SAYER FAMILY HISTORY

The Sayres of Appleton Wiske and Kirklevington

Looking more closely at James and Mary’s child, James Sayer (bap.1712), he would appear to have married Elizabeth Wood in 1731 at East Rounton, about 5 miles from Kirby Sigston, and settled for a time in Appleton Wiske, before moving to Kirklevington in about 1741. They had 6 children – Ann (1732), John (1734), James (c1738), and William (1740), and twins Thomas and Michael in 1742. Sadly Elizabeth died during their birth, and James remarried at Kirklevington the following year. (He and second wife Mary, nee Punton, had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1745, who never married.

James and Elizabeth ’s sons James (c1738) and William (1740) would appear to have lived at Middleton Mill where they presumably worked as Millers and/or Corn farmers. They both died in 1815 and can be found in the memorial inscriptions for Hutton Rudby - Middleton being a Chapelry within the Parish of H.Rudby.

It would be appropriate at this point to refer back to William Sayer (1711/12). He married Hannah, and is referred to in the Hutton Rudby memorial inscriptions of 1773, alongside the later interred James and William Sayer, also as `of Middleton Mill', Their common name and residence suggests that William was a close relative and might well have been their uncle. He has therefore been tentatively linked to this family as such.  Again, Kirby Sigston could possibly have been his birthplace.

Outline tree

               Lancelote Sayer (~1576 - )
            John Sayer (1606 - ~1671) & Isabell ? ( - 1641)
         Lancelott Sayer (1636 - 1694) & Ann ? (~1636 - 1721)
      James Sayer (1662 - ) & Mary Artist (~1665 - )
   James Sayer (1691 - ) & Mary Tutin (~1692 - )
James Sayer (1712 - >1745) 
& 1. Elizabeth Wood (1710 - 1743)
|   Ann Sayer (1732 - )
|   >> The family of John Sayer (1734 - 1814) & Dorothy Harrison (~1742 - 1826)
|   James Sayer (~1738 - 1815) & Elizabeth Spence (~1745 - 1818)
|   William Sayer (1740 - 1815)
|   >> The family of Michael Sayer (1742 - 1806) & Rebekkar Sunman (1740 - 1809)
|   Thomas Sayer (1742 - )
& 2. Mary Punton (~1715 - >1745)
|   Elizabeth Sayer (1746 - 1830)
William Sayer (~1712 - 1773) & Hannah ? (~1712 - 1778)
Mary Sayer (1716 - )

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Anyone interested in further details of this branch of the Sayer family, or who is able to provide additional details relevant to this branch, is invited to contact the coordinator for this page Laurel Sayer.