SAYER FAMILY HISTORY

This page is dedicated to the history of the family of John Sayer (1795-1862) of Chesterfield.

Historical background

John Sayer  (1795 - 1862), the youngest son of Joseph Sayer (1768 - 1822) & Ann Milner (1770 - 1858), was a draper who rose to become a prominent tradesman in Chesterfield after a starting his business in Keighley. He remained in Chesterfield for 22 years, at one time being a member of the town council, before moving to Sheffield in 1853. There his drapery business declined rapidly and he went bankrupt in 1854. Shortly before his death in 1862 he had switched to running a grocery business. He was married twice: his first wife Sarah bore him 7 children before dying in about 1830; his second wife Sarah bore him a further 6 children. He was strongly religious and became a member of the Congregationalist church. During his time in Chesterfield he was active in many areas of the town’s life and as a result his activities are well documented in the local newspapers and in the history of Chesterfield .

John and Sarah’s fifth child Henry (1846 – 1916)  went on to become Town Clerk of Sheffield. From 1883 to 1897 he held the position of Deputy Town Clerk and from 1897 to 1907 he was Town Clerk of Sheffield. He married late in life and without children his considerable fortune went to his nieces and nephews on the death of his wife in 1941.

Outline tree

     ?John Sayer (~1610 - ~1662) & Elizabeth ? (~1622 - 1687)
    James Sayer (~1660 - 1716) & Christian Bainbridge (1666 - 1701)
   John Sayer (1688 - 1774) & Margaret Bousfield (~1696 - ~1776)
  James Sayer (1724 - 1814) & Sarah Shaw (1724 - 1782)
 Joseph Sayer (1768 - 1822) & Ann Milner (1770 - 1858)
John Sayer (1795 - 1862) 
& 1. Sarah Johnson 
|   John Johnson Sayer (1820 - ) & Sarah Anne Lowe 
|   Sarah Anne Sayer (1822 - 1885) & Henry Weaver (1824 - 1904) 
|   |   Lily Weaver (1854 - ) 
|   |   Henry Skelton Weaver (1855 - 1882) & Hannah Tibbitts (1858 - )
|   |   |   Sarah Ann Weaver (1882 - 1963) & William Hope
|   |   George Weaver (1857 - ) 
|   |   William Weaver (1860 - ) 
|   |   Edwin Weaver (1863 - ) 
|   Eliza Sayer (1823 - ) 
|   Thomas Edwin Sayer (1824 - 1840) 
|   Joseph Alfred Sayer (1826 - ) 
|   William Sayer (1827 - ) 
|   Joseph Sayer (1830 - ) 
& 2. Sarah Hodkin (1803 - 1863) 
|   Joseph Hodkin Sayer (1834 - 1863) 
|   Jane Sayer (1836 - 1878)
|   Mary Louisa Sayer (~1841 - ~1880) & Joseph Atkinson (~1838 - ) 
|   |   Mary Ellen Atkinson (1867 - 1943) & Joseph Morton 
|   |   Hannah Edith Atkinson (1870 - <1943) & ? ?
|   |   Joseph Herbert Atkinson (1873 - >1943) & ? ?
|   |   Jennie Atkinson (1878 - >1943) & Charles Wannop (1868 - )
|   Margaret Sayer (~1845 - ) & Robert Paul (~1836 - ) 
|   |   Margaret Paul (1877 - 1886) 
|   |   Sarah Louisa Paul (1880 - >1943) & William H Shepherdson 
|   |   Charles Sayer Paul (1884 - >1943) 
|   |   Louie Paul
|   Henry Sayer (1846 - 1916) & Annie Campbell Birtwhistle (~1858 - 1941) 
|   Frederick James Sayer (1848 - 1885) & Amelia Briggs (~1845 - 1894) 
|   |   John George Sayer (1869 - 1944) & Martha Amelia Tingle (1870 - 1961) 
|   |   |   Ethel Sayer (1893 - ) 
|   |   |   Dorothy Sayer (1894 - ) 
|   |   |   John Frederick Sayer (1897 - >1944) 
|   |   Sarah Ann Sayer (1871 - <1942) & Alfred Earnest Hill 
|   |   Maggie Sayer (1873 - ) & Fred Lee 
|   |   Henry Sayer (1876 - 1935) & Ethel Summers (1883 - 1970) 
|   |   |   Ethel Sayer (1903 - 1951) & Albert Edward Flintoff (1899 - 1947) 
|   |   |   Henry Sayer (1910 - 1910) 
|   |   |   John Sayer (1922 - 2003) & Kathleen Audrey Parton (1922 - 1996) 
|   |   Mary Louisa Sayer (1882 - >1942) & George H Brooks 

SUMMARY OF RESEARCHERS

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is invited to contact the coordinator for this page Laurel Sayer.