Julia Sawyer
1798 - 1863 (64 years)-
Name Julia Sawyer Birth 1 Oct 1798 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Gender Female Death 26 Apr 1863 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Burial Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Notes - The daughter of Paul and Mehetable Sawyer who were both born at Lancaster, MA. She married Gardner Meloon at Boston on May 30, 1824. Gardner died of brain fever at age 31 on March 21, 1826, the couple having no children.
Julia was the matron, or superintendent of the Female Orphan Asylum, located at 750 Washington St., Boston from about 1840. The asylum, which opened in 1803, housed 91 girls ages 3 to 16 with a live in staff of five according to the 1850 census and in 1860 75 girls between the ages of 4 and 16, employing two teachers, a cook, a seamstress, and chamber maid.
Julia was 64 years, six months, and 25 days old when she died at the asylum due to Apoplexy. Her funeral was held there on Wednesday, April 29, 1863 at 11 a.m.
- Julia gave in Sept 1850 deposition for her step-mother regarding her father's Revolutionary War service for her step mother to receive a widow's pension.
Person ID I46197 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 13 Jan 2021
Father Paul Sawyer, Jr., b. 1758, Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Oct 1826, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years) Mother Mehitable Haven, b. 7 Sep 1768, Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. Jan 1799, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years) Marriage 2 Dec 1797 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Family ID F16763 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gardner Meloon, b. 1795, New Hampshire, USA d. 17 Mar 1826, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 31 years) Marriage 30 May 1824 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Family ID F16764 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Jan 2021
- The daughter of Paul and Mehetable Sawyer who were both born at Lancaster, MA. She married Gardner Meloon at Boston on May 30, 1824. Gardner died of brain fever at age 31 on March 21, 1826, the couple having no children.
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Event Map Birth - 1 Oct 1798 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 30 May 1824 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Death - 26 Apr 1863 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set