Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
Benjamin E. Sawyer
1814 - 1885 (71 years)
Generation: 1
1. Benjamin E. Sawyer was born in 1814 in Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada (son of John Sawyer and Sarah Kimball); died in 1885 in Ontario, Canada. Benjamin married Catherine Burhart on 19 Feb 1834 in St-Armand, Quebec, Canada. Catherine was born on 20 Sep 1812 in Sorel, Quebec, Canada; died on 13 Feb 1887 in Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Hiram David Sawyer was born in 1836 in Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1921 in Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Catherine Sawyer was born about 1845 in Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Oct 1927 in Little Britain, Mariposa, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Little Britain, Mariposa, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
- Cordelia Sawyer was born about 1847 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Jan 1925 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Uffington, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Napolean Sawyer was born on 16 May 1852 in Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Jan 1930 in Powassan, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 30 Jan 1930 in Maple Lake United Church Cemetery, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Almira Sawyer was born about 1855 in Fenelon, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Sep 1896 in Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Orono Cemetery, Orono, Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
Family/Spouse: Margaret Umphrey. Margaret was born in 1826 in Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Jul 1890 in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John Sawyer was born about 1778; died on 18 Feb 1855 in Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hubbell's Cemetery, Whitby, Durham, Ontairo, Canada. John + Sarah Kimball. Sarah was born in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Kimball was born in 1775. Children:
- 1. Benjamin E. Sawyer was born in 1814 in Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada; died in 1885 in Ontario, Canada.
- David Sawyer was born about 1815 in Quebec, Canada; died about 1893.
- Nancy Matilda Sawyer was born in Jun 1822 in Quebec, Canada; died on 2 Feb 1913 in Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.