Thomas Sayre

b. abt. 1597 (England) - d. 1671 (NY)

Compiled by Mrs Robert (Anna E Paul-Sears)Lang of Gilman, IA in 1874. Accounts that the first Sayre to come to America was Thomas Sayre. The article also explains when the name was changed from Sayre to Sears - in a move from Southampton, Long Island to Middletown, Conn, they purchased land there on Nov 25, 1720 and changed the spelling of the name to Sears a few years later. This has been verified in references

Sear Geneology Reference from ancestors and Descendants of Elisha Sears 1805-1889

Children:

Children of Thomas and Margaret Aldrich Sayre

Damaris Sayre
b. 1625 - d. 1691
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Agnes Sayre
b. 1627
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Francis Sayre
b. 1628 - d. 1673
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Job Sayre
b. 1629 - d. 1694
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Joseph Sayre
b. 1631 - d. 1695
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Daniel Sayre
b. 1633 - d. 1708
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Unknown (Sayre) Howell
b. 1634 - d.1662

Spouse1:

Margaret Aldrich Sayre

b. 1601 (England) - d. 1653 (NY)

Married in 1634 (NY)

Spouse2:

Eleanor Maier Sayre

Father:

Francis Sayre

b. 1565 (England) - d. 1645 (England)

Mother:

Elizabeth Atkins Sayre

b. 1570 - d. 1645