1 BENJAMIN W. , b. Sept 20 1823; he was living in Lincoln Co., Ga. and conveyed his interest in the land in Union Township, Essex Co., NJ, which his grandfather Ephraim had left to his son Ephraim, Jr. during the lalter's lifetime.
2 JOSHUA CLARK, of Pittsburg Pa. in 1823, gave a power of attorney to Mary Sayre to dispose of his interest in his grandfather's property
3 MARY, m. Ezra Hand
4 HANNAH
699b ELIZABETH, m. David Williams. He was a soldier of the Revolution. He died Aug 1, 1841 in his eighty fourth year. She died April 28, 1848, in her eighty sixth year.
CHILDREN
1 ELIZABETH WILLIAMS m. Moses W. Hinds
2 BENJAMIN WILLIAMS m. Hannah
3 SAMUEL WILLIAMS m. Nancy
699c HANNAH d. Feb 25, 1771 in her seventh year
699d MARY
699e EZEKIEL d. Oct 12, 1773 in his fifth year
699f NANCY m Miller
CHILDREN
1 HANNAH MILLER m. Ezra Hinds
2 SUSAN MILLER m. Isaac Miller

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