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                               The name Sawyer is about as common a name as they come if you don't believe me check your phone book I guarantee that there will be at least a column of Sawyers listed.
                           Researchers have examined reproductions of such ancient manuscripts as the Domesday Book (1086), the Ragman Rolls (1291-1296), the Curia Regis Rolls, the Pipe Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, parish registers, baptismals, and tax records. They found the first record of the Sawyer name in Norfolk England where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on early census rolls taken by the early kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
                                                      Throughout the centuries the name Sawyer has occurred in many records, manuscripts and documents but not with the exact spelling. From time to time the spelling of the name changed. Examples are ( Sawier, Sawer, Shawyer, Sawyerr,Saywer and Sawyier) Surnames or last names as we know them today were first used in Europe from the 11th to the 15th century but were not used in England or Scotland until 1066 and were first found in the domesday book. It was not until the reign of Edward II, (1307-1327) that the practice became general amongst all people.
        These names were adopted according to fairly general principles and can be generally divided into 4 classifications.
Local namesare taken from places of origin.
Occupational namesdenote the trade or profession of early users as in the case of Sawyer which is English from the occupation "sawer - one who cut timber into boards or slates"
Nicknamesdescribed mental,and physical characteristics, complexion, clothes...etc...etc
And the last known as the patronymic, was the method of taking the first name of the father as the last name of the son.
                            The notable English family name Sawyer emerged as an influential name in the county of Norfolk where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with the manor of Causton and estates in that shire. They branched to Cambridge, to Kettering in Northampton and to Heywood in Berkshire. John Sawyer was High Sheriff of Berkshire. Sir Edmund Sawyer married into Whitmores of Apley. Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer was a distinguished Naval Commander. A member of the family also was Chef to King Charles II.
                                                      Amongst the first settlers in North America, which could be considered a kinsman of the name Sawyer, or variable spelling of the name was: Francis Sawyer in 1635; following John in 1622; Lydia in 1655; Mary in 1649; Nicholas in 1652; Thomas in 1650; and William in 1623 they settled in Virginia, Massachusetts, Barbados, Portland, San Francisco, and Philadelphia.
                                                      There are many places named with the Sawyer name such as Sawyer Lake and Mount Sawyer in Labrador, and Sawyers Hill in Newfoundland. I've also been told there is a bicycle/hiking trail on the San Francisco Peninsula called the Sawyer Camp Trail. Its 6 miles long and very scenic.

The Family
Coat Of Arms

The Sawyer crest above is described as follows:

Blue with a chequerd gold and black horizontal stripe between three silver birds known as seapies. The dog is a Talbot Guardant Proper.

Crest drawn by Amy Duncan, of Brunswick, Maine.

Note:  There are several crests for the Sawyer Family, however they are similar. Most have 3 clam shells, a knight's helmet and a roll of silk with a hawk's head on top. As I get these other crests I will add them to the page.

The Family Motto

                                                 "Cherches Et Tu Trouveras"
                                                  " Search and you will find"

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