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Jude Sawyer
1751 - 1843 (92 years)
Generation: 1
1. Jude Sawyer was born on 8 May 1751 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Dec 1843 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: 19 Apr 1775; American Revolution (US) Capt. Elisha Jackson's Co. Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt. 8month service begining April 19 , 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill and Chelsea Creek Bennington Alarm
Notes:
Jude Sawyer was a Revolutionary War soldier and one of the founding fathers of Gardner, MA. Jude Sawyer came to what would become Gardner from Lancaster and was a farmer and blacksmith who was noted for creating steel traps including the fact that he created them well into his 90s. Like many of Gardner's founding fathers Jude Sawyer was a Revolutionary soldier who served in Captain Elisha Jackson's Company at the Bennington Alarm. Sawyer married a woman named Phoebe Keyes but they had no children. Sawyer died at the age of 93