SAYER FAMILY HISTORY
The Sayres
of Leake and Pickhill
Lancelot
Sayre's parentage is not yet known but he was probably born sometime around
1576, a period when Queen Elizabeth had been on the throne for almost 20 years
and Papal recusants were being heavily fined for non-attendance at Church.
Lancelot was
living in Leake, about 12 miles from High Worsall, by 1606 when son John was
baptised and little more is known of him, but John Sayre is believed to have
married Isobel and moved further south, to Pickhill, 7 miles from Leake,
sometime before 1636 where he had a son, also named Lancelot, baptised.
Unfortunately, the Pickhill with Roxby parish registers, which date from
1571, are incomplete.
It is
interesting to note that a Thomas Crathorne, who owned property at
In Pickhill
at about this time there lived an Adam Sayre who also had a son, Thomas (1639)
and it is tempting to surmise that John and Adam were of the same family and
quite possibly even brothers. They
have been tentatively linked on that basis.
Returning
now to John Sayre, his wife, Isobel, probably died in 1641 and John is thought
to have remarried and moved to
John is
thought to have died in1671.
Outline tree
Lancelote
Sayer (~1576 - )
| Adam Sayer (~1604 -
>1639)& ? ?
| |
Thomas Sayer (1639 - )
| John Sayer (1606 - ~1671)
| & 1. Isabell ? ( - 1641)
| |
>> The family of Lancelott Sayer (1636 - 1694)
& Ann ? (~1636 - 1721)
| & 2. ? ?
| |
Isabell Sayer (1646 - )
| |
John Sayer (1649 - )
| |
William Sayer (1655 - 1720)
| |
| Ann Sayer (1686 - )
| |
| & Richard Prest
(1681 - )
| |
Dorothy Sayer (1658 - )
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Anyone interested in further details of this branch of the Sayer family, or who is able to provide additional relevant information, is invited to contact the coordinator for this page Laurel Sayer.
This page was last updated 14 May 2010 |