Joseph SAYWARD
Biography

Joseph, b. Dec, 1684, was tne son of Jonathan (3) and Mary (Austin) Sayward. At a town meet ing at York, Mch 17, 1702-3, the town "Granted to Joseph Sayward, thirty acres of Land on the North east side of Cape Neddick River, if he can find it clear of all former grants." He was a Juryman for "tryals" 1713-14 and grand juryman 1 7 1 5 , when the town made him another grant of twenty acres.

He was a constable 17 16; moderator and Select man 172 1; At the same meeting, "voted that Mr. Joseph Sayward shall have the full management to build a sufficient fortification about our Parsonage house of ten foot high and fifty foot square with two good buskins or flancers of ten foot square, all to be built of square hard timber of ten inches thick, to be built forthwith, and said Sayward to keep a just and full account of ye cost and charge thereof and the said Mr. Sayward shall be allowed and paid for said work by the Town, to be built of pine and hem lock timber."

This fortification was built around the house of Rev. Samuel Moody, or "Father Moody," as he was called. Joseph Sayward was a Ruling Elder in Father Moody's church and seems to have been his right hand man, for he went with him as a delegate to ecclesiastical councils and assisted in ordaining min isters by the laying on of hands.

Nov. 16, 1722, Elder Sayward assisted in ordaining the Elders of the Church at Durham, N. H.

1722 he was moderator of the town meeting.

1723 moderator and Selectman.

1724, he petitioned for a Block House at Richmond Island.

1725, he was one of the Committee to run a line between York and Wells and was moderator of the town meeting.

1730- 1, he was committee to sort and count votes.

June 19, 1732, the town of York passed the fol lowing vote:

"Whereas Mr. Joseph Sayward. one of the Elders of the Church of Christ, in this town, has been for some years much involved in Debt, which has been a great Discouragement to him & very much hindered his eminent usefulness in that Station. Therefore voted unanimously that Samuel Came, Esquire, Capt. Peter Nowell & Mr. John Harmon or any two them be a committee fully empowered in this Town's be half to make sale of what common Land is on the Cape Neck to the best advantage and to execute a good Deed or Deeds for the same and to Dispose of the money coming thereby for and towards compound ing with said Sayward's Creditors and Paying his just debts and render an accompt to the Town of their Proceedings."

June 20, 1732, the town granted him eight shares in the Common Lands.

Dec. 30, 1733, Elder Joseph Sayward moderator of town meeting.

1734, Grand juror and "tryal" juror.

1735, moderator and grand juror.

1738, moderator.

1740, moderator and grand juror.

He m. Mary, dau. of Samuel and Deborah Web ber, of York, 1 709.
Children:
1. Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1709, m. James Donnell.
2. Susannah, b. Oct. 2, 1711, m. John Milberrv. 3. Jonathan, b. Nov. 9, 1713.
4. Hannah, b. , 1715.
5. Joseph, b. Jan. 5. 1717, d. Jan. 26, 1749, unm.
6. Henry, b. Mch 1, 1719.
7. Jeremiah, b. Aug., 1721.
8. Merriam, b. Mch 7, 1724.
9. Nathaniel, b. Mch 1, 1726, d. Jan. 30, 1728.

He d. Dec. 25, 1 741 , and his widow, Aug. 1, 1759. They were buried in the old graveyard in York Village.

The Sayward Family, Being the History and Genealogy of Henry Sayward of York, and His Descendants. With a Brief Account of Other Sayward by Charles Augustus Sayward, January 1, 1890, Independent Press, E.G. Hull



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